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Poland at the United Nations

Flag of Poland
Flag of Poland.svg (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Admitted
1945-10-24
ISO 3166-1
PL / POL
Charter signed
1945-11-15
Charter ratified
1945-11-24

A founding Member State: one of the fifty-one that signed the Charter at San Francisco in 1945.

In the European Parliament

Members representing this state in the current or previous term, from the Parliament’s own record.

International organisations

Every organisation this state belongs to that is compiled here, with the date it joined. Membership is resolved against this site’s own list of member states rather than taken from a query.

OrganisationJoined
Universal Postal Union 1919-05-01
International Telecommunication Union 1921
United Nations 1945-10-24
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 1946-11-06
World Health Organization 1948-04-07
World Meteorological Organization 1950-05-16
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe 1973-06-25
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 1986-06-27
Council of Europe 1991-11-26
World Trade Organization 1995-07-01
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 1996-11-22
North Atlantic Treaty Organization 1999-03-12
European Union 2004-05-01

Peacekeeping contribution

Uniformed personnel this state had deployed to UN missions in 2026-07-31, the most recent month the UN Peace and Security Data Hub reports. Counts are deployments, not distinct people.

PersonnelDeployedOf whom women
Troops 138 13
Experts on Mission 7 4
Staff Officer 2 0

Every contributor, month by month

Position in General Assembly voting

A statistical estimate of where this state sat on the main axis of General Assembly voting, not a record of any vote. The range is what the model treats as credible; neither end of the scale is the better one.

YearEstimate Credible rangeVotes cast
2025 1.06 0.94 to 1.20 191
2024 1.17 0.99 to 1.34 108
2023 1.13 0.95 to 1.31 88
2022 1.12 0.95 to 1.32 87
2021 1.08 0.91 to 1.24 86
2020 1.13 0.97 to 1.31 97

Every state's position

People of concern

As recorded by UNHCR’s Refugee Data Finder for 2025 — UNHCR’s own reporting categories, not a census.

CategoryPeople
Refugees hosted 990,469
Asylum-seekers hosted 13,848
Stateless people 1,504
Refugees from Poland abroad 1,368

Population projection

United Nations World Population Prospects, median variant — a projection, not a count.

202520302035204020452050
38,140,91037,198,54336,243,78735,179,55434,031,05932,814,095

Service on principal organs

Elected terms as recorded by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library. A year marked pending is one the Library publishes as a partial list because its elections have not yet been held.

Economic and Social Council

2026 2025 2024 2010 2009 2008 2006 2005 2004 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1974 1973 1972 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948

Human Rights Council

2022 2021 2020 2013 2012 2011 2010 2006

Security Council

2019 2018 1997 1996 1983 1982 1971 1970 1960 1947 1946

Permanent representatives

12 recorded. Full list

NameFromTo
Mirosław Broiło 2025-04in office / not recorded
Krzysztof Szczerski 2021-08-18in office / not recorded
Zbigniew Czech 2018-012024-07
Joanna Wronecka 20172021-05-31
Piotr Stachańczyk 2015-102017-07-31
Ryszard Sarkowicz 20122014-08-08
Witold Sobków 2010-04-092012-08-10
Eugeniusz Wyzner 19981999
Stanisław Pawlak 19891991
Eugeniusz Wyzner 19811982
Eugeniusz Wyzner 19731978
Eugeniusz Kułaga 19691975

Permanent mission

Mission
Permanent Mission of Poland to the United Nations
Address
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Poland to the United Nations, 750 Third Avenue, 30th Floor, New York, NY 10017
National holiday
Constitution Day, 3 May
Accredited diplomats
26

Accredited diplomats

The numbers

IndicatorLatestYearSince 1970
CO2 emissions per capita 7.551 2024
GDP 1,035,491,784,197 2025
GNI per capita 25,520 2025
Life expectancy at birth 78.41 2024
Military expenditure (% of GDP) 4.154 2024
Population 36,435,861 2025
Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) 990,469 2025
Refugees originating (UNHCR mandate) 1,368 2025

World Bank, World Development Indicators, CC BY 4.0. The sparkline shows the shape of each run from its first reported year; the number beside it carries the magnitude, and there is deliberately no axis on it.

General Debate statements

79 statements to the General Debate since 1946, 278,255 words in all. The longest was 1952, at 9,773 words, delivered by Mr. SKRZESZEWSKI.

Of the 32 statements since 1994 whose speaker’s post the record gives: President ×20, Minister for Foreign Affairs ×10, UN Representative ×1, Minister for Foregn Affairs ×1. Earlier years are excluded because UN records do not consistently identify a speaker’s post before 1994, and counting those years as though they did would make any state look as though it sent nobody senior.

2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946

Emblems and location

Coat of arms of Poland
Coat of arms. Herb Polski.svg by (original 1927 model) (1990 revision)<br /><br />Original Commons file by Denelson83, current version by Follow by white rabbit (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons

Treaties joined

121 actions recorded by the Secretary-General as depositary. Only treaties whose participant counts match the depositary’s own stated totals contribute rows.

TreatySignedRatified or acceded
Charter of the United Nations - 24 Oct 1945
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations - 8 Jan 1948 a
Vienna Convention on the Representation of States in their Relations with International Organizations of a Universal Character 10 Nov 1975 1 Nov 1979
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies - 19 Jun 1969 a
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 18 Apr 1961 19 Apr 1965
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 20 Mar 1964 13 Oct 1981
Convention on special missions - 22 Mar 1977 a
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide - 14 Nov 1950 a
International Convention against Apartheid in Sports 16 May 1986 4 Mar 1988
Convention on the Rights of the Child 26 Jan 1990 7 Jun 1991
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty 21 Mar 2000 25 Apr 2014
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 30 Mar 2007 25 Sep 2012
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance 25 Jun 2013 30 Dec 2024
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 7 Mar 1966 5 Dec 1968
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 2 Mar 1967 18 Mar 1977
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 2 Mar 1967 18 Mar 1977
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - 7 Nov 1991 a
Convention on the non-applicability of statutory limitations to war crimes and crimes against humanity 16 Dec 1968 14 Feb 1969
International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid 7 Jun 1974 15 Mar 1976
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 29 May 1980 30 Jul 1980
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 13 Jan 1986 26 Jul 1989
Constitution of the World Health Organization 22 Jul 1946 6 May 1948 A
Protocol concerning the Office international d'hygiène publique - 22 Jul 1946 s
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 14 Jun 2004 15 Sep 2006
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees - 27 Sep 1991 a
Protocol amending the Agreements, Conventions and Protocols on Narcotic Drugs, concluded at The Hague on 23 January 1912, at Geneva on 11 February 1925 and 19 February 1925, and 13 July 1931, at Bangkok on 27 November 1931 and at Geneva on 26 June 1936 - 11 Dec 1946 s
Protocol Bringing under International Control Drugs Outside the Scope of the Convention of 13 July 1931 for Limiting the Manufacture and Regulating the Distribution of Narcotic Drugs, as amended by the Protocol signed at Lake Success, New York, on 11 December 1946 - 26 Jan 1949 s
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 31 Jul 1961 16 Mar 1966
Convention on psychotropic substances 30 Dec 1971 3 Jan 1975
Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 - 9 Jun 1993 a
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 6 Mar 1989 26 May 1994
Protocol signed at Lake Success, New York, on 12 November 1947, to amend the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women and Children, concluded at Geneva on 30 September 1921, and the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women of Full Age, concluded at Geneva on 11 October 1933 - 21 Dec 1950 A
Protocol to amend the Convention for the suppression of the circulation of, and traffic in, obscene publications, concluded at Geneva on 12 September 1923 - 21 Dec 1950 A
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods 28 Sep 1981 19 May 1995
Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods 14 Jun 1974 19 May 1995
Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development - 29 Jan 2020 a
Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization 22 Jan 1981 5 Mar 1985
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Commercial Road Vehicles 18 May 1956 6 May 1959
Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention) - 3 Oct 1961 a
European Convention on Customs Treatment of Pallets used in International Transport - 4 Sep 1969 a
Customs Convention on Containers, 1972 20 Dec 1972 29 Apr 1982
Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention) - 23 Dec 1980 a
International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods - 6 Dec 1996 a
Convention on Customs Treatment of Pool Containers used in International Transport - 4 Aug 2000 a
Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring - 16 Mar 1960 a
Additional Protocol to the Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring, relating to the Importation of Tourist Publicity Documents and Material - 16 Mar 1960 a
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles - 16 Mar 1960 a
Customs Convention on Containers 18 May 1956 6 May 1959
Convention on the Taxation of Road Vehicles for Private Use in International Traffic 18 May 1956 4 Sep 1969
Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) 19 May 1956 13 Jun 1962
Convention on the Taxation of Road Vehicles engaged in International Goods Transport 14 Dec 1956 4 Sep 1969
Convention on the Taxation of Road Vehicles Engaged in International Passenger Transport 14 Dec 1956 4 Sep 1969
Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) - 6 May 1975 a
Agreement concerning the adoption of harmonized technical United Nations Regulations for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts which can be fitted and/or be used on wheeled vehicles and the conditions for reciprocal recognition of approvals granted on the basis of these United Nations Regulations - 12 Jan 1979 a
Agreement on Special Equipment for the Transport of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Use of such Equipment for the International Transport of some of those Foodstuffs 19 Jun 1962 -
European Agreement concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles Engaged in International Road Transport (AETR) 17 May 1962 -
European Agreement concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles Engaged in International Road Transport (AETR) 24 Mar 1971 14 Jul 1992
Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be used for such Carriage (ATP) 1 - 5 May 1983 a
European Agreement supplementing the Convention on road traffic opened for signature at Vienna on 8 November 1968 - 23 Aug 1984 a
European Agreement supplementing the Convention on Road Signs and Signals - 23 Aug 1984 a
Protocol on Road Markings, additional to the European Agreement supplementing the Convention on Road Signs and Signals - 23 Aug 1984 a
European Agreement on main international traffic arteries (AGR) 31 Dec 1976 9 Nov 1984
Protocol on Road Signs and Signals - 29 Oct 1958 a
European Agreement supplementing the 1949 Convention on road traffic and the 1949 Protocol on road signs and signals - 29 Oct 1958 a
Declaration on the construction of main international traffic arteries - 26 Sep 1960 a
Agreement on Signs for Road Works, amending the European Agreement of 16 September 1950 supplementing the 1949 Convention on Road Traffic and the 1949 Protocol on Road Signs and Signals 1 - 29 Oct 1958 a
European Agreement on Main International Railway Lines (AGC) 5 Feb 1986 14 Sep 1988
European Agreement on Main Inland Waterways of International Importance (AGN) - 17 Mar 2017 a
European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways (ADN) - 25 Jun 2010 a
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea 23 Sep 2009 -
European Agreement on Important International Combined Transport Lines and Related Installations (AGTC) 27 Mar 1992 22 Mar 2002 A
Convention on the International Maritime Organization 6 Mar 1948 16 Mar 1960 A
Convention relating to the unification of certain rules concerning collisions in inland navigation - 8 May 1972 a
United Nations Convention on Conditions for Registration of Ships 1 Apr 1987 -
Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials - 24 Sep 1971 A
International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations - 13 Mar 1997 a
Statutes of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology [ 1 Aug 1990 ] [ 9 Sep 1996 ] (withdrawn)
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006 5 Nov 2010 5 Nov 2010
Convention on the Political Rights of Women 31 Mar 1953 11 Aug 1954
Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages 17 Dec 1962 8 Jan 1965
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 9 Apr 1999 12 Nov 2001
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism 4 Oct 2001 26 Sep 2003
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 12 Dec 2000 12 Nov 2001
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court 30 Jun 2004 10 Feb 2009
United Nations Convention against Corruption 10 Dec 2003 15 Sep 2006
United Nations Convention against Cybercrime; Strengthening International Cooperation for Combating Certain Crimes Committed by Means of Information and Communications Technology Systems and for the Sharing of Evidence in Electronic Form of Serious Crimes 25 Oct 2025 -
International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages - 25 May 2000 a
International Convention Against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries 28 Dec 1990 -
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents 7 Jun 1974 14 Dec 1982
Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel 17 Mar 1995 22 May 2000
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings 14 Jun 1999 3 Feb 2004
Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction 21 Sep 2023 -
Convention on the High Seas 31 Oct 1958 29 Jun 1962
Convention on the Continental Shelf 31 Oct 1958 29 Jun 1962
Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks - 14 Mar 2006 a
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea - 2 Oct 2007 a
Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Seabed Authority - 2 Oct 2007 a
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards 10 Jun 1958 3 Oct 1961
European Convention on International Commercial Arbitration 21 Apr 1961 15 Sep 1964
Vienna Convention on succession of States in respect of treaties 16 Aug 1979 -
Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations 18 Jun 1998 -
Convention on the prohibition of military or any other hostile use of environmental modification techniques 18 May 1977 8 Jun 1978
Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects (with Protocols I, II and III) 10 Apr 1981 2 Jun 1983
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction 13 Jan 1993 23 Aug 1995
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty 24 Sep 1996 25 May 1999
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction [ 4 Dec 1997 ] [27 Dec 2012 ] (withdrawn)
Arms Trade Treaty 1 Jul 2013 17 Dec 2014
Convention on long-range transboundary air pollution 13 Nov 1979 19 Jul 1985
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa - 14 Nov 2001 a
Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters 25 Jun 1998 15 Feb 2002
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade - 14 Sep 2005 a
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants 23 May 2001 23 Oct 2008
Protocol on Civil Liability and Compensation for Damage Caused by the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents on Transboundary Waters to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes and to the 1992 Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents 13 Jun 2003 -
Minamata Convention on Mercury 24 Sep 2014 30 Sep 2021
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer - 13 Jul 1990 a
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal 22 Mar 1990 20 Mar 1992
Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context 26 Feb 1991 12 Jun 1997
Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes 18 Mar 1992 15 Mar 2000
Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents 18 Mar 1992 8 Sep 2003
Convention on Biological Diversity 5 Jun 1992 18 Jan 1996
Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic, North East Atlantic, Irish and North Seas - 18 Jan 1996 a

Recorded votes

ResolutionDateVote
A/RES/80/290 2026-07-10 yes
A/RES/80/282 - yes
A/RES/80/286 - yes
A/RES/80/296 - yes
A/RES/80/293 B - yes
A/RES/80/294 - yes
A/RES/80/293 A - yes
A/RES/80/297 - yes
A/RES/80/299 - yes

Provenance

Every fact on this page, with where it came from and how sure we are.

AttributeValueSourceConfidenceFetched
iso2PL wikidata 1.02026-10-12T02:20:06.566483+00:00
iso3POL wikidata 1.02026-10-12T02:20:06.566489+00:00
m49616 un_sdg 1.02026-10-12T02:20:11.770986+00:00
namePoland wikidata 1.02026-10-12T02:20:06.566468+00:00
un_admission_date1945-10-24 wikidata 1.02026-10-12T02:20:06.566475+00:00
unsd_namePoland un_sdg 1.02026-10-12T02:20:11.770993+00:00

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