Fernando Henrique Cardoso offers a behind-the-scenes look at the Elders’ meeting in Rio de Janeiro in October 2011. The Elders meet twice a year to discuss their initiatives to promote peace and human rights. With fellow Elders Desmond Tutu, Mary Robinson, Jimmy Carter and Martti Ahtisaari, President Cardoso talks about the Elders’ recent work on child marriage, the Middle East peace process and the Korean Peninsula.
In June 2011 Elders Gro Brundtland, Graça Machel, Mary Robinson and Desmond Tutu travelled to Ethiopia to visit communities affected by child marriage and convene a meeting of experts and activists working to end child marriage around the world.
Richard Branson and Peter Gabriel talk about the founding of The Elders describe what they hope the group will achieve.
President Carter shares his hopes that the Elders will find success through good judgment, dedication and courage.
The Elders' Chair Desmond Tutu reads a letter from fellow Elder Ela Bhatt at The Elders' founding event in Johannesburg, South Africa on 18 July 2007.
Muhammad Yunus says the Elders, as trusted leaders, can provide guidance in a fast-changing world, by reflecting the feelings of the world and looking for ways to make practical changes, whether big or small.
