UN special envoy Angelina Jolie in action
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Angelina Jolie made her debut before the Security Council at the U.N. headquarters as a special envoy a recent conference. Take a look. (Reuters Photo)
Updated on: Jun 25, 2013 3:37 PM IST
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Angelina Jolie made her debut before the Security Council at the U.N. headquarters as a special envoy a recent conference. Take a look. (Reuters Photo)
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UNHCR special envoy actress Angelina Jolie (C) greets the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Zainab Bangura (R) before a United Nations Security Council meeting on women, peace, security, and sexual violence in conflict. (Reuters Photo)
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Special envoy Angelina Jolie criticised UN Security Council powers for their lack of action over wartime rapes, invoking Syria and other conflicts in a surprise speech to the body. Ambassadors from Russia, China, the United States, France and Britain - bitterly divided over the Syria war - listened as Jolie said they should "show the determination" to defend the hundreds of thousands of victims of sexual attacks in conflict. (AFP Photo)
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UNHCR special envoy actress Angelina Jolie listens during a United Nations Security Council meeting on women, peace, security, and sexual violence in conflict at United Nations Headquarters in New York. (Reuters Photo)
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Jolie, a goodwill ambassador for the UN high commissioner for refugees, said the Security Council had witnessed 67 years of wars and conflict since it was established "but the world has yet to take up warzone rape as a serious priority." (AFP Photo)
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