The representative said the U.S. and the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR and Angelina Jolie will take on a new role in refugee crises in the world's most complex and exciting, Tuesday - GENEVA (Reuters).
The sources told Reuters that the Commission will be invited as the Special Representative on the situation of Afghan refugees, to help resolve the fate of 2.7 million Afghan refugees in Pakistan and Iran.
And refused to Julie, who served for 10 years as a Goodwill Ambassador for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and the donation of $ 5 million for aid operations carried out by, to be specific, he told reporters: "We are in a small number of countries in the world.
"We hope to discuss in the next few weeks, but we want to search correctly and do it well," she said after a meeting of the Executive Committee of the UNHCR in Geneva.
Said Antonio Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Jolie talks, which will become "the basis for the Special Envoy of the most dramatic refugee situations that require a lot of advocacy," and to mobilize international support is strong.
"We will ask you to do more and more in this regard," he said. Julie will harness his diplomatic skills, vision and ideas to address "some of the most complex problems we face."
"Weak YET flexibility" for refugees
Jolie, Oscar-winning, dressed in black, that the refugees who met during the missions field 40 of the UNHCR in the hot areas of Pakistan to Kenya was "among the most vulnerable groups, but most people are flexible in the world."
"My personal experience with the Commission may move, sometimes heartbreaking, but always memorable and rewarding," she said.
Jolie, who makes her debut with the romantic film directors at the time of the Bosnian war "in the land of blood and honey," scheduled for release in December, and six children.
The Commission said in a recent missions to Malta, Tunisia and met families of those who fled their homeland of Somalia but were uprooted again a new conflict in Libya.
"I tried to imagine what it must be like for a mother with children. To risk her life in the sea trying to reach Europe from North Africa," she said, noting that it was known that some smugglers no mercy throwing women and children in the sea.
The visit to the March to the Afghan village Jadu Castle, north of Kabul, where girls' schools and teachers are still targets of violence. A girl named Sahira pledged to complete her studies through the 12th grade if the actress has helped build a school.
"It's not hard to say yes, knowing that an Afghan, a word is her bond. Education is a basic human right and it should not deprive it of any longer. Sahira is the future of Afghanistan."
"After decades of displacement and many years of war, we are entering a crucial moment for Afghanistan," added Julie.
Killed on September 20, Burhanuddin Rabbani, the main peace negotiator in Kabul, derailed efforts to establish a dialogue with the Taliban to end the war 10 years, and raised fears of a widening rift in the dangerous ethnic Afghanistan.
Although the millions of Afghans have returned to their homes in the past decade, Pakistan, and Iran still hosts 1700000 and 1 million Afghan refugees, respectively, according to the Agency.
Jolie made a surprise appearance Monday night at a ceremony UNHCR assistance package in honor of Yemen is credited for saving thousands of Somali refugees desperate people who arrive in Yemen every year.
Miami-based pop icon Colombian Juanes implementation of his hits "It's time for change" and "Camisa Negra" (The Black Shirt). Ghent Norway Sivert Hoyem, vocalist rock band Madrugada, "a prisoner of the road," a song about fleeing the violence.
Fars also reported that an Iranian news agency Jolie is in talks to film in the Islamic Republic, a country where women have to wear Islamic dress - at least a head scarf and loose clothing - in public and on the screen.
The film's producer Ali Sartipi he was in talks with the Department of Jolie.
"We intend to first obtain approval from Angelina Jolie, then we want to enter into negotiations with the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance (on whether to allow them to operate in Iran)," he said.
The sources told Reuters that the Commission will be invited as the Special Representative on the situation of Afghan refugees, to help resolve the fate of 2.7 million Afghan refugees in Pakistan and Iran.
And refused to Julie, who served for 10 years as a Goodwill Ambassador for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and the donation of $ 5 million for aid operations carried out by, to be specific, he told reporters: "We are in a small number of countries in the world.
"We hope to discuss in the next few weeks, but we want to search correctly and do it well," she said after a meeting of the Executive Committee of the UNHCR in Geneva.
Said Antonio Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Jolie talks, which will become "the basis for the Special Envoy of the most dramatic refugee situations that require a lot of advocacy," and to mobilize international support is strong.
"We will ask you to do more and more in this regard," he said. Julie will harness his diplomatic skills, vision and ideas to address "some of the most complex problems we face."
"Weak YET flexibility" for refugees
Jolie, Oscar-winning, dressed in black, that the refugees who met during the missions field 40 of the UNHCR in the hot areas of Pakistan to Kenya was "among the most vulnerable groups, but most people are flexible in the world."
"My personal experience with the Commission may move, sometimes heartbreaking, but always memorable and rewarding," she said.
Jolie, who makes her debut with the romantic film directors at the time of the Bosnian war "in the land of blood and honey," scheduled for release in December, and six children.
The Commission said in a recent missions to Malta, Tunisia and met families of those who fled their homeland of Somalia but were uprooted again a new conflict in Libya.
"I tried to imagine what it must be like for a mother with children. To risk her life in the sea trying to reach Europe from North Africa," she said, noting that it was known that some smugglers no mercy throwing women and children in the sea.
The visit to the March to the Afghan village Jadu Castle, north of Kabul, where girls' schools and teachers are still targets of violence. A girl named Sahira pledged to complete her studies through the 12th grade if the actress has helped build a school.
"It's not hard to say yes, knowing that an Afghan, a word is her bond. Education is a basic human right and it should not deprive it of any longer. Sahira is the future of Afghanistan."
"After decades of displacement and many years of war, we are entering a crucial moment for Afghanistan," added Julie.
Killed on September 20, Burhanuddin Rabbani, the main peace negotiator in Kabul, derailed efforts to establish a dialogue with the Taliban to end the war 10 years, and raised fears of a widening rift in the dangerous ethnic Afghanistan.
Although the millions of Afghans have returned to their homes in the past decade, Pakistan, and Iran still hosts 1700000 and 1 million Afghan refugees, respectively, according to the Agency.
Jolie made a surprise appearance Monday night at a ceremony UNHCR assistance package in honor of Yemen is credited for saving thousands of Somali refugees desperate people who arrive in Yemen every year.
Miami-based pop icon Colombian Juanes implementation of his hits "It's time for change" and "Camisa Negra" (The Black Shirt). Ghent Norway Sivert Hoyem, vocalist rock band Madrugada, "a prisoner of the road," a song about fleeing the violence.
Fars also reported that an Iranian news agency Jolie is in talks to film in the Islamic Republic, a country where women have to wear Islamic dress - at least a head scarf and loose clothing - in public and on the screen.
The film's producer Ali Sartipi he was in talks with the Department of Jolie.
"We intend to first obtain approval from Angelina Jolie, then we want to enter into negotiations with the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance (on whether to allow them to operate in Iran)," he said.
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