Polish authorities have asked the United Nations on Tuesday to intervene to make Germany pay reparations for damages caused during World War II and have also requested a meeting with Secretary-General António Guterres to discuss the matter.
The country’s deputy foreign minister, Arkadiusz Mularczyk, has indicated that the government is taking «forceful» measures, and has also requested a meeting with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, according to Radio 1.
Last September, Polish authorities presented a report on the losses caused by Germany between 1939 and 1945. The amount of damage was estimated at 1.37 billion euros.
Thus, he explained that this year, the government plans to conduct an information campaign on this issue. «We have sent about 50 notes to EU countries, the Council of Europe and NATO to address this issue, which is at the center of our cultural debates,» he said before indicating that they have also asked for help from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) regarding the stolen works of art.
«I have addressed the Council of Europe, and I think it is an important request,» he insisted, although he reaffirmed that the most important is the one submitted to the UN. In addition, he has regretted that Germany does not even address the issue, something that «the world does not know».
In this sense, he has recalled that he is requesting intervention in this field to «create a platform to facilitate dialogue with Germany». «What we have done during the last three months is to take steps to internationalize the case,» he added.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
