he Universal Postal Union today reiterated its commitment to helping postal operators worldwide better manage their CO2 emissions at the United Nations climate change conference taking place in Poznan, Poland.
he new UPU Postal Operations Council (POC) and Council of Administration (CA) have just completed their first session and laid solid groundwork for the coming four years.
Agreement on the creation of a worldwide technical support centre…
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n an effort to optimize and maximize the effectiveness of the services provided by its Postal Technology Centre (PTC), the UPU today signed an agreement with the Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal (PUASP), making the Montevideo Regional Support Centre a worldwide technical support centre. The UPU has five Regional Support Centres (Uruguay, Puerto Rico, Tunisia, Tanzania (United Rep.) and Singapore), which are attached to the PTC in Berne.
he new Postal Operations Council (POC) yesterday formally adopted a structure focused on product lines and designated the countries that will chair the various groups within four broad committees.
ver the past five years, mail and parcel volumes defied predictions to remain buoyant, according to the latest figures obtained by the Universal Postal Union.
E-commerce: Expert says Posts must act more quickly…
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osts have about 500 days left to grasp the opportunities being offered to them by e-commerce, estimates James ROPER, head of a global e-retail intelligence firm based in the United Kingdom.
nnovation is an essential element in planning and preparing for the future. Being innovative is the only way the postal sector can remain competitive, said Edouard DAYAN, Director General of the Universal Postal Union, as the organization's World Postal Business Forum opened today in London, England, during POST-EXPO 2008.
he UPU has issued today a non-binding request for information (RFI) inviting all ". post" players to offer their views on the development of the .post Internet Sponsored Top Level Domain (sTLD). The document can be downloaded from the UPU Website. The closing date for the RFI has been set at November 11, 2008. Further information on the .post project can also be found on the UPU Website.
Let's be tolerant, let's live together in unity and let's discover the virtues of this powerful weapon of peace…
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oïse Luther Hoza, a 15-year-old boy from Central African Rep., has won the 37th International Letter-Writing Competition for Young People (2008) organized by the Universal Postal Union. His letter, which explains why the world needs tolerance, is particularly relevant in an age in which globalization, migration and other trends are bringing together ever more people from different cultures. His composition was judged the best of the sixty or so entries received from UPU member countries.
harles PRESCOTT, Chairman of the Direct Marketing Association in the United States, has been re-elected as head of the UPU's Consultative Committee. Murray BUCHANAN, International Development Director with Royal Mail, will assume the vice-chairmanship. This committee, which was created at the 2004 Bucharest Congress, is mandated to represent the interests of the postal sector in the wider sense, and to act as a framework for effective dialogue between postal sector partners.
nternational postal services are moving resolutely towards the future, declared Edouard DAYAN, Director General of the Universal Postal Union, at the close of the 24th Universal Postal Congress, which ended its three weeks of discussions today.
Greece elected chair of the next Postal Operations Council…
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reece will chair the next Postal Operations Council of the Universal Postal Union, in the person of Dr. Andreas TAPRANTZIS, Chief Executive Office of the Greek postal operator, ELTA.
he new illustration that will adorn the international reply coupon (IRC) as from 1 July 2009 was unveiled today in Geneva during a plenary meeting of the 24th Universal Postal Congress.
Palestinian Authority to exchange mail directly with UPU member countries…
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he Universal Postal Union yesterday announced that the Israeli and Palestinian postal authorities had been discussing solutions aimed at improving the operations and quality of the Palestinian Authority's postal services, "with the aim of strengthening international postal cooperation".
France's Edouard DAYAN and China's Guozhong HUANG re-elected to UPU top jobs…
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he 24th Universal Postal Congress today re-elected, by acclamation, France's Edouard DAYAN and China's Guozhong HUANG to the positions of Director General and Deputy Director General of the Universal Postal Union's International Bureau for the period 2009-2012.
Electronic money transfers: Spain and Morocco's Posts sign up…
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he Spanish Post (Correos de España) and its Moroccan counterpart (Poste Maroc) signed a reciprocal agreement yesterday to set up an electronic money transfer service. This comes in the wake of a similar agreement signed by the Chilean, Spanish and Uruguayan Posts last week.
he UPU will focus its efforts on finalising a new global monitoring system for the quality of service, which is expected to become operational in 2010.
t its extraordinary General Assembly held during the UPU Congress, the EMS Cooperative announced on Monday a set of very positive results: volumes rose by 23% between 2004 and 2006; 88% of items were delivered on time; and the EMS Cooperative now boasts a membership of 149. The EMS Cooperative was created in 1998 to develop and strengthen the EMS service.
Arab countries agree to start money transfer exchanges…
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n Geneva to attend the 24th Universal Postal Congress, the postal leaders of Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Qatar, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen signed an agreement that will see them start exchanging money transfers electronically.
PU Congress Committee 8 (Development Cooperation) decided to extend the lifespan of the Quality of Service Fund (QSF). Initially scheduled to run from 2001 to 2012, the QSF will now continue until 2016. Created by the 1999 Beijing Congress, the QSF finances projects aimed at improving postal service quality in developing countries. All member countries, except least developed countries, contribute to the Fund through an increase in their terminal dues payments.
ven though a majority of UPU member countries voted in favour of it, a proposal to expand the UPU's fundamental mission was rejected yesterday during a plenary session of the 24th Universal Postal Congress after it failed to obtain sufficient support.
PU member countries unanimously adopted a new four-year roadmap for the worldwide postal sector during yesterday's plenary session of the 24th Universal Postal Congress.
Poste Italiane helps pave the way for the delivery of electronic postmarks…
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oste Italiane's Director General, Massimo SARMI, today handed over to the UPU Director General, Edouard DAYAN, an application to enable Posts the world over to deliver electronic postal certification marks.
ill postal services be the infrastructure of the 21st century? This is the question asked in a new book published by the UPU, and presented today to delegates at the 24th Universal Postal Congress.
Chile, Spain and Uruguay launch new electronic money transfer service through postal network…
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hile, Spain and Uruguay are today launching a new electronic money transfer service linking their countries, bringing Latin America into the fold of the Universal Postal Union's international financial network.
ecision-makers from the international community today participated in a high-level general debate during the 24th Universal Postal Congress. Themed "The postal sector, an essential component of the global economy", the debate gathered stakeholders from the larger postal sector. In addition to postal leaders and ministers, many participants representing international organizations and the private sector stressed the sector's important role at a time when international trade is stronger than ever.
The Post: opening the doors to world trade for the smallest businesses…
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s the postal sector an essential component of the global economy?
What better way of answering this question, the theme of today's 24th Universal Postal Congress General Debate, than to take a look at the Brazilian Post's Exporta Fácil programme.
UPU on way to adopting a new Postal Payment Services Agreement…
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he UPU member countries attending yesterday afternoon's Committee 6 meeting at the Universal Postal Congress agreed to continue their deliberations on the proposal for a new Postal Payment Services Agreement.
The postal sector joins forces to manage its carbon footprint…
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ostEurop, a Restricted Union representing 48 European public postal operators, has teamed up with the UPU Sustainable Development Project Group to share the results of the work carried out within the framework of its greenhouse gas reduction programme.
World's postal sector players meet for the 24th Universal Postal Congress, starting tomorrow…
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he development gaps that separate the postal services of industrialized and developing countries at a worldwide level must be reduced for citizens and businesses to better participate in international trade, said UPU Director General Edouard DAYAN.
Kenya to chair 24th UPU Congress in Geneva and future Council of Administration…
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enya will chair the 24th Universal Postal Congress in Geneva from 23 July to 12 August 2008 as well as the UPU's Council of Administration for 2009–2012.
douard DAYAN, Director General of the UPU, Christoph NEUHAUS, member of the government of the Canton of Berne, and French, Italian and Romanian diplomats posted in Berne kicked off the philatelic exhibition "Stamps score a goal" last night in the presence of some 50 guests.
he Universal Postal Union (UPU) and the Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal (PUASP), through the Declaration of Santo Domingo, urge the countries of Latin America to undertake postal sector reform.
Better standards and harmonized laws will promote e-commerce…
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he course is pitched at the right level, and strikes the right balance between theory classes and practical exercises. Moreover, it is most interesting to discover the common ground shared by the Post and other network enterprises," says a delighted David AVSEC, IT Development Manager with the UPU's Postal Technology Centre.
24th UPU Congress: top decision-makers to discuss postal sector's future during high-level debate…
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nternational decision-makers will participate in a high-level debate on 25 July 2008 focusing on the theme “The postal sector, an essential component of the global economy”.
he United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Universal Postal Union (UPU) have agreed to work together to slash the CO2 emissions caused by members of the postal sector. Under the agreement signed in Berne last week by Achim Steiner, Executive Director of UNEP, and Edouard Dayan, Director General of the UPU, UNEP will help the UPU calculate the volumes of greenhouse gases generated by the postal sector, using a clearly-defined methodology.
Emirates and Indian Posts start exchanging electronic money transfers…
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he Emirate and Indian postal services have joined the UPU’s International Financial System network to offer their customers a new possibility for sending money electronically.
Liberia Post working to regain customers' confidence…
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mproving the quality of service and restoring customers' confidence in postal services are among the priorities of Liberia's new Minister of Posts and Telecommunications.
UN Secretary-General pays tribute to economic value of postal services…
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nited Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the importance of postal services in the world's development efforts as he marked the Universal Postal Union's 60th anniversary as a specialized agency of the United Nations. The Secretary-General is at UPU headquarters to chair the biannual Chief Executives Board of the United Nations System, which coordinates a range of issues facing the world and United Nations organizations. Issues to be discussed include the United Nations' response to climate change and the world food crisis.
he Consultative Committee of the UPU has just welcomed a new member: the Latin American Association of Private Posts and Postal Operators (ALACOPP). This association, which is made up of private operators from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Panama, Peru and Uruguay, analyzes opportunities and challenges in the postal sector in order to increase the market for all industry players. The highly fragmented postal market in Latin America is made up of public operators and a large number of private entreprises.
n a project coordinated by Qatar's postal authority, Q-Post and two other neighbouring Posts are testing various RFID (radio frequency identification) technologies to measure quality of service in the Gulf region.
24th UPU Congress to be held from 23 July to 12 August…
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he UPU International Bureau today confirmed the place and date of the 24th UPU Congress. It will take place at the Geneva International Conference Centre from 23 July to 12 August.
iven the current situation in Kenya, the Universal Postal Union's Council of Administration on Friday decided to change the venue of the 24th Universal Postal Congress from Nairobi, Kenya, to Geneva, Switzerland.
The International Organization for Standardization to work hand in hand with the UPU…
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lan Bryden, Secretary General of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and Edouard Dayan, Director General of the Universal Postal Union, concluded a cooperation agreement today aimed at strengthening the exchange of information for finalizing standards of mutual interest to the two organizations.
n 2007, the Quality of Service Fund (QSF) financed 75 projects, totalling 15.8 million USD, in more than 50 countries. This was the first time that the Fund, created in 2001, actually spent more money than it received.
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