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The British £1 stamp for the 1929 Postal Union Congress, designed by Harold Nelson.. The Postal Union Congress is the main international meeting of the Universal Postal Union, used to discuss various issues affecting international postal services, such as legislation, the political climate, and other strategic issues.
The Integrated Index for Postal Development (2IPD) is a scale confected by the Universal Postal Union to measure "a composite index providing an overview of postal development around the world". 2IPD covered the postal services for 170 countries in 2016. [1] It covered 172 countries in 2022. [2]
The 192 members of the Universal Postal Union are listed below in alphabetical order, with the date of membership. [1] Members are the Vatican City and the 193 UN members except Andorra, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau. The newest member is South Sudan, which joined on 4 October 2011.
[note 2] After the General Postal Union was established, its membership grew rapidly as other countries joined. At the second Postal Union Congress in 1878, it was renamed the Universal Postal Union. [12] French was the sole official language of the UPU until English was added as a working language in 1994.
World Post Day is an international day that occurs each year on October 9, the anniversary of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), [1] which started in 1874 in Switzerland. The UPU was the start of the global communications revolution, introducing the ability to write letter to others all over the world. World Post Day started in 1969.
On 10 July 1964, the UPU incorporated the treaty into a new Constitution of the Universal Postal Union, which is now the treaty that is ratified by states when they wish to join the UPU. The Universal Postal Union Congress of 2021 taking place in Abidjan brought about another significant change to the Treaty of Bern. Previously the agreements ...
Masahiko Metoki is a Japanese politician who is serving as Director General of Universal Postal Union, Agency of the United Nations [1] [2] from January 2022. [3] [4]
The IRC was introduced in 1906 at a Universal Postal Union congress in Rome. At the time an IRC could be exchanged for a single-rate, ordinary postage stamp for surface delivery to a foreign country, as this was before the introduction of airmail services. An IRC is exchangeable in a UPU member country for the minimum postage of a priority or ...