Angelina - the Goodwill Ambassador quick facts

On August 27, 2001, Angelina was named UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador.

She'd been to the Côte d'Ivoire, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, Cambodia and Pakistan before because she'd voiced the wish to learn about refugees
and spent several weeks in each area working with the UNHCR staff,
visiting the refugees.

During the last 3 years she's also been to Thailand, Ecuador, Kenya, Namibia, Kosovo, Sri Lanka, the Russian Federation, Jordan, Egypt and Chad.
In October 2003, she got the first UNCA Citizen of the World award from the United Nations Correspondents Association in New York.

To learn more please visit UNHCR's official website.