WASHINGTON — Movie stars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are giving gifts of $1 million each to two humanitarian organisations, an adviser to the couple said this week.The recipients are Global Action for Children and Medecins sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders.

"In the most troubled parts of the world — places that much of the world has abandoned — MSF is always there," said Jolie in a statement issued by Trevor Neilson, the couple's philanthropic and political adviser. "I have seen these brave men and women working in war zones and horrific conditions and I deeply admire them."

Jolie is a goodwill ambassador for the UN High Commission for Refugees.

Jennifer Delaney, US director for Global Action for Children, expressed her thanks for the gift from the Jolie-Pitt Foundation.