Angelina Jolie Visits Flood Devastated Pakistan

(AFP) - Hollywood star Angelina Jolie visited Pakistan on Tuesday to draw world attention towards the plight of 21 million people affected by the country's worst-ever floods, the U.N. refugee agency said.

"Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie arrived in Pakistan today to meet people affected by the floods and to highlight the continued urgent need for help," the agency said.

Jolie, the 35-year-old "Salt" star and roving envoy for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, would be traveling to affected communities in the northwest and would meet those involved in the relief efforts, the agency said.

This is the fourth visit by Jolie to Pakistan since she became a goodwill ambassador in 2001.

Last week Jolie released a video message appealing for greater public support for Pakistan's relief efforts, and she has herself donated $100,000 to the flood appeal.

The U.N. is providing relief aid including shelter materials to those displaced by the disaster, which has killed 1,760 people by the official toll.

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