“When the Security Council fails, the United Nations fails,” video message from The Elders, Amnesty International and the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect

In advance of the World Humanitarian Summit next week, the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect collaborated with The Elders and Amnesty International on a video message calling upon the UN Security Council to take action to prevent and halt mass atrocities by agreeing to voluntarily restrain from using their veto and adopting a Code of Conduct.

The message features interviews with members of The Elders – including Jimmy Carter,  Kofi Annan and Mary Robinson –  as well as Secretary-General of Amnesty International, Salil Shetty, and Executive Director of the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, Simon Adams.

On 24 May, Dr. Adams will moderate a high-level event organized by the Foreign Minister of Liechtenstein on the sidelines of the World Humanitarian Summit on “Security Council action in the service of humanity:implementing the commitment to prevent or end genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.”

Note for editors: The video features Kofi Annan, Chair of The Elders; Jimmy Carter, Elder and former President of the United States; Salil Shetty, Secretary-General of Amnesty International; Simon Adams, Director of the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect; Mary Robinson, Elder and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; Martti Ahtisaari, Elder and former President of Finland; and Hina Jilani, Elder and Pakistani human rights advocate.