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09.06.2023Poland elected for UN Economic and Social CouncilIn 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.
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19.05.2023The historic decision of the UNESCO Executive Board on bicycles - Bicycle for All, adopted on Poland’s initiativeOn 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.
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24.04.2023Minister Zbigniew Rau takes part in EU Foreign Affairs CouncilOn 24 April, Minister Zbigniew Rau took part in an EU Foreign Affairs Council session in Luxembourg.
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23.03.2023History Contest of the Minister of Foreign Affairs for best publications promoting history of Poland and its diplomacyThe 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.
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23.02.2023Exhibition to mark the 550th birth anniversary of Nicolaus CopernicusThe 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”.
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24.01.2023Minister Rau takes part in videoconference of G7+ foreign ministersHeld at the US initiative, the meeting centred on supporting the energy sector in Ukraine.
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02.12.2022OSCE Ministerial Council in Łódź – Troika StatementStatement 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).
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13.11.2022Foreign Service Day16 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.
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06.10.2022Democracy as a remedy for authoritarianism – 10th edition of Warsaw Dialogue for DemocracyOn 6 October 2022, Minister Zbigniew Rau opened the 10th edition of the Warsaw Dialogue for Democracy, devoted to the defence of democratic values against authoritarianism in the context of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.
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07.09.2022Warsaw Human Dimension ConferenceOn 26 September 2022 - 7 October 2022, the Polish 2022 OSCE Chairmanship-in-Office, with the support of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) organize Warsaw Human Dimension Conference.