Letter regarding russia’s aggression against Ukraine
2 march
On behalf of the representative institutions of science and higher education and the signed institutions of science, we appeal to the academic community and the intellectual elite to take all measures aimed at a peaceful end to the increasing military aggression in Ukraine. We respect and support the exemplary attitude of the participants of the peaceful protests and signatories of the Open Letter of Russian scientists and scientific journalists against war with Ukraine published on 24 February 2022. We believe that international scientific cooperation should be global and apolitical. Therefore, it cannot serve to support the military actions of countries that threaten the existence of independent states.
We, therefore, appeal to the Polish scientific community, Polish universities and units of the Polish Academy of Sciences to cease cooperation with any governmental organisation of the Russian Federation or of any other country that supports the Russian invasion of Ukraine, while assuring them of our support and assistance to those scientists and members of the Russian academic community who oppose this aggression.
It is our position that a necessary condition for the continuation of cooperation between scientific communities is mutual trust, respect for academic values and peaceful use of the results of joint research, as well as unequivocal recognition of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.
Professor Arkadiusz Mężyk
President of the Conference of Rectors of Academic Institutions in Poland
Professor Marcin Pałys
President of the General Council for Science and Higher Education
Professor Jerzy Duszyński
President of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Professor Dariusz Surowik
President of the Conference of Rectors of Public Vocational Universities
Professor Waldemar Tłokiński
President of the Conference of Rectors of Polish Vocational Universities
Dr. Igor Kilanowski
President of the Young Scientists Council
Jarosław Olszewski
President of the National Representation of PhD Students
Mateusz Grochowski
President of the Students’ Parliament of the Republic of Poland
Dr. Jacek Kolanowski
President of the Academy of Young Scholars
