Angelina Jolie

has decided to leave her position as special envoy

for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR)

after two decades of work with the organization, the UN organization and the American actress reported today in a joint statement.

Jolie declared that she felt

"grateful for the privilege and opportunity"

that working with UNHCR has brought over the last twenty years and considered that "the time has come to work differently, engaging directly with refugees and local organizations and supporting their defense of solutions".

In this way, UNHCR confirmed that the interpreter plans to collaborate "with a greater number of actors in a broader set of humanitarian issues."

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, thanked Angelina Jolie for her work and commitment over the years and was sure that "her heart will continue to be close to the cause of refugees."

Jolie began working with UNHCR in 2001, in 2012 she was appointed special envoy and

has carried out more than 60 missions in countries around the world,

most recently visiting Yemen and Burkina Faso as part of this humanitarian work.

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