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Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (right) and UPU Director-General Edouard Dayan

Global postal industry looks towards future after UN meeting

12 August 2008
International postal services are keeping pace and moving forward with the onset of globalization and advances in technology, the head of the United Nations Universal Postal Union (UPU) said today.
Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (right) and UPU Director-General Edouard Dayan

Israel and Palestinians to boost postal services with help from UN agency

7 August 2008
Israeli and Palestinian postal authorities have agreed to start direct mail exchanges between the Palestinian Authority and the 191 member countries of the United Nations Universal Postal Union (UPU), with mail transiting through Jordan.

Arab countries agree to UN-backed electronic money transfer services

1 August 2008
Eight Arab countries have signed an agreement to start electronic money transfer services using technology that has been developed by the United Nations postal agency with the aim of helping rural populations and migrant workers have access to better services.

UN postal union adopts expanded four-year road map

31 July 2008
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.

Chile, Spain and Uruguay join UN-backed electronic money transfer service

28 July 2008
Chile, Spain and Uruguay are today launching a new electronic money transfer service which links their countries, using technology developed by the United Nations Universal Postal Union (UPU).
Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (right) and UPU Director-General Edouard Dayan

Modernization of global postal services focus of UN-led congress

22 July 2008
A new global strategy aimed at improving and harmonizing the world’s postal services is the focus of a three-week congress in Geneva led by the United Nations Universal Postal Union (UPU) which began today.

UN agency helps developing countries improve postal services

21 April 2006
Nearly 280 projects worldwide such as bringing postal services to outlying areas, primarily in least advanced countries, have been financed over the past five years by the Universal Postal Union (UPU), a United Nations specialized agency that is the world’s second-oldest international organization, it was announced today.