Poland in the OECD

During the Forum, on behalf of Minister of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau, the undersecretary of state at Polish MFA took part in a discussion on the anticipated vision of new security architecture.

On 15-18 July, Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau visited New York to take part in UN Security Council and General Assembly sessions devoted to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.

In an election held on 8 June 2023 during the United Nations General Assembly in New York, 177 of its Member States chose Poland to join the Economic and Social Council for 2024-2026.

On Poland’s initiative, an inter-regional coalition consisting of Austria, Azerbaijan, Viet Nam, Mexico, the United Arab Emirates, and Kenya; the UNESCO Executive Board adopted the first, historic decision on the bicycle - "Bicycle for all - Bicycle for sustainable and healthy lifestyles". The decision has been adopted with considerable acclamation and cosponsored by several dozens of countries representing all inhabited continents.

On 24 April, Minister Zbigniew Rau took part in an EU Foreign Affairs Council session in Luxembourg.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs has launched a contest for the best foreign-language publication promoting Poland’s history and the best Polish-language publication on the history of Polish diplomacy released in 2022. Authors are invited to submit their books by 1 June 2023.

The nineteenth of February will mark the 550th birth anniversary of Nicolaus Copernicus – an outstanding Polish astronomer, mathematician, economist, lawyer, doctor, astrologer and translator who formulated the heliocentric theory and authored “On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres”.

Held at the US initiative, the meeting centred on supporting the energy sector in Ukraine.

Statement by the Foreign Ministers of Sweden, Poland, and North Macedonia representing the previous, current and incoming Chairmanships of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (the OSCE Troika).

16 November marks Foreign Service Day. So important to Polish diplomats and staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the holiday falls on the anniversary of the telegram sent on 16 November 1918 by Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Armed Forces Józef Piłsudski. In it, he notified the international community of the rebirth of an independent Polish state after 123 years of foreign rule.