Deputy Minister Marcin Przydacz attends UN Security Council meeting on Belarus
08.10.2021
Deteriorating human rights situation, hybrid threats and the accompanying disinformation campaigns, as well as the migration crisis provoked by Belarus were top of the agenda at an informal Arria-formula UN Security Council meeting on Belarus. Organised as a video conference by Estonia with the support of thirty-one countries including Poland, the meeting was chaired by Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs Eva-Maria Liimets.
The deputy chief of Polish diplomacy noted the cynical and brutal methods the Lukashenko regime is resorting to by using third country nationals to create tension and migratory pressure at the EU’s eastern border and to pursue its own political goals. Deputy Minister Przydacz also pointed out the wave of repression targeting Belarusian opposition activists, human right defenders, and journalists. He called on the Belarusian authorities to release Maria Kolesnikova, Maxim Znak, Andżelika Borys, Andrzej Poczobut, Raman Pratasevich, and all approx. 700 political prisoners. The deputy minister emphasised that Poland will always be on the side of the Belarusian people.
Deputy Minister Przydacz also highlighted the need to attract the international community’s attention to the situation in Belarus. He expressed his hope that a new international mechanism established this year within the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights will allow thorough investigation into the human rights abuses perpetrated by the Belarusian authorities.
MFA Press Office