Responsibility to Protect is the mission and the message for September 20 from 3-4:30 pm at The UN Headquarters Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations will be hosting Ministerial Side Event together with the United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect and The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect.
The Side Event is entitled “Upholding the Responsibility to Protect: The Role of Religious Leaders in Preventing Atrocity Crimes” and will feature keynote speeches by the Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of His Holiness Pope Francis, and religious leaders from Islam, Judaism and religious minorities as well as from the top UN official with regard to the Responsibility to Protect.
The Responsibility to Protect is an international norm that seeks to ensure that the international community never again fails to halt the atrocity crimes genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. It was unanimously adopted in 2005 at the UN World Summit, the largest gathering of Heads of State and Government in history.
Those interested in attending are asked to inscribe at holyseemission.org/RSVPseptember20.
