"There doesn't seem to be a real coherent plan to help them," said Jolie,

speaking in an exclusive interview with CNN's Arwa Damon. "There's lots of

goodwill. Lots of discussion, but there seems to be a lot of talk at the

moment, and a lot of pieces that need to be put together. I'm trying to figure

out what they are."

A goodwill ambassador for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Jolie

wants to find ways to help the agency be more active inside war-torn Iraq,

where Sunni-Shiite sectarian violence has sparked a displacement crisis that is

considered the most significant in the Middle East since the 1948 creation of

Israel.

More than 4.2 million Iraqis have fled their homes, around 2 million to

neighboring states, mostly Syria and Jordan, and another 2.2 million displaced

inside Iraq.

"How Iraq settles in the years to come is going to affect the entire

Middle East," said Jolie. "It's in our best interest to address a humanitarian

crisis on this scale because displacement can lead to a lot of instability and

aggression."

Jolie has been working to help draw attention to the problem and has

called for governments to bolster their support of the UNHCR. In August, Jolie

first visited Iraq and Syria to get a sense of the problem. She heard stories

from refugees and displaced people about their plight.

This visit to Iraq is focusing on the problems of the internally

displaced, 58 percent of whom are under age 12. A top issue for the agency is

getting better security.

Jolie is talking with U.S. officials, including top U.S. Gen. David

Petraeus, about that issue, and are willing to provide such security which she

said "needs to be addressed and solved."

The Iraqi government needs to empower agencies that deal with migration

to address the concerns of the displaced -- but that hasn't happened yet, she

said.

Jolie said it's crucial that the government prepare a plan to deal with

refugees who return home from Syria and Jordan and find that their homes are

"occupied" by others or "bombed out." She emphasizes the way in which these

people are resettled will have "broad implications" in the region.

Jolie also is talking to people about moving forward the U.S. effort to

resettle Iraqi refugees in the United States, which has set a goal of taking in

12,000 of those people by September. Only 375 have been admitted so far.

"I have to believe there are people working toward that goal," she said.