Angelina Jolie urges world powers to help Syrian refugees

UNITED NATIONS: Actress Angelina Jolie pleaded with world powers Friday to help the millions of Syrian refugees. Jolie brief the council as special envoy for the UN on refugee issues.
Syria’s ambassador said simply of her presence, “She’s beautiful.”
“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.
“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.
Jolie has made 11 visits to Syrian refugees in the region since 2011. Jolie said the council must now “work as one,” and she said she would like to see the foreign minister of each of the 15 council members come to the table to negotiate a solution.
She also urged council members to visit Syrian refugees and see the crisis for themselves.
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 at sea over the past three weeks.
“It is sickening to see thousands of refugees drowning on the doorstep of the world’s wealthiest continent,” she said. “No one risks the lives of their children in this way except out of utter desperation.”