The primary responsibility of the United Nations Security Council is to maintain international peace and security. This includes taking action to prevent or stop armed conflict, and to protect civilians from the effects of armed conflict.

The United Nations Security Council can authorize the use of force to protect civilians in a variety of circumstances, including when a state is unable or unwilling to protect its own civilians, when a state is committing genocide or other serious human rights violations, and when a state is threatening the peace and security of another state.

The United Nations Security Council plays a vital role in coordinating humanitarian assistance by providing funding, deploying peacekeeping forces, and negotiating access for humanitarian workers to conflict zones.

The ICRC is an independent organization that cooperates with the United Nations Security Council on humanitarian issues. The ICRC is not a subsidiary body of the United Nations Security Council, and it is not a member state of the United Nations.

The United Nations Security Council faces a number of challenges in fulfilling its role in Humanitarian Law, including the lack of political will among member states, the difficulty in obtaining consensus on resolutions, and the limited resources available for humanitarian assistance.