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Szczerski

lines on the record: 267
first: 2019-08-27
most recent: 2023-12-29
sittings or episodes: 42
sources: un-security-council

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“Poland’s commitment to safeguarding the rights of children and ensuring their protection is deeply ingrained in our political agenda. We demonstrated that dedication in our recent tenures on the Security Council and the Human Rights Council. Going forward, as we prepare to join the Economic and Social Council in January 2024, we will continue to champion children’s rights as an integral part of our social agenda. Poland’s active membership in the Group of Friends of Children and Armed Conflict and its 2023 vice-presidency of the UNICEF Executive Board Bureau also serve as tangible examples of our steadfast engagement in the global endeavour to protect and support children. The gravity of violations of children’s rights cannot be fully assessed.”
2023-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9366 (2023) · source
“Poland would like to thank the United Kingdom for convening this important and timely open debate. We align ourselves with the statements to be delivered on behalf the European Union and the Group of Friends of Children and Armed Conflict. The Secretary-General’s report (S/2023/363) for 2022 unequivocally demonstrates that children are among the most profoundly affected groups during armed conflicts. Regrettably, attacks against them have evolved into a powerful weapon for eroding a nation’s future. The fundamental rights of the youngest generation are being flagrantly violated in many parts of the world, encompassing forcible deportations, the use of explosive weapons, recruitment into armed groups, the imposition of bans on education and the deprivation of access to food and health care.”
2023-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9366 (2023) · source
“In conclusion, I would like to reiterate Poland’s view that the Security Council urgently needs to identify the additional measures needed to enable United Nations peacekeeping and special political missions to properly plan for and address climate-related security risks in mission contexts.”
2023-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9345Resumption1 (2023) · source
“That should be done with as little cost as possible to the natural environment and with minimal global greenhouse effects through the implementation of modern technologies such as Smart Camp. Thirdly, as the effects of climate change are increasingly felt around the world, it will be crucial to improve emergency responses in line with the humanitarian-development-peace-nexus approach. Collaboration between the United Nations peace and security architecture and Resident Coordinators, as well as the consolidation of efforts to enhance overall resilience to climate change in conflict and post- conflict settings, should be further strengthened.”
2023-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9345Resumption1 (2023) · source
“First, Poland believes that systematic training efforts dedicated specifically to the climate-security nexus are critical for equipping United Nations peacekeepers and the wider community of peace and security practitioners with the skills they need to better understand the challenges resulting from climate change. Knowledge and experience on the topic are still limited. Secondly, it is evident that issues such as access to water and energy in the field, methods of operation and the mobility of troops will be increasingly affected by climate change in mission contexts. In that regard, Poland strongly supports continued efforts to enhance the operational resilience to climate-related impacts of United Nations peacekeeping and special political missions so as to ensure their effective and undisrupted implementation of their mandates.”
2023-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9345Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Not only is that another example of Russia’s deliberate disregard for the fundamental rules and principles of international law, butit also creates a serious threat to the safety of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant and constitutes a grave ecological disaster with unprecedented consequences for the entire Black Sea region. In focusing on the main theme of today’s debate, which is how climate change affects the capacity of United Nations peacekeeping and special political missions to implement their mandates, I would like to share three key considerations.”
2023-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9345Resumption1 (2023) · source
“We are pleased that the Security Council has incorporated climate-change language into resolutions concerning peace operations, and its work in that regard should continue. As climate security risks vary, depending on the specific country or region, Poland underscores the crucial role of partnerships between the United Nations and regional organizations in tackling those challenges. It is also critical to support regional and national partners in building resilience in the affected areas and preparing long-term strategies. In addition to deteriorating security resulting from climate issues, we are also seeing human-made environmental disasters that are related to ongoing conflicts or are simply being used as a tactic or weapon of war. The most recent such case is the destruction of the Kakhovka dam on the Dnipro River.”
2023-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9345Resumption1 (2023) · source
“I would like to thank the United Arab Emirates for convening this important debate and to express our appreciation for its efforts to promote and operationalize the climate and security agenda, especially as the host country of the twenty- eighth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. We also thank the briefers for their valuable and thought- provoking remarks. As one of the founding members of the Group of Friends on Climate and Security, Poland aligns itself with the statement delivered by Germany on its behalf. Poland welcomes the progress that has been made in addressing climate change in several United Nations peacekeeping and peacebuilding mandates, since most of those operations are deployed in countries that are very exposed to climate change.”
2023-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9345Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Poland will make every effort to hold Russia accountable before the international community and punish the perpetrators of this criminal act. We will insist on it through relevant international institutional and legal mechanisms, including humanitarian and environmental ones. As we have repeated many times in this Chamber and beyond, in order to stop the various threats and risks discussed by the Security Council, Russia must immediately stop its war of aggression, and Ukraine deserves every assistance needed. We call on Security Council members and the broad international community to stand by their values and the norms of international law. That will lead us to a just peace. The meeting rose at 5.25 p.m.”
2023-06-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9340 (2023) · source
“This act poses a direct threat to the lives of civilians living along the Dnipro banks downstream from the dam and to the operation of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant. It also brings the prospect of an environmental disaster, which would have unprecedented consequences on a regional scale, which in turn would reverberate across Europe. The attack intensifies material losses and will result in further forced displacements of the local population on a mass scale. It is in clear violation of all of our efforts to highlight the importance of climate-and- security nexus, nuclear safety, protection of civilians in armed conflicts, including women and children, and protection of critical infrastructure. All of these topics have been or are in the Security Council‘s programme of work in recent months.”
2023-06-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9340 (2023) · source
“Allow me to start by thanking you, Mr. President, for convening this urgent meeting, and to thank Under-Secretary-General Martin Griffiths for his briefing. The issue at hand is of particular importance for Poland, a country that is an immediate neighbour of Ukraine. The consequences of the ongoing war, including humanitarian, emergency and environmental disasters, also affect my country as a witness of the sufferings of the Ukrainian people and a hub of international humanitarian assistance. Poland strongly condemns the blowing up of the dam spanning the Dnipro River in Nova Kakhovka, which was yet another outrageous act of Russian barbarity on occupied territory of Ukraine, a grave violation of basic norms of humanitarian and environmental protection law and an apparent war crime.”
2023-06-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9340 (2023) · source
“We will not get worn down in our solidarity with Ukraine by Russian hybrid attacks on Poland, which have increased recently, and we call on all Member States to do the same.”
2023-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9321 (2023) · source
“Finally, we should keep helping Ukraine on the ground as long as it takes. In 2022, the total value of support for Ukraine from Poland amounted to about $10 billion. This year, the expenditure to cover only the social benefits and educational needs of Ukrainians, mostly women and children, finding refuge in Poland will amount to another $1.2 billion. In the face of the systematic Russian attacks aimed at destroying energy and heating infrastructure during the past winter, our humanitarian assistance focused on spare parts and equipment for the energy infrastructure, as well as transformers and power aggregates. We will continue with our support for Ukraine, both in the United Nations and on the ground, as long as it is necessary.”
2023-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9321 (2023) · source
“Its hope is that the international community will eventually become tired of this war, stop talking about it and eventually forget about it. My appeal to Council members today is simple: let us never be indifferent, and let us never get used to war — any war — even if it disappears from the breaking news headlines. As long as Ukraine and Ukrainians keep paying the highest price, heroically defending each square kilometre of their territory against the invading forces, we cannot let our resolve falter. We need to stand our ground and continue to defend the Charter of the United Nations. We need to keep putting pressure on Russia to cease its aggression. When there is no aggression, there is no war, so that is the way to achieve peace, which the whole world is looking forward to.”
2023-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9321 (2023) · source
“Air-raid sirens keep blaring across the whole territory of Ukraine. Critical infrastructure facilities remain the primary targets of the Russian rockets. New civilian deaths are being continually reported. All that bears the characteristics of a total war and, as such, requires repeated universal condemnation time and time again. My second point refers to the Russian strategy at the United Nations. Despite the fact that the vast majority of United Nations Member States have been crystal clear in their condemnation of the Russian aggression and its disastrous humanitarian impact on numerous occasions, Russia keeps ignoring our appeals, distorting the basic facts even today and flooding us with disinformation and propaganda about this special military operation.”
2023-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9321 (2023) · source
“Poland appreciates the convening of this timely and very needed meeting. We value the opportunity to contribute to the discussion, triggered once again by the new distressful facts regarding the humanitarian impact of the Russian aggression against Ukraine, which we heard about from our well-informed briefer. I would like to thank Under- Secretary-General Martin Griffiths for his briefing. Let me concentrate today on the following three points. First, Russia has been waging its war of aggression against Ukraine and Ukrainian people for close to 500 days now, and the war’s human and material tolls keep growing every day. As the Russian military fails on the battleground, it tries to compensate for its shortcomings there with continuous brutal aggression against innocent civilians.”
2023-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9321 (2023) · source
“The investigation into this heartbreaking tragedy that took lives of 96 people has not been concluded as of today, as Russia has stubbornly persisted in withholding from Polish investigators some of the crucial evidence in the case, namely, the plane remains and the flight recorders. In addition, access to some key witnesses has also been denied. One may ask, what is the mystery behind that plane crash that prevents Russia from granting access to those key pieces of evidence? For the foregoing reasons, from within the Security Council Chamber, I am calling on Russia to release the missing evidence, return the plane wreckage belonging to Poland under international law and fully cooperate with Polish investigators in order to clarify all the circumstances of the disaster so characteristic of the tragic history of our region.”
2023-04-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9301 (2023) · source
“At that time, President Kaczynski uttered these very prophetic words: “[Russia] believes that the times of its empire, which had fallen less than 20 years ago, are coming back — that domination will once again be a characteristic of this region. It will not!” President Kaczynski’s mission to defend the sovereignty of the countries in our region continued until the very last day of his presidency, which was brutally interrupted by a fatal plane crash on this very day 13 years ago. The tragic symbolism of that event is amplified by the fact that President Kaczynski, together with his spouse, the Polish First Lady, Mrs. Maria Kaczynska, and the rest of his official delegation, were then on their way to the commemoration of the seventieth anniversary of the Katyn massacre I mentioned a moment ago. They all perished near Smolensk, in Russia.”
2023-04-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9301 (2023) · source
“These events occurred just months after Stalin’s Red Army had joined Hitler’s Wehrmacht in the military invasion of Poland, which effectively started the Second World War. Polish prisoners, their hands tied, were shot in the back of the head and dumped in the pits of unmarked mass graves — one by one, 22,000 times. It is no surprise, then, that the images from last year’s events in Bucha and Irpin brought the horrible memories from our own past to mind. It was in the hope that this tragic history would never repeat itself that the late Polish President Lech Kaczynski stood before crowds gathered in Tbilisi, Georgia, in 2008, on the brink of another Russian invasion of a neighbour.”
2023-04-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9301 (2023) · source
“This is our stance because Poland anchors its foreign policy on the need to ensure peace and strengthen security in our region. We want it to be free of domination, suppression and external threats. We want it to be stable and sheltered from the scourge of war. We are resolute in our actions because our own history is marked with numerous examples of the horrors of war, including those stemming from Russia. This year, as every year, in the first days of April, we commemorate one of the most tragic events in Poland’s recent history — the Katyn massacre. Back in 1940, on a secret order issued by Joseph Stalin, the Soviet secret police conducted a series of mass executions of nearly 22,000 Polish officers and prisoners of war from the Polish intelligentsia.”
2023-04-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9301 (2023) · source
“On the other hand, based on Article 51 of the United Nations Charter, we are absolutely convinced that a country aggressed by its neighbour has a right to legitimate self-defence, including by military force. Assisting such a country is not only admissible, but legally substantiated and morally right. A case in point is Ukraine, which is fighting a just war, defending itself from a brutal aggression from Russia. We are supporting the victim of this aggression by providing humanitarian, financial and military assistance, and we will continue to do so until a just peace is restored, international law is obeyed, and perpetrators are brought to justice. Poland is proud to be a part of the world’s collective self-defence against the trespasser trampling on the most fundamental principles of the United Nations Charter.”
2023-04-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9301 (2023) · source
“Let me begin by thanking Madam Under-Secretary Izumi Nakamitsu for her very insightful briefing. Poland fully supports and complies with all arms- control regimes and transparency measures aimed at reducing the risk of military conflicts. We are truly devoted to global cooperation in this area, as proven by the numerous initiatives introduced and facilitated by our country throughout the years. In the light of recent developments, we believe that it is especially important for the international community to tackle the challenge of illicit arms flows to terrorist organizations and private mercenary groups operating in foreign countries. These groups’ actions are extremely harmful to global peace, and we laud such worthy efforts to counter these trends as the African Union’s Silencing the Guns in Africa initiative.”
2023-04-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9301 (2023) · source
“However, the sad reality we find ourselves in at present is at best the manifestation of Russia’s contempt for its own commitments to global peace and to the principles that should bind us all as States Members of the United Nations. To conclude, Poland calls on Russia and Belarus to refrain from pursuing the announced plans and comply with their international commitments. We also appeal to all States to redouble their efforts aimed at strengthening the non-proliferation system, despite Russia’s irresponsible policy and aggressive behaviour. Those actions must not work. The risk of a nuclear apocalypse in the region and the world must be averted.”
2023-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9300 (2023) · source
“One of the most recent acts was the suspension of its participation in the New START Treaty. But we must not forget that the collapse of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty in 2019 also occurred due to Russia’s decisions. The international community would desperately wish to see Russia return to compliance and to acting in good faith. But, instead, we are served with the announcement of yet another escalatory measure. Repeated threats of use of nuclear weapons are utterly irresponsible and unacceptable, even if they boil down to a political bluff or blackmail. It was barely more than a year ago, in January 2022, that Moscow joined the other permanent members of the Security Council in adopting a statement saying that a nuclear war can never be won and should never be fought. This fact has been recalled by many delegations today.”
2023-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9300 (2023) · source
“It undermines efforts to find any successful peace formula, moving away from proposals, including those made by members of the Security Council. In this context, we also want to attract Council members’ attention to Russia’s continued efforts to fully subordinate Belarus, both politically and militarily, and to further instrumentalize Minsk in pursuing Moscow’s aggressive policy. Poland has raised the issue of Belarus’ culpability on several occasions in this Chamber. It is deplorable that the authorities in Minsk chose to act as an enabler to Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine in the first place. It is unacceptable that it has now decided to further pursue this role, to the detriment of the security of us all. Russia has consistently broken its arms control commitments.”
2023-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9300 (2023) · source
“Poland therefore notes with serious concern Russia’s announced plans to deploy tactical nuclear weapons and their means of delivery to Belarus. Such a decision would constitute an irresponsible escalation and only further increase the ongoing tensions in Europe stemming from Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. It would also pose a major risk to the integrity of the global non-proliferation system. The international community needs to categorically condemn Russia’s nuclear rhetoric, which is extremely dangerous and highly irresponsible. Moscow’s strategy, echoed today by Aleksandr Lukashenko, is clear: to intimidate, to provoke and to impede efforts aimed at ending Russia’s war on Ukraine. It is the rhetoric of confrontation.”
2023-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9300 (2023) · source
“Let me start by thanking you, Mr. President, for providing Poland with an opportunity to address the Security Council today on a topic of enormous importance for our country, the region of Central Europe, and, in fact, the whole world. Before I deliver my remarks, however, I wish first to congratulate you, Sir, on the successful conduct of Mozambique’s presidency of the Council during the month of March. I also thank High Representative Nakamitsu for her briefing. Poland anchors its foreign policy on the need for assuring peace and security in our region. We want the region to be secure and stable, where all nations are able to freely make their choices with regard to both their domestic and foreign policies. We want the region to be free of domination, suppression and external threats.”
2023-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9300 (2023) · source
“Strong State institutions that are capable of providing basic social services, protecting national borders, delivering justice and controlling arms flows should be seen as a prerequisite for bringing back stability and safeguarding long-term development. In conclusion, allow me to reassure the Security Council that Poland will remain committed to supporting peace and security in Africa. Progress in the implementation of the Silencing the Guns initiative remains the essential condition for ensuring equitable and inclusive development. This in turn will move us closer towards a peaceful and secure world, in a future we all want.”
2023-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9299Resumption1 (2023) · source
“It is obvious, but still worth mentioning: without sustainable development, there can be no peace, and vice versa, without peace, there can be no development. Finally, we must build State capacities. In that regard, we would like to stress the importance of strengthening State institutions and governance structures, upholding the rule of law and promoting dialogue between local communities. We also wish to emphasize the need to prevent non-State actors, including terrorists, organized-crime groups and private mercenaries, from bypassing conventional State supervision and spreading their influence.”
2023-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9299Resumption1 (2023) · source
“The competition over scarce natural resources is arguably one of the drivers of conflicts, intercommunal violence and food insecurity. We call on the Security Council to recognize and properly assess the security implications of climate change. Only then will we be able to truly address the problem of the scarcity of resources from a conflict-prevention perspective. Fourthly, the significance of the triple-nexus approach — strengthening the interlinkages between the humanitarian, development and peace aspects in building peace and responding to climate-related threats. As peace and development are closely connected, building effective resilience to natural and human-made disruptions is of paramount importance.”
2023-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9299Resumption1 (2023) · source
“The need for a long-term support to reduce vulnerabilities of developing countries to external crises, like food, energy and climate, was stressed by the President of the Republic of Poland, Mr. Andrzej Duda, in his statement at the fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, in Doha just a few weeks ago. Thirdly, we must address climate-related security risks. The African continent is arguably the region of the world most vulnerable to the detrimental impacts of climate change. There can be no realization of a conflict- free Africa without acknowledging the undeniable link between climate, peace and security. Last week we had the opportunity to participate in the first United Nations Water Conference in almost five decades, where we could hear first-hand about such water stress and hazards as droughts and floods.”
2023-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9299Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Poland believes that one way to bring more stability is to enhance resilient connectivity and restore trust in multilateralism and international partnerships. To that end, we have proposed a General Assembly resolution entitled “Building global resilience and promoting sustainable development through regional and interregional infrastructure connectivity” (A/77/L.59), which is scheduled for adoption by consensus in the coming weeks. In order to ensure a better response to potential future shocks, it is crucial to invest in quality and resilient infrastructure and to support the capacity-building of developing countries in their efforts to address the ongoing challenges of various kind, especially in the areas of global health, conflict resolution and post-conflict reconstruction, as well as climate change.”
2023-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9299Resumption1 (2023) · source
“The study presented at the African Union summit last month found that Africa must sustain annual growth rates of at least 7 to 10 per cent if sustainable development is to be achieved. This means that we urgently need to come up with novel approaches to double the current numbers. The Sustainable Development Goal Summit, to be held in September this year, will present a unique opportunity to give renewed impetus and demonstrate our collective commitment in this regard. Secondly, we need to build resilience. We note with concern that in recent years the global environment has changed dramatically. Existing vulnerabilities have only increased, while new challenges have emerged, especially in Africa.”
2023-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9299Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Poland welcomes Mozambique’s proposal to hold an open debate on the impact of development policies in the implementation of the Silencing the Guns initiative. Our discussion today brings us all to reflect upon concrete measures that need to be taken in order to achieve the noble goal of bringing various African conflicts to an end, so as to make a substantial difference in the lives of ordinary people across the continent. With this in mind, I would like to underscore five central points. First, we need to get back on track to meeting the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Agenda 2063. These two complementary and mutually reinforcing blueprints provide the only realistic way of addressing the root causes of conflicts.”
2023-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9299Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Few know that Poland is the largest single payer for the Starlink terminals, enabling Internet use in Ukraine, both by the military and civilians. So far, the Polish side has provided some 20,000 Starlink terminals — two- thirds of those delivered — to Ukraine. Poland will continue its support to Ukraine, as we believe that this is the only right thing to do. We are very proud to live up to our reputation as what some people call the “solidarity super-Power”, and we will not cease in our efforts until victory and a just peace are achieved.”
2023-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9254 (2023) · source
“Approximately 450,000 refugees have taken up work in Poland, which represents 70 per cent of the eligible group. In all, 14,000 companies were established. That scale of economic activity for refugees is unprecedented. Some 190,000 Ukrainian children and 400 Ukrainian teachers are part of the Polish education system. The Polish Government also delivers humanitarian aid directly in Ukraine. We have provided assistance to the health sector and to internally displaced Ukrainians by constructing temporary modular towns for 20,000 internally displaced persons, at an estimated cost of more than $81 million and by opening mobile medical units. In 2022, Poland financed non-governmental organization humanitarian projects, contributing $2.7 million in the areas of food, health, shelter, water, sanitation, hygiene, education and logistics.”
2023-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9254 (2023) · source
“That is the third hub devoted to providing humanitarian aid to Ukraine and its citizens after the establishment of the logistics and medical rescue hubs. More than 9.5 million people have crossed the border to Poland from Ukraine since 24 February 2022, of which more than 2.5 million have been evacuated. Ninety-five per cent of the evacuated were women and children, mainly Ukrainians, although more than 100,000 represented more than 190 nationalities. There are more than 1.5 million Ukrainian refugees registered for temporary protection in Poland, according to the latest data from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. They were granted Polish personal identity numbers and enjoy the same public services — schools, health care and social benefits — as any other citizen of Poland.”
2023-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9254 (2023) · source
“A number of private and public companies and the State Fire Service of Poland have offered hundreds of generators and energy-related equipment. And we have mobilized more generators through our Governmental Agency for Strategic Reserves. Poland is in constant working contact with Ukrenergo to coordinate the supply of energy generators to Ukraine within the European Network of Transmission System Operators. In January of this year, a special logistics hub was established in Poland as part of the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism in the context of Ukraine’s needs related to the challenges for the energy sector. The rescEU energy hub is being used to facilitate the transport and storage of energy equipment and assistance for delivery to Ukraine.”
2023-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9254 (2023) · source
“Secondly, we operate as a hub for transferring international humanitarian aid through our land border with Ukraine. Thirdly, we deliver humanitarian aid to Ukraine directly. In 2022, Poland spent over $9 billion — that is 1.5 per cent of our gross domestic product — on humanitarian assistance to Ukrainian refugees, according to recent estimates by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. That is an average of over $5,600 per capita, making our country one of the major donors to Ukraine. We remain steadfast in our efforts to provide as much support as possible in order to secure energy supplies for the innocent civilian population suffering from Russia’s attacks on critical infrastructure. Ukraine has requested over 25,000 generators and 1,500 mobile thermal stations.”
2023-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9254 (2023) · source
“From day one, the free world has provided those in need with material assistance and political and moral support. Let me use this opportunity to brief the Council on Polish humanitarian efforts over the past 11 months. However, before I delve into data and numbers, I would like to reassure the Council that the Polish Government and society will continue to stand firmly with the people of Ukraine for as long as it takes. More than 70 per cent of Poles believe that Poland should support Ukraine in these dire circumstances of war, according to a December 2022 opinion poll. And for 97 per cent of Ukrainians, Poland is a friendly country. Poland has supported Ukraine since the very beginning of the war on three fronts. First, we host and provide support to the largest community of Ukrainian refugees.”
2023-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9254 (2023) · source
“At the outset, I would like to join others in expressing our sincerest condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims of the earthquake in Türkiye and in Syria. During this difficult time, we also wish to provide our full support. Polish rescue teams, comprising 78 people, aid dogs and 22 tons of equipment from the special heavy urban search and rescue team, have already been dispatched to reach those in need. I thank you, Madam President, for convening this important meeting, and I thank Under-Secretary- General Martin Griffiths for his informative briefing. It has been almost one year since Russia started yet another attack on Ukraine and its people, this time a full-scale war. Not a single day passes without new crimes and deliberate actions further exacerbating the humanitarian catastrophe in Ukraine.”
2023-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9254 (2023) · source
“That is why conflict prevention and peacebuilding remain among our top priorities. We believe that investment in people, combined with strengthening State institutions, can truly contribute to building resilience in situations of conflict and fragility. The Security Council can therefore count on Poland’s active support in any initiative aimed at advancing that goal.”
2023-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9250 (2023) · source
“We strongly support collaboration between the PBC and various United Nations bodies, including not only the Security Council, the General Assembly and United Nations missions in the field, but also the Economic and Social Council. Poland also endorses the work of the Peacebuilding Fund. It has proved its unique ability to address peacebuilding challenges and work with all relevant actors on the ground. Being aware of the critical importance of sustained, adequate and predictable financing for peacebuilding processes, we welcome the adoption of General Assembly resolution 76/305, on financing for peacebuilding. We would like to stress our full political and financial commitment in that regard. In conclusion, let me stress that every country deserves peace and security.”
2023-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9250 (2023) · source
“Among those is Ukraine, which continues to reel from Russian aggression. Speaking of that conflict and aggression, we must remember that one day, just peace will be achieved. When that happens, Ukraine may need reconstruction on a similar scale to that after the Second World War. It may also need to draw on the full range of processes and mechanisms associated with peacebuilding in order to minimize the risk of the recurrence of conflict. We commend the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) for its work in bringing together international, national and local stakeholders to examine and address complex peacebuilding challenges.”
2023-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9250 (2023) · source
“Full reconciliation is the only way to prevent the recurrence of conflict and attain lasting peace and stability. When it comes to sustainable peace, the role played by the young generation cannot be overstated. It is therefore essential to constantly engage young people in all dimensions of peacebuilding processes. The most constructive way to empower young people and ensure that they are not radicalized in situations of conflict is to invest in high-quality education, vocational training and employment opportunities. While, in times of peace, education is generally treated as a significant investment and fundamental right, it is unfortunately often sidelined in times of war. Against that backdrop, Poland continues to provide assistance to students from developing and conflict-affected countries.”
2023-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9250 (2023) · source
“We strongly believe that infrastructure connectivity can be used as a tool for building resilience to future shocks. That will make an essential contribution to the overall resilience of societies by ensuring that the vital services that infrastructure provides are less vulnerable to extreme events and disruptions. In that regard, infrastructure connectivity constitutes an essential component of social cohesion, and social cohesion is central to building peace. We must also remember that, in the aftermath of conflicts, there can be no peacebuilding without addressing grievances and divisions. That is why we are convinced that the peacebuilding infrastructure must incorporate the concept of transitional justice, with its four pillars, namely, criminal prosecutions, truth-seeking, reparations and institutional and legal reforms.”
2023-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9250 (2023) · source
“Let me begin by commending Japan for organizing today’s timely and important debate. Poland expresses its appreciation to all the briefers for their insightful and thought- provoking remarks. I would like to underscore the importance of investing in development in order to effectively tackle the structural drivers of conflict and unlock the untapped potential of human capital. That can be achieved only through resilient and accountable State institutions, inclusive economic growth, social cohesion and trusted connectivity. In the light of that, I wish to mention that Poland has initiated a formal discussion on a General Assembly draft resolution on building global resilience through regional and interregional infrastructure connectivity.”
2023-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9250 (2023) · source
“But what is also striking is that the children also draw their hopes and dreams for the future. Let us therefore hear a message of hope from 7-year-old Illariia from Zaporizhzhya in Ukraine, who wrote under her drawing: “I want peace! I want my family to smile like before. I want to feel the safe sky and bright warm sun over my head! I want to go to school! I want to freely give joy and happiness with my violin playing!” It is high time to deliver on her very simple hopes and dreams. There is one State in this Chamber that can make it happen, if it so chooses. As we heard, the peace plan is on the table.”
2022-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9208 (2022) · source
“The project consists of two incredibly moving testimonies of war, with historical drawings by Polish children from 1946 depicting their experiences during the Second World War under German occupation, and contemporary drawings by Ukrainian children related to the current war waged on them by Russia. It shows that war always looks the same through the eyes of a child. The similarity between the historical and present- day drawings is striking. There can unfortunately be no doubt that children in Syria, Yemen, the Democratic Republic of the Congo or any other conflict zone would draw the same images of tanks, bombs, fires, ruined homes and separated families fleeing their homes. Children see war and understand the nature of it. We cannot hide it from children. It traumatizes them just as much as — and sometimes even more than — adults.”
2022-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9208 (2022) · source
“Polish institutions are in constant contact with Ukrenergo to coordinate the supply of power generators to Ukraine within the framework of the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity. Poland once again strongly urges the Russian Federation to end its war of choice and respect international humanitarian law. International law, respect for humanitarian principles and accountability are core rules for making the humanitarian system reliable for civilians. That is of particular importance for the most defenceless victims of this or any war — children. Let me end by saying a few words about an exhibition recently opened by Poland’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, entitled “Mom, I don’t want war!”, organized thanks to the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ archives and Ukrainian partners.”
2022-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9208 (2022) · source