US actor has announced that she will be stepping aside from her post as the United Nations refugee agency special envoy after nearly a decade in the position. Jolie, 47, started working with the UN as a goodwill ambassador in 2001 and was appointed the organisation's first special envoy in 2012. During her period in the position she conducted more than 60 field missions visiting refugees, campaigning against sexual violence and using her platform to raise awareness of neglected conflicts from Burkina Faso to Yemen
Angelina Jolie leaves role as UN refugee agency ambassador