Poland in the OSCE

Seventy five years after the end of the Second World War, we pay tribute to its victims. We remember the indomitable struggle of the Polish nation against Nazi Germany throughout the conflict in Europe, lasting from September 1939 to May 1945.

Adopted on 3 May 1791 in Warsaw by the Sejm of the Polish Republic (later known as the Great Sejm), the Polish Constitution was Europe’s first and the world’s second modern constitution.

On 10 April 2010, a special TU-154M plane with the President of Poland Lech Kaczyński and the First Lady Maria Kaczyńska on board took off from Warsaw to Smolensk. That day, in the Katyn War Cemetery the official delegation was to participate in an event commemorating the 70th anniversary of the genocide committed on site. The aircraft carried 96 people, including members of supreme state authorities, representatives of social circles and Churches, high-ranking military commanders and the plane’s crew. All the flight passengers died in the air disaster which took place during landing at the airport near Smolensk.

Joint statement on the so-called “presidential elections” held in Georgia’s Abkhazia region on March 22, 2020

On 19th March 2020 the OSCE Permanent Council adopted the decision on the extension of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) mandate. The mandate has been extended until 31 March 2021 with the budget of 108,9m EUR.

The Winter Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly took place on 20-21 February in Vienna. The Polish delegation was led by Ms. Barbara Bartuś

On 1 January 2020 Albania assumed the Chairmanship of the OSCE. “Taking over the OSCE Chair is a truly historic moment for Albania: from a country under a cruel communist regime that opposed the Helsinki spirit, we have become one honored to lead this organization. Chairing the OSCE marks the highlight of our significant transformation,” said Prime Minister and Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Edi Rama today as he assumed the post of Chairperson-in-Office of the regional security organization.