http://revista.ieee.es/index.php/ieee 332 Journal of the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies Núm. 8 / 2016 «countries who have the use of veto abstaining from its use in the case of war crimes, crimes against humanity or the risk of said situations» 47 was one of Spain’s priorities, the Minister of Foreign Affairs stated that: «We welcome the French proposal on limiting the use of the veto in the areas of crimes against humanity, genocide, etcetera, as well requiring – to be looked at for certain cases – the requirement for two vetoes»48. The Spanish delegation referred to the question of limiting the use of the veto during the interactive dialogue on the responsibility to protect in 2015. During their intervention, they stated that as a current member of the Security Council they would continue to work to avoid its failure in situations of atrocity crimes, which also trans-lated into their support for the ACT Group’s code of conduct49. In connection with the above, it is important to underline that at the end of October 2015 and just a few days after the above-mentioned interactive dialogue, the ACT Group officially presented the initiative for the establishment of a code of conduct for the Se-curity Council when dealing with genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. The code of conduct would mean on the one hand a general commitment from all the members of the Security Council to support the actions of the Security Council to pre-vent or end situations involving massive and serious violations of human rights and, on the other, a specific commitment from the members not to use their right of veto to veto draft resolutions dealing with these situations50. Following the launch of the initiative, the code of conduct was supported by 104 states, including Spain51. other countries highlighting the need for the non-permanent members to try to remedy this gap in representation and to find other solutions» J. M., Beneyto, who spoke of «placing limits on the veto» and I. Lozano (Appearance of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, op. cit., pp. 9, 15 and 19). 47 Statement by I. Lozano, Appearance of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, op. cit., p. 9. 48 Appearance of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation op. cit., p. 22. 49 ACT Group (Accountability, Coherence and Transparency). 50 This proposal was defended by the 24 member states of the ACT Group and has the backing of 104 states, including Spain <http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Portal/es/SalaDePrensa/ElMinisterioInforma/Paginas/Noticias/20151102_MINISTER-IO3. aspx>, Consulted: 8 January 2016. 51 The other states that joined the proposal are: Albania, Germany, Andorra, Australia, Bahrain, Bel-gium, Benin, Botswana, Bulgaria, Cape Verde, the Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Granada, Guatemala, Guinea-Bis-sau, Honduras, Hungary, Island, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Norway, Oman, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Catar, the Republic of Korea, the Republic of Moldova, Romania, Samoa, Saint Kitts and Nevis, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, the Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, the State of Palestine, Sweden,
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