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On Friday, Angelina Jolie appeared before the United Nations Security Council in her capacity as Special Envoy of the High Commission on Refugees. She ended up scolding the Security Council for their utter inaction on Syria, and their refusal to acknowledge or do anything for the millions of Syrian refugees fleeing their country. The numbers are min-boggling: the UN estimates that 3.8 million refugees have left Syria and more than 7 million Syrians have been displaced in the past four years. She didn’t call out specific countries – namely, Russia – but did note that some members of the Security Council refused to impose sanctions and embargos on Syria, moves that could possibly halt at least some of the Syrian diaspora. She also slams the “lack of political will” to deal with the crisis. Here’s part of her testimony:

You can read the full transcript of her Security Council remarks here. This is what Angelina Jolie looks like when she’s pissed off and frustrated. And she’s right to be pissed off and frustrated – this is one of the largest humanitarian crises of the past 50 years and no one is really doing anything about it.

After her appearance at the UN, Jolie spoke at the Women of the World Summit, speaking about the sexual violence facing so many female refugees in Iraq and Syria. She said: “Who among us would have thought we would see, in Iraq and Syria, images of women in cages, sold into sex slavery? Crimes against women are still treated as secondary issues.” She was the closing speaker – here is her speech:

PS… I know this is superficial, but I love her brooch.

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Photos courtesy of Pacific Coast News, Getty.
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