Angelina Jolie

[Cherry Darling]

Angelina Jolie on Middle East (Syria) at United Nations Security Council






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[Cherry Darling]

Video
http://webtv.un.org/watch/angelina-jolie-on-middle-east-syria-security-council-7433rd-meeting/4194030820001

Full speech
As delivered

Mr President, Foreign Ministers, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: it is an honor to brief the Council.

I thank His Excellency the Foreign Minister of Jordan, the High Commissioner for Refugees, and my colleagues from OCHA, and the World Food Programme.

Since the Syria conflict began in 2011, I have made eleven visits to Syrian refugees in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and Malta.

I wish that some of the Syrians I have met could be here today.

I think of the mother I met recently in a camp in Iraq. She could tell you what it is like to try to live after your young daughter was ripped from your family by armed men, and taken as a sex slave.

I think of Hala, one of six orphaned children living in a tent in Lebanon. She could tell you what it is like to share the responsibility for feeding your family at the age of 11, because your mother died in an air strike and your father is missing.

I think of Dr Ayman, a Doctor from Aleppo, who watched his wife and three year-old daughter drown in the Mediterranean when a smugglers' boat collapsed packed with hundreds of people. He could tell you what it is like to try to keep your loved ones safe in a warzone, only to lose them in a desperate bid for safety after all other options have failed.

Any one of the Syrians I have met would speak more eloquently about the conflict than I ever could.

Nearly four million Syrian refugees are victims of a conflict they have no part in.

Yet they are stigmatized, unwanted, and regarded as a burden.

So I am here for them, because this is their United Nations.

Here, all countries and all people are equal – from the smallest and most broken member states to the free and powerful.

The purpose of the UN is to prevent and end conflict:

To bring countries together, to find diplomatic solutions and to save lives.

We are failing to do this in Syria.

Responsibility for the conflict lies with the warring parties inside Syria.

But the crisis is made worse by division and indecision within the international community – preventing the Security Council from fulfilling its responsibilities.

In 2011, the Syrian refugees I met were full of hope. They said "please, tell people what is happening to us", trusting that the truth alone would guarantee international action.

When I returned, hope was turning into anger: the anger of the man who held his baby up to me, asking "is this a terrorist? Is my son a terrorist?"

On my last visit in February, anger had subsided into resignation, misery and the bitter question "why are we, the Syrian people, not worth saving?"

To be a Syrian caught up in this conflict is to be cut off from every law and principle designed to protect innocent life:

International humanitarian law prohibits torture, starvation, the targeting of schools and hospitals – but these crimes are happening every day in Syria.

The Security Council has powers to address these threats to international peace and security – but those powers lie unused.

The UN has adopted the Responsibility to Protect concept, saying that when a State cannot protect its people the international community will not stand by – but we are standing by, in Syria.

The problem is not lack of information – we know in excruciating detail what is happening in Yarmouk, in Aleppo and in Homs.

The problem is lack of political will.

We cannot look at Syria, and the evil that has arisen from the ashes of indecision, and think this is not the lowest point in the world's inability to protect and defend the innocent.

And I say this as someone who is proud to have been part of the UN system for 13 years.

I don't think enough people realize just how many people are fed, sheltered, protected and educated by the United Nations every day of the year.

But all of this good is undermined by the message being sent in Syria: that laws can be flouted – chemical weapons can be used, hospitals can be bombed, aid can be withheld and civilians starved – with impunity.

So on behalf of Syrian refugees, I make three pleas to the international community:

The first is an appeal for unity.

It is time for the Security Council to work as one to end the conflict, and reach a settlement that also brings justice and accountability for the Syrian people.

It is very encouraging to see ministerial representation from Jordan, Spain and Malaysia here today.

But I think we would all like to see the Foreign Ministers of all the Security Council Members here, working on a political solution for Syria as a matter of urgency.

In the last few months we have seen intensive diplomacy at work elsewhere in the region: so now let us see what is possible for the people of Syria.

And while these debates are important, I also urge the Security Council to visit Syrian refugees, to see first hand their suffering and the impact it is having on the region. Those refugees cannot come to this Council, so please, will you go to them.

Second, I echo what has been said about supporting Syria's neighbors, who are making an extraordinary contribution.

It is sickening to see thousands of refugees drowning on the doorstep of the world's wealthiest continent. No one risks the lives of their children in this way except out of utter desperation.

If we cannot end the conflict, we have an inescapable moral duty to help refugees and provide legal avenues to safety.

And third, the barbarism of those inflicting systematic sexual violence demands a much greater response from the international community.

We need to send a signal that we are serious about accountability for these crimes, for that is the only hope of establishing any deterrence.

And I call on Member States to begin preparations now so that Syrian women are fully represented in future peace negotiations, in accordance with multiple resolutions of the Security Council.

And if I may make a wider, final point to conclude my remarks.

The crisis in Syria illustrates that our inability to find diplomatic solutions causes mass displacement, and traps millions of people in exile, statelessness, and displacement.

52 million people are forcibly displaced today – a sea of excluded humanity.

And while our priority must be ending the Syrian conflict, we must also broaden out the discussion to this much wider problem.

Our times will be defined not by the crises themselves, but by the way we pull together as an international community to address them.

Thank you.

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[Cherry Darling]

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[Cherry Darling]

Angelina Jolie Speaks at Women in the World Summit 2015
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[jexxica]

I don't know which magazine these are. But it's the first time I see them!

old Angelina Jolie scans from an italian magazine (1990) I bought on ebay.

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[melfreya]

I think the outfit for the United Nations Council was a bit inappropriate. Too low cut and no bra... She dresses more conservately at movie premieres and she chose a negligee blouse for speaking about Syrian refugees?

 

[pixiedust1603]

You can't even see anything when she's sitting down.

I don't see why women need to hide everything that symbolises their femininity in order to be taken seriously or in order for their words to be taken seriously.

 

[newprincesita]

You can't even see anything when she's sitting down.

I don't see why women need to hide everything that symbolises their femininity in order to be taken seriously or in order for their words to be taken seriously.

I agree with what you say. But a bra never hurt anyone, specially when your assets are so...pointy.
You can be brave and corageous and appropiate.

 

[melfreya]

You can't even see anything when she's sitting down.

I don't see why women need to hide everything that symbolises their femininity in order to be taken seriously or in order for their words to be taken seriously.

I didn't say she needs to hide everything. But all I see in these photos are pointy nipples, and in some where she's sitting down it looks like she's not wearing anything!
So, I guess a bra would be nice, is all I'm saying! :flower;

 

[jexxica]

Angelina Jolie wore an all-black ensemble on Saturday while arriving at JFK Airport in New York City with her eldest child Maddox

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[Wolkfolk]

She went to the UN to talk about the terrible conditions of war refugees and yet we end up talking about her breast.

Though I agree that maybe she should've won bra, I also think she's completely right to wear that blouse without anything. Her words and the matter are far more important than pointy nipples. Besides you can't even see anything when she's sitting at the table. Not a huge fan of that nude color on her though.

 

[Fabulyss]

I'd like to clear up the Angelina no bra/nipple issue because I just completed the exact same surgery she had...

After this surgery is performed most women (myself included) completely lose sensation. My breasts are so numb now that when they did the injection process (injecting saline into the skin and THROUGH the muscle to the expander to slowly expand the breasts before the implants go in) - I didn't feel a thing. I couldn't feel a needle 3 inches deep into my body! If I wear a lose tank top at home my breast might slip out and I don't know because I can't feel it.

With regard for Angie: some doctors recommend not wearing a bra after this surgery and no matter how big you go it's no longer required anyway as they're even perkier than implants under normal circumstances (I tried one on the other day and it made no difference, the breasts support themselves because there is 0 breast tissue).

I hope that's enlightening. I'm sure she could get nipple covers if she wanted to, but no woman should have to worry about "offending" someone with their clothed nipples (or unclothed nipples for that matter).

 

[jexxica]

02/05/15

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[jexxica]

Director Angelina Jolie's By the Sea is getting a prime award-season release date this year.

The Universal film, starring Jolie and her husband, Brad Pitt, is set to hit theaters on Nov. 13, and marks Jolie's directorial follow-up to Unbroken. Jolie and Pitt haven't appeared together on the big screen since Mr. & Mrs. Smith in 2005.

Also written and produced by Jolie, By the Sea follows an American writer named Roland (Pitt) and his wife, Vanessa (Jolie), who arrive in a tranquil and picturesque seaside resort in 1970s France, their marriage in apparent crisis. As they spend time with fellow travelers, the couple begins to come to terms with unresolved issues in their own lives.

“This is a story about a relationship derailed by loss, the tenacity of love, and the path to recovery and acceptance,” Jolie said in a statement. "It has been a privilege to explore these universal human experiences with such a generous and talented cast and crew.”

Added Universal Pictures chairman Donna Langley: “Angie and Brad have created an intimate gem of a film that will surprise people and delivers an experience they might not expect from them. Universal is honored to market and distribute it to audiences around the world.”

The international ensemble cast also includes Melanie Laurent, Niels Arestrup, Melvil Poupaud and Richard Bohringer.

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And a new still

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[jexxica]

Park with her children in LA - May 17, 2015

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[jexxica]

Brad Pitt and Angelina departing on a flight with their kids Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Vivienne and Knox at LAX airport in Los Angeles, California on June 6, 2015.

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[jexxica]

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[jexxica]

PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt shun First Class luxury as they fly ECONOMY with their six children from Paris to Nice

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[Not Plain Jane]

what a crew to maneuver!

 

[jexxica]

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