Angelina Jolie at World Refugee Day and brings attention to plight of refugees

Angeline Jolie attends a press conference in Intercontinental hotel in Festival City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on Wednesday. The Associated Press reports that she promised that the Middle East version of her reality show will steer clear of the drinking and the swearing it had in Los Angeles and London.Christie Brinkley and daughter Alexa Ray Joel attend the 6th annual Wayuu Taya Foundation gala at Stephen Weiss Studio on Wednesday in New York City

Angelina Jolie was on a stage Thursday but wasn't performing. Instead, she paid tribute to the millions of uprooted people across the globe made homeless by war.Angelina Jolie said that sheltering countries can learn from the way refugees survive their difficulties.A U.N. goodwill ambassador, Jolie was in Washington to observe World Refugee Day, an annual event that falls on Saturday this year. The poignant ceremony was sponsored by the United Nations refugee agency.I believe we must persuade the world that refugees must not be simply viewed as a burden," she said. "They are the survivors. And they can bring those qualities to the service of their communities and the countries that shelter them."

Jolie spoke of her visits to refugee camps in Tanzania and Pakistan.She met a boy about 15 years old in a Tanzanian refugee camp who, without a wheelchair, had to crawl since a shot in the back paralyzed him. His family was killed, leaving him as an orphan. Yet when he spoke with her, he did it with a smile.

She feels that UN.: $450M needed to help uprooted Pakistanis.Afghans and Iraqis constituted almost half of all refugees worldwide. One out of four refugees was from Afghanistan, and 69 countries accepted Afghan refugees for asylum, agency officials found..She lived in a small, roofless dirt house in an abandoned refugee camp in Pakistan

"I want to encourage the refugees don't give up," she said. Giving up "is not an option."

Just one day after news broke that Angelina Jolie and her partner Brad Pitt donated $1 million dollars through their foundation to aid refugees -- the actress and activist attended and spoke at the World Refugee Day commemoration in Washington, D.C. on Thursday.

Angelina, who serves as a Goodwill Ambassador for the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees), was scheduled to celebrate World Refugee Day at the event with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, but the former First Lady reportedly pulled out of the appearance after injuring her elbow in a fall.