It is my great pleasure to introduce draft resolution A/77/L.59, entitled “Building global resilience and promoting sustainable development through regional and interregional infrastructure connectivity”, a joint, cross-regional initiative of Poland, Bulgaria, Croatia, El Salvador, Estonia, Hungary,…
Let me begin by thanking Madam Under-Secretary Izumi Nakamitsu for her very insightful briefing.
Poland fully supports and complies with all arms- control regimes and transparency measures aimed at reducing the risk of military conflicts. We are truly devoted to global cooperation in this area, as …
Let me start by thanking you, Mr. President, for providing Poland with an opportunity to address the Security Council today on a topic of enormous importance for our country,
the region of Central Europe, and, in fact, the whole world. Before I deliver my remarks, however, I wish first to congratul…
At the outset, I would like to join others in expressing our sincerest condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims of the earthquake in Türkiye and in Syria. During this difficult time, we also wish to provide our full support. Polish rescue teams, comprising 78 people, aid dogs and 22…
Let me begin by commending Japan for organizing today’s timely and important debate. Poland expresses its appreciation to all the briefers for their insightful and thought- provoking remarks.
I would like to underscore the importance of investing in development in order to effectively tackle the st…
Poland gladly joins members in celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
We would like to reinforce the support for UNCLOS expressed by the observer of the European Union and the representative of Viet Nam, on behalf of a g…
Let me start by thanking India for convening today’s important briefing. I also thank Under-Secretary-General Martin Griffiths for his insightful yet grim briefing.
Since 24 February, one of the biggest humanitarian crises since the Second World War has been unfolding
in Poland’s immediate neighbo…
Even before this year’s brutal attack on Ukraine, the international system of global governance had been experiencing serious challenges. Now, when the world is facing the interlocking crises of security, climate change, health, development and human rights, compounded by the aggression stemming fro…
Allow me to start by providing the Security Council with some additional details about yesterday’s tragic event in Poland. On 15 November at approximately 3.30 p.m., during yet another massive wave of missile strikes by Russian forces against critical civilian infrastructure throughout the whole of …
I would like to express my gratitude to the President of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for a very informative briefing on the findings of the ICAO investigation into the May 2021 forced landing in Minsk of the Ryanair Flight FR-4978 aircraft, which was registere…
Poland would like to reinforce the support for the Court expressed by the observer of the EU with remarks in our national capacity.
At the outset, we wish to express our gratitude to President Piotr Hofmański for presenting the annual report (see A/77/305) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) …
At the outset, I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important briefing. I also thank today’s briefers for their valuable statements. Poland supports the written statement submitted by Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and the Czech Republic.
The main reason that we again meet today in this Chamb…
At the outset, I should like to thank Ambassador Collen Vixen Kelapile, Permanent Representative of Botswana, for introducing the report of the Economic and Social Council for its latest session (A/77/3) and for serving as President of the Council for the past, very challenging year.
The last sessi…
Let me start by thanking you, Sir, for convening this important debate, as well as the briefers for their valuable contributions. We welcome the Security Council’s continued attention to climate and security. We also warmly welcome Gabon as the newest member of the Group of Friends on Climate and Se…
It is now close to 200 days since Russia’s recent unprovoked and illegal act of aggression against Ukraine. The full-scale war Russia continues to wage is not the original conflict; it has become a world war. Russia has not only shown its true imperialistic face through its ongoing killing, destruct…
I thank you, Sir, for convening this briefing to discuss yet another disturbing aspect of the war in Ukraine. I also thank the briefers for their insightful remarks and alarming information.
It is a tragic, yet verifiable, fact that every conflict brings terrible suffering to civilians. After the S…
Let me start by congratulating the newly elected members of the Security Council. We assure them of our support and trust in performing their duties as non-permanent members of the Council.
We are pleased to join this annual debate, which testifies to the fact that the workings of the Security Coun…
Let me thank His Excellency Mr. Abdulla Shahid, President of the General Assembly, for organizing this meeting pursuant to resolution 76/262, entitled “Standing mandate for a General Assembly debate when a veto is cast in the Security Council”.
This is a landmark moment. It is the first time that a…
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for this briefing, which allows us to discuss yet another troubling aspect of the war in Ukraine that needs to be brought to the attention of the international community. I also thank the briefers for their valuable words, but even more for their very valuable dee…
I wish to express our appreciation to the Albanian presidency for organizing this open debate and to all briefers and delegations for their important contributions on this timely topic. I say so especially given that Poland is a proud member of the Group of Friends of Accountability following the ag…
