Talking to journalists on Wednesday she said she “hardly had the words” to express her opposition to the plan.
Jolie also urged people to put aside corruption fears and donate cash to help Pakistan’s 21 million flood victims, as she toured areas devastated by deluges.
“I don’t want some people to use it (corruption) as an excuse not to give assistance,” Jolie told reporters at the UN refugee agency’s Islamabad office.
“I have seen what they have done in the field. I’ve physically seen people assisted, so if you are nervous about giving money directly in one way there are other ways to do it,” she said.
There have been allegations that aid funds have been mishandled since the start of the floods crisis six weeks ago, and despite massive relief efforts by the UN, United States and other donors, the UN has spoken of Pakistan’s “image deficit” affecting donations.
Jolie also met Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and assured him of more assistance.
The UNHCR will make fresh appeals to the world community for more assistance for the flood victims, she said. It was Jolie’s fourth visit to Pakistan since she became a UNHCR goodwill ambassador in 2001.
Speaking of the flood-hit villagers she had met during her travels to the northwest, she said she was particularly moved by an elderly couple in their 70s who had built their lives from nothing and seen it all washed away. “If I could put a face on this disaster it would be those wonderful, kind, funny and hard working people who lost everything,” said Jolie.
She said she met women who had lost children, and children who asked her only for electricity, water and food, among the many “resilient” survivors.
— With input from agencies
