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"Though she couldn&amp;apos;t be there in person, Angelina Jolie was there in spirit.\r\nThe actress and special envoy for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, 36, sent a pre-recorded message to accept her honorary citizenship from the Assembly of Sarajevo Canton Parliament, held at the National Theatre in Sarajevo Thursday.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I am deeply grateful to the citizens of Sarajevo and the Sarajevo Canton assembly for bestowing upon me this incredible honor of citizenship. I am so proud to now be a part of such an extraordinary part of the world and fellow citizen to the people I deeply love and admire,&amp;quot; Jolie said. &amp;quot;I wish I could be there with all of you tonight, and I look forward to visiting in July when I can properly accept and personally express my gratitude.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThe honorary citizenship of Sarajevo Canton is only given out to one individual per year. The board chose Brad Pitt&amp;apos;s fiancee because she &amp;quot;puts the focus of current problems in the world&amp;quot; in the spotlight -- &amp;quot;namely hunger, poverty, inequality and injustice, and atrocities due to consequences of war.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThe award was presented on state at the National Theatre by Mirjana Malic. The board praised Jolie for her directorial debut, In the Land of Blood &amp;amp; Honey, because it &amp;quot;draws attention to the trauma of Bosnia and Herzegovina&amp;apos;s most recent war and the horrors and tragedies of our city and state.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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