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Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie is stepping down from her role as a special envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) but will remain a humanitarian activist.

UNHCR Special Envoy, Angelina Jolie meets Baw Meh, an ethnic Karenni refugee from Myanmar, in Ban Mai Nai Soi refugee camp, Thailand, in 2014.UNHCR Special Envoy, Angelina Jolie meets Baw Meh, an ethnic Karenni refugee from Myanmar, in Ban Mai Nai Soi refugee camp, Thailand, in 2014.

In a joint statement by the UNHCR she says, “I am grateful for the privilege and opportunity I have had to work with so many outstanding and dedicated UNHCR field officers and other colleagues doing lifesaving work globally, and to serve as Special Envoy. I will continue to do everything in my power in the years to come to support refugees and other displaced people.

 

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