Poland in the UN

On 10 May, the UN General Assembly in New York adopted a resolution expanding Palestine's rights in the UN. Poland, along with 142 UN member states, including the majority of the EU, voted in favour of the resolution. Nine countries voted against and 25 abstained.

Since 2007, Poland has continuously supported Palestine under the development cooperation programme. After 7 October 2023, we have considerably increased our humanitarian aid, by making additional contributions to UNRWA, UNICEF, and the WFP (the World Food Programme), and provided medical assistance to hospitals in Egypt which also treat Gazan patients.

President Andrzej Duda took part in the opening session of the event on building global resilience and promoting sustainable development through infrastructure connectivity of the United Nations General Assembly. A year ago, on the Polish initiative, a resolution was passed on building sustainable development through infrastructure development.

President Andrzej Duda's talks at the UN headquarters in New York were centred on security issues in the context of the ongoing conflicts: in Ukraine and the Middle East, and sustainable development. The Polish leader and his Spouse are paying a visit to the United States.

On Friday, 23 February 2024, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Radosław Sikorski delivered a speech at the plenary meeting of the UN General Assembly.

On Friday, 23 February 2024, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Radosław Sikorski delivered a speech at the UN Security Council.

The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) commenced its new year with a special meeting centered on the theme: “The future of work: towards a productive, inclusive, and sustainable global society.” This gathering, hosted at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, spanned January 23-24, was the inaugural meeting of Poland's three-year term in the ECOSOC.

10 December marks the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the UN General Assembly. The document has lost none of its relevance and many of the rights defined therein must still be protected in different parts of the world.

On 19-22 September 2023, Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau accompanied President Andrzej Duda during the general debate opening the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

On 21 September, Poland’s chief diplomat Zbigniew Rau and Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) Jorge Moreira da Silva signed in New York an agreement between the Government of the Republic of Poland and the UN on the establishment of a UNOPS office in Warsaw.