Poland in the UN

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.

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Allied forces liberating concentration camps located in the territory of then-German Reich. Poland remembers and pays tribute to the victims of the Nazi Germany crimes against Poles, Jews and representatives of other nationalities. Those crimes were committed, among others, in the Sachsenhausen, Dachau, Ravensbrück and Mauthausen-Gusen camps.

Please read the article on the cooperation of Poland’s government and UNICEF in support of the efforts to address the educational challenges in Venezuela.

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. On that very day the members of the official delegation were to participate in the ceremonies taking place in the Katyn War Cemetery, commemorating the 70th anniversary of the crime committed there. The aircraft carried 96 people, including members of the highest state authorities, representatives of various social circles and religious denominations, 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.

51st Plenary Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission was held on 3–6 March 2020 in New York.

On February 24-25, 2020, Minister Jacek Czaputowicz visited Geneva, the European headquarters of the United Nations. As part of his visit, Polish Foreign Minister made a statement during the High Level Segment of the 43rd session of the Human Rights Council, inaugurating Poland's membership in this body in the years 2020-2022.

Each year, 10 December marks Human Rights Day, which falls on the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the UN General Assembly. This year’s theme is Youth Standing Up for Human Rights, which reflects the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

On November 25-28, 2019 debates, panel discussions and exhibitions devoted to social protection issues in a global context took place in the International Labour Office. Many aspects and dimensions of social protection were discussed: institutional, financial, legislative and cultural. In a situation where only 45% of the world's population is covered by at least one form of social protection, the need for a strategic approach to the topic was strongly emphasized. This is particularly important in the context of the Agenda 2020 goals, including SDG 1.3. Social protection systems for all people.

On 20 November at the 40th Session of the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris Poland was elected a member of UNESCO’s Executive Board. Other newly elected states from our electoral group are: Russia, Serbia and Hungary.