President Duda meets UN Secretary-General

On September 17, Poland's President Andrzej Duda started a five-day trip to the United States and has already attended the General Debate of the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly and met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. According to presidential aide Minister Krzysztof Szczerski, Duda discussed Poland’s bid for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council in 2018-2019. "President Duda and the UN secretary general discussed key challenges faced by the UN, especially in the sphere of world peace. The president thanked Ban Ki-moon for his 10 years in office as UN secretary general and assured him that Poland wants to be an active member of the UN," said Minister Szczerski. Earlier, President Duda mentioned that a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council is an extremely important and prestigious matter, so Poland wants "to prove that it is not only a security consumer but also a country that contributes to increased security, to growing stability in the world, through active diplomacy."