Poland Has Displaced Russia From A Key Position At The UN
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For the first time in 60 years, Moscow has lost its seat on the regulatory body.
Poland defeated Russia by a margin of just one vote in the election to the United Nations Joint Inspection Unit (JIU)—an independent body that oversees the work of United Nations agencies. As a result, for the first time in 60 years, Moscow will lose its representative in this body, according to RMF24.
The vote took place on November 11 at the UN General Assembly. Poland and Russia were vying for a single seat allocated to the group of Eastern European states. According to the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 95 countries supported Warsaw’s candidacy.
“The competition was very fierce; we won by a margin of one vote,” said Poland’s Permanent Representative to the UN Krzysztof Szczerski.
He emphasized that Poland is returning to the inspection group after a hiatus of more than 20 years, while Russia is losing the seat that representatives of the USSR, and later the Russian Federation, had held since the body’s creation in 1966.
“This shows that the UN is a kind of global democracy in which every vote counts,” the Polish diplomat noted.
The country’s representative on the inspection team will be Jakub Chmielewski. His five-year term will begin in 2028 and end in 2032.
The United Nations Joint Inspection Unit has existed since 1966 and consists of 11 inspectors. It is the only independent external oversight body with authority over the entire UN system. It conducts audits and investigations, evaluates the effectiveness of the organization’s agencies, and develops recommendations for improving their operations.
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