Threats to International Peace and Security - Security Council, 9995th meeting

Poland airspace breach sparks Security Council emergency meeting as allies vow defense.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 01:48:30
• Production Date: 12 September 2025
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: ROSEMARY A. DICARLO
• Corporate Name: NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION - NATO; DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND PEACEBUILDING AFFAIRS - DPPA
• Subject Topical: INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY; DRONE AIRCRAFT
• Geographic Subject: POLAND; UKRAINE; BALTIC SEA REGION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION
• MAMS Id: 3447249
• Parent Id: 3446353
• Alternate Title: MTG SC 9995 INTL PEACE SECURITY 12 SEP 2025 PM

Description

In an emergency Security Council meeting requested by Poland, most Member States today condemned the Russian Federation’s alleged violation of Polish airspace with military drones, warning of an unprecedented, dangerous regional escalation, and urging Moscow to end its war of aggression against Ukraine.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members rallied around Poland in a strong show of solidarity, with the United States vowing to “defend every inch of NATO territory” and France affirming that “we will not waver in the face of Russia’s intimidation”. The Council also heard that all three Baltic States — Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania — experienced Russian incursions into their airspace over the past year.

• Briefer: Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs
• Statements: All Council members
• Statement: His Excellency Marcin Bosacki, Secretary of State, Poland
• Statement: Latvia (on behalf of: Baltic States)
• Statement: Kingdom of the Netherlands (on behalf of: Benelux countries)
• Statement: Belarus
• Statement: His Excellency Stavros Lambrinidis, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations
• Statement: Ukraine

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