Angelina Jolie has launched a blistering attack on the United Nations Security Council over their lack of action to help the millions of Syrian refugees.
The actress spoke at the organisation's headquarters in Manhattan and accused world leaders of being paralysed by its division over the four-year conflict.
Almost four million Syrians have been forced to flee their homeland and into neighbouring countries as civil war and ISIS continue to leave the Middle East country savaged.
She said: "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. We are standing by in Syria."
he 39-year-old spoke out in her capacity as a special envoy for the U.N. on refugee issues.
She also shamed council members saying they had failed to use their powers to act after they were unable to agree on how to tackle the problems faced by the country.
Ever since the crisis began in 2011 Jolie had visited Syria on 11 occasions.
Russia, a top Syria ally and backed by China, has vetoed multiple council resolutions on Syria, including an effort last year to refer the situation there to the International Criminal Court.
The Maleficent star said the council must now "work as one", and added she would like to see the foreign minister of each of the 15 council members come to the table to negotiate a political solution.
She also urged council members to visit Syrian refugees and see the crisis
for themselves.
for themselves.
In addition, Jolie spoke briefly about the rising migrant crisis on the Mediterranean, where more than 1,300 migrants fleeing Syria and other places have drowned at sea over the past three weeks.
"It is sickening to see thousands of refugees drowning on the doorstep of the world's wealthiest continent," she said.
"No one risks the lives of their children in this way except out of utter desperation."
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