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Angelina Jolie in World Refugee Day video message

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Angelina Jolie in World Refugee Day video message

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Ron Redmond – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
16 June 2009 Also available in:

UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie has made a World Refugee Day video message you can now view on the new UNHCR website.

The 30-second public service announcement was co-produced by Ms. Jolie and UNHCR and includes images and video from refugees and displaced people around the world. It went live yesterday on YouTube and got 25,000 views overnight. It is also being shown on airport monitors; every six minutes on 172 monitors at Washington's Dulles and Reagan, for example, with plans for other airports around the world. It is also being broadcast on television networks worldwide.

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