Jolie joins ‘next generation of foreign policy leaders’

ANGELINA JOLIE joined “the next generation of foreign policy leaders” yesterday, a leading US think-tank said.

The 32-year-old, who is a UN Goodwill Ambassador, was nominated and recommended for approval by members of the Council on Foreign Relations.

She will join the likes of presidents Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, and the US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as a member of the prestigious US foreign policy think-tank.

Lisa Shields, of the CFR, said: “Angelina Jolie is accomplished in her field and has demonstrated serious interest in issues such as Darfur, international education and refugees.

In an interview for next month’s Esquire magazine, Jolie said she wanted to be remembered for her humanitarian work.

“I have no animosity toward Hollywood or the demands of the red carpet, all that silliness,” she told the magazine.

“That’s my job, and I’m happy to have it. But when I die, do I want to be remembered as an actress? No.”

Jolie started her humanitarian work in 2001, when she first joined the United Nations refugee agency after visiting Cambodia while filming Tomb Raider, the country where she also adopted her first child, Maddox.

Since that time, Jolie has visited refugee camps in over 30 countries.