Actress 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.
Ms. Jolie brief the council as special envoy for the U.N. on refugee issues.
Syria’s ambassador said simply of her presence, “She’s beautiful.”
Nearly four million Syrians have fled the conflict into neighboring countries, which warn they are dangerously overstretched.
“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,” Ms. 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.
Ms. Jolie called strongly for the political will to act.
