On 15 February 2022, joined by forty-five other countries, including all EU member states, Poland put the Belarusian Association of Journalists forward for UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. Many non-governmental organisations supporting journalists in their work across the globe also endorsed the nomination. Poland was in the group of countries that launched the initiative at UNESCO.

Foreign Affairs Minister Zbigniew Rau, as Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, has today concluded his first official visit to Moscow.

On 15 February, Zbigniew Rau, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs and OSCE Chairman-in-Office, will travel to Moscow. The main point on the agenda will be a meeting with Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov.

It is our pleasure to announce that Poland’s Ambassador to the Netherlands, Prof. Marcin Czepelak, has been elected to a five-year term as the new Secretary-General of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague.

OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Foreign Affairs Minister Zbigniew Rau has today concluded his first official visit to Ukraine since Poland’s OSCE Chairmanship takeover. He highlighted the necessity of undertaking actions to solve the crisis in and around that country in line with both international law and the principles and obligations of the OSCE.

Zbigniew Rau, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs and OSCE Chairman-in-Office, will travel to Ukraine today on what will be his first official visit to the country.

Deputy Minister Paweł Jabłoński represented Poland at the Joint Conference of Foreign Ministers and Health Ministers organised in Lyon by the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union and devoted to EU member states’ support to low- and middle-income countries.

Deputy Minister Marcin Przydacz joined a phone conversation organised by US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman with the participation of NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană, Secretary General of the European External Action Service Stefano Sannino and OSCE Secretary General Helga Schmid.

On 8 February, Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau as Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) inaugurated Poland’s Renewed European Security Dialogue initiative. Its launch, along with U.S.-Russia bilateral talks and dialogue at the NATO-Russia Council, marks an important step intended to defuse the currently tense security situation and work out ways to prevent similar ones in the future.