The United Nations Universal Postal Union (UPU) has adopted a new and expanded four-year road map that emphasizes the key role played by the postal sector in the world’s economy.
Postal workers play a valuable role in supporting migration, fund transfers, transport, trade, education and literacy, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today in a message to the 24th Universal Postal Congress in Geneva.
The United Nations Universal Postal Union (UPU) announced today that tomorrow’s release of the last book in the Harry Potter series will result in the largest-ever delivery of identical books on the same day worldwide.
The Universal Postal Union (UPU), a United Nations specialized agency that is the world’s second-oldest international organization, got a new Director General today dedicated to keeping letters and parcels flowing smoothly around the globe even as the digital age is in full flight.
United Nations snail mail sprinted into the black in the first six months of 2004 after years of wallowing in red ink as the world body's Postal Administration (UNPA) registered its first net profit since 1994 thanks to lowered operating costs and new marketing initiatives such as personalized stamps.
Not only do worldwide mail services deliver nearly 445 billion letters every year, they are also increasingly tied to newer means of communications such as electronic transactions, the head of the United Nations postal agency said today in commemorating World Post Day.
