Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt Donate $1 Million To UN Agency Caring For Pakistan Refugees

First Published: June 18, 2009 10:43 AM EDT Credit: Getty Images

GENEVA, Switzerland -- Caption Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie share a moment at the ‘Inglourious Basterds’ premiere held at the Palais Des Festivals during the 62nd International Cannes Film Festival on May 20th, 2009Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have donated $1 million to the U.N. refugee agency providing aid to hundreds of thousands uprooted by violence in Pakistan.

The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees says it is grateful for the donation from the Jolie-Pitt Foundation. It said Thursday the money will go to alleviating suffering caused by the “most challenging humanitarian crisis of the past decade.”

UNHCR says over 2 million Pakistanis have been driven from their homes this year by fighting between government troops and Taliban militants in the northwest of the country.

Jolie has visited refugees in Pakistan on three missions since becoming goodwill ambassador for the agency in 2001. The Oscar-winning actress took Pitt with her on one such visit in 2005.

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