Jolie Seems At Not Refugee Agency Honours

First Released: October 3, 2011 5:39 PM EDT Credit: UNHCR/Getty Images Caption Un Goodwill Ambassador Julia Roberts visits Somali refugees at Shousha Camping, close to the Tunis-Libyan border in Ras Djir, Tunisia, on April 5, 2011 GENEVA, Europe -- Julia Roberts was almost reduced to tears Monday as she honored a Yemeni aid group in an honours ceremony that also recognized her work in the last decade like a U.N. refugee agency goodwill ambassador. Jolie required happens to praise the Geneva-based agency and Yemens Society for Humanitarian Solidarity, which won the agencys top annual award for helping 1000's of Somali refugees and migrants who flee for Yemen in smugglers motorboats over the risky Gulf of Aden. The desperation fueled with a vicious mixture of drought, famine and conflict has driven hundreds of 1000's of individuals in the Horn of Africa, Jolie stated. And that we mustn't forget what's happening within this world, she stated. We should attempt to imagine how desperate these folks should be, when their only alternative would be to risk dying at ocean and set their lives at the disposal of callous smugglers. Somalia has already established transitional administrations within the last seven years. However it has didn't have a functioning central government since 1991, when warlords overthrew a longtime dictator after which switched on one another, plunging the impoverished country into chaos. The transitional government, backed by African Union troops, continues to be combating al-Shabab insurgents Islamic militants who abandoned Mogadishu at the begining of August but nonetheless hold a lot of southern Somalia, where hundreds of 1000's are thought to possess starved to dying and hundreds of 1000's more have fled or attempted to leave with the hope of finding food. Jolie stated the 290 staff from the Society for Humanitarian Solidarity, in addition to its founder Nasser Salim Ali Al-Hamairy, deserve much credit for jeopardizing their very own lives in order to save 1000's of others every year. She stated she anticipated representing the UNHCR and it is staff for an additional ten years. First and foremost Im so grateful I shouldn't cry towards the refugee families which i possess the recognition and privilege to invest the final years with, she stated. From their store Ive learned a lot. Ive learned to become a better person, a much better mother. Theyve inspired me by showing me the unbreakable strength from the human spirit. (Copyright 2011 by Connected Press) Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.