Thread: Syria's sexist insult to Angelina

Syria's sexist insult to Angelina: Star Special Envoy rips UN's 'paralysis' over bloody civil war's four million refugees ... and the Syrian ambassador's response? 'She's beautiful'

Angelina Jolie pleaded with world powers on Friday to help the millions of Syrian refugees, sharply criticizing the U.N. Security Council for being paralyzed by its division over Syria's four-year conflict.

Jolie briefed the council as special envoy for the U.N. on refugee issues. When asked about Jolie's planned briefing, Syria's U.N. Ambassador Bashar Ja'afari responded: 'She is beautiful.'

Nearly four million Syrians have fled the conflict into neighboring countries, which warn they are dangerously overstretched.






Of those, 167,500 are trapped by government forces, 228,000 by Islamic State militants and the rest by other armed groups.

The 39-year-old actress and director spoke at the United Nations in New York on Friday dressed in a white blazer, matching skirt and delicate jewelry. She had removed her $250,000 diamond engagement ring to make her speech.

'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,' Jolie said.


“ 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.”


Jolie on the recent drownings of the migrants fleeing to Europe

'We are standing by in Syria,' she said, adding that the council's powers lie unused because its members cannot agree on how to address the conflict.

In addition, Jolie spoke briefly about the rising migrant crisis on the Mediterranean, where more than 1,300 migrants fleeing Syria and other places have drowned


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