Angelina Jolie LEAVES role as UN refugee agency envoy after 21 YEARS

Angelina Jolie and the United Nations' refugee agency are parting ways after more than two decades.

In a joint statement issued Friday, the actress, 47, and the agency announced she was "moving on" from her role as the agency's special envoy "to engage on a broader set of humanitarian and human rights issues."

Jolie, whose ex Brad Pitt was seen attending the Babylon premiere Thursday with new love Ines de Ramon, said; "I will continue to do everything in my power in the years to come to support refugees and other displaced people."

She added she felt it was time "to work differently" by directly engaging with refugees and local organizations.

Jolie first started working with the U.N. refugee agency in 2001 and was appointed its special envoy in 2012 - she was among the most high-profile of the organization's ambassadors.

The star "carried out more than 60 field missions to bear witness to stories of suffering as well as hope and resilience", said the U.N, and had most recently traveled to Burkina Faso.