e-mail: newsroom.dpimon@wp.mil.pl; newsroom.dpimon@mon.gov.pl
PRESS SERVICES WITHIN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Press services within the Ministry of Defence has been established with the aim of fulfilling the civil rule of democratic armed forces control, which requires, among other, providing society with reliable information concerning the army and defence by both, the Ministry of Defence and other national organizations. Another important task results from the above rule – popularization of knowledge concerning defence in order to create society’s defence awareness under political and strategic circumstances changed after 1989.
Creation of press services was based on standards, which has been functioning in NATO countries for many years. The main principle concerns the obligation to inform society in comprehensive, reliable and fast way about all events and processes taking place in the armed forces and its environment. This activity is a pillar of creation of trust between the army and society: by the means of mass media the society is able to have a look in the armed forces from the inside, is informed about the way of spending of public money, while the armed forces can count on understanding of the defence needs.
Detailed organizational solutions, as well as directions of the press services activity within the ministry have been adjusted to the financial situation and the specific character of the polish needs concerning public defence information. Nevertheless the main principle, obligatory in all democratic nation’s armed forces, has been kept, saying that the minister of national defence creates the informational policy of the Ministry of Defence.
Within the ministry’s press services there are:
- Information Center of the MoD;
- permanent press spokesmen of: the Chief of the General Staff, commanders of the military services, military districts and corps;
- press officers of: commanders of the operational and tactical units, commanders (commandants, chiefs, directors) of the independent military units (centers, staffs, commands), military universities and Polish military contingents;
- press assistants within the departments and organizations of the Ministry of Defence;
- editorial staff of the military mass media.
PRESS SPOKESMAN’S BUSINESS ADDRESSES WITHIN THE MoD
(up to the services level)
PRESS AND INFORMATION DEPARTMENT OF THE MOD
Al. Niepodległości 218, 00-909 Warszawa
tel. 22 6-840-212, 601-213-472, fax 6-840-224
e-mail: dyrektor.dpimon@wp.mil.pl
PRESS SPOKESMAN’S OF THE MOD
ul. Klonowa 2; 00-909 WARSZAWA
tel. (022) 6871864, 6871786, tel. 601398983, fax 6871444
e-mail: rzecznik@mon.gov.pl; rrochowicz@mon.gov.pl
PRESS OFFICER OF THE CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF
ul. Rakowiecka 4a; 00-904 WARSZAWA
tel. (022) 687 08 07, 849 59 00, kom. 602 431 294
fax (022) 687 14 30
e-mail: rzeczniksgwp@wp.mil.pl
PRESS SPOKESMAN OF THE ARMY COMMANDER
ul. Dymińska 1; 01-783 WARSZAWA
tel. oficer prasowy (022) 687 74 03
tel. biuro prasowe (022) 687 75 88
kom. 0 601 326 155, fax (022) 6 877 510
e-mail: rzecznikdwl@army.mil.pl
PRESS SPOKESMAN OF THE AIR FORCES COMMANDER
ul Żwirki i Wigury 103; 00-912 WARSZAWA
tel. (022) 682 50 60, kom. 0 695 143 036
fax (022) 682 50 65
e-mail: rzecznik@sp.mil.pl
PRESS SPOKESMAN OF THE NAVY COMMANDER
Skwer Kościuszki 12; 81-912 GDYNIA
tel. (058) 626 39 19, kom.0 601 412 722
fax (058) 626 34 87
e-mail: rzecznik@mw.mil.pl
PRESS OFFICER OF THE MULTINATIONAL NORTH-EAST CORPS COMMANDER
ul. Łukasińskiego 33; 71-215 SZCZECIN
tel. (091) 444 51 20, 444 51 21
e-mail: G1@hqmncne.mil.pl
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