ostal experts from Canada, France, Senegal and the United States will travel to Port-au-Prince in early April to help Haiti jumpstart its postal services, paralysed since the January earthquake.
he Pan African Postal Union (PAPU) has successfully wrapped up its 30th anniversary celebrations, attracting a record number of postal-sector ministers and top policy-makers from international and regional organizations.
Brazil post offices join Global HIV Awareness Campaign…
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or the first time in Brazil, post offices will join efforts to prevent new HIV infections. The local take on the global campaign “Post Offices Fighting Against AIDS”, was launched Tuesday 9 February in a post office in Brasilia, the capital of the country.
he UPU International Bureau has set up a taskforce to bring together postal experts from across the globe to coordinate efforts directed at helping the Post of Haiti, severely crippled by last week’s earthquake.
n the aftermath of a devastating earthquake in Haiti, the director general of the Dominican Post travelled to Port-au-Prince over the weekend to take stock of the situation and make contact with officials at the Haitian Post.
osts around the world are rallying to the assistance of Haiti, struck by an earthquake on January 12. The Universal Postal Union has already received messages from some of its members pledging assistance, ranging from vehicles to power generators. The UPU is monitoring the situation very closely and, as a United Nations specialized agency, will also work through the United Nations (UN) network to provide assistance to Haiti in a coordinated manner.
ttending this week’s United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen, UPU Director General Edouard Dayan said that business as usual was not an option and that the global postal sector will do its part to reduce carbon emissions.
Posts produce at least 26 million tonnes of CO2 emissions annually, UPU’s first global inventory reveals…
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ccording to its first worldwide survey, the Universal Postal Union – the United Nations specialized agency for postal services – estimates that Posts in its 191 member countries generated at least 26 million tonnes of CO2 in 2008 through the operation of postal vehicles and buildings.
One of two eight-metre long UPU banners designed to show the postal sector’s support for a climate change deal in Copenhagen will be part of the Climate Maze, set up in a main square of Copenhagen (Kongens Nytorv) from 6 to 18 December 2009.
Palestine closer to goal of exchanging mail directly…
Palestine’s ability to have direct mail exchanges with UPU member countries is improving with the UPU’s granting of an international mail processing centre (IMPC) code to the Ramallah office of exchange.
Kenya’s minister for information and communications and the director general of the Universal Postal Union have signed a formal agreement on organizing the Strategy Conference in Nairobi in September 2010.
heir trust, their unparalleled reach and 150 years’ experience in providing savings services all make the Posts an ideal provider of financial services to the poor. This is what a joint UPU-Alliance for Financial Inclusion workshop revealed this week in Berne.
bout 150 postal experts, policy makers, UPU delegates, regulators and representatives from the banking industry are at UPU headquarters today and tomorrow to look at how the postal network can help the world’s poor gain access to financial services.
he International Labour Organization and the UPU both held ceremonies in Geneva and Berne this week for the winner of the 2009 international letter-writing competition for young people.
kio Miyaji, the UPU’s coordinator for quality of service, has won a leadership award this week during the ID WORLD International Congress in Milan, Italy.
2 November 2009 – New York (United States of America)
UPU puts addressing on UN agenda…
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PU Director General Edouard Dayan urged United Nations organizations and agencies on Friday to join a UPU campaign to develop efficient addressing systems worldwide.
UPU and ICANN conclude negotiations for .post (dot-post)…
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he global postal sector is one step closer to obtaining its own top-level domain name on the Internet, to be known as .post (dot-post), thanks to the successful conclusion of negotiations between the Universal Postal Union and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
he Universal Postal Union and PostEurop, an association of 48 Posts and a UPU restricted union, renewed their commitment to continue working together to effectively implement the regional development plan for Europe and countries part of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CSI) region.
UPU celebrates 100 years of historical landmark on World Post Day…
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n World Post Day, the Universal Postal Union has held a double celebration in Berne, commemorating the centenary of its monument and hosting the unveiling of commemorative stamps by Swiss Post and France’s La Poste. The stamps depict the sculpture, located in the Kleine Schanze park, and its creator, French sculptor, René de Saint-Marceaux.
hy are Hong Kong citizens allowed to send one letter free of charge through the Post today? Why has Post Fiji invited the public to visit its main mail processing centre? And why are the Posts in Brazil and Mali using October 9 to launch nationwide HIV-prevention campaigns in their post offices? Because they and many other Posts around the world are marking World Post Day, celebrated annually on October 9, the date the Universal Postal Union was created in Berne in 1874.
Postal leaders talk shop at UPU forum at Post-Expo
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t this week’s Post-Expo 2009, Deutsche Post’s CEO, Frank Appel, opened the UPU’s Chief Executive Forum, underlining the importance of protecting the environment.
Forum speakers also included the chief executives of India Post, La Poste (France), Poste Italiane and the board chairman of Swiss Post.
E-commerce fuels parcel growth as letter post takes hit during economic crisis
Deutsche Post’s Frank Appel also opens UPU’s World Postal Business Forum at POST-EXPO 2009 in Hannover
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hile the parcel business weathers the storm and even seems to thrive in it, letter-post volumes and revenues are experiencing sharp declines in the wake of the worldwide economic crisis.
ostal leaders from France, Germany, Greece, Italy, India and the restricted union PostEurop joined UPU Director General Edouard Dayan today to sign their names on an eight-metre long “Seal the Deal” banner.
The UPU’s “Seal the Deal” banner will be sent to the UN conference on climate change in Copenhagen in December with a message to world leaders to conclude a fair and effective deal.
s part of Global Climate Week activities, UPU International Bureau staff in Berne, Switzerland, today gathered for the unveiling of an eight-metre-long banner specially created to support the UN-led Seal the Deal campaign.
Money-transfer project to be extended in Latin America
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fter last year’s successful launch of a money-transfer service between the Posts of Spain, Chile and Uruguay, nine new Latin American countries are set to join the project.
he World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the UPU have just published a book on postage stamps entitled From Weather Gods to Modern Meteorology – A Philatelic Journey.
ob Steele, the secretary-general of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), has met with the director general of the Universal Postal Union, Edouard Dayan, to discuss ways to strengthen the organizations' existing collaboration.
wenty-one Posts started using the Universal Postal Union's new Global Monitoring System (GMS) this week to evaluate the quality of their letter-post service using state-of-the-art RFID technology.
he Universal Postal Union continued to emphasize Posts’ role in opening up international markets to micro-, small and medium-sized businesses during the World Trade Organization’s second global review of Aid for Trade, held this week in Geneva.
UPU and partners launch global HIV prevention campaign
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he Universal Postal Union (UPU), the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the International Labour Organization (ILO) and UNI Global Union today announced the launch of a global HIV prevention campaign in the post offices of seven pioneering countries.
he Universal Postal Union and the Russian Post have signed a memorandum of understanding, intending to set up a regional technical centre (RTC) in Moscow. The centre –once approved - would provide support for UPU software in postal payment services to Posts in Eastern Europe and North Asia. It would also train users according to the principle of neighbours assisting each other.
UPU and partners to evaluate and reduce Posts’ greenhouse gas emissions...
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hat actions speak louder than words is the Universal Postal Union’s message on World Environment Day. The UPU has thus partnered with PostEurop - one of its restricted unions - and the International Post Corporation to coordinate efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) generated by the postal sector...
he Universal Postal Union and the International Telecommunication Union will publish a book about how the postal sector’s use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to reduce the digital gap and bring improvements to service, especially in rural areas.
he UPU is holding a conference on e-commerce in Hong Kong from May 21-23, 2009. Hosted by Hongkong Post, the event will bring together industry professionals from UPU member countries.
he Universal Postal Union was saddened to hear of the sudden death of Qatar's trade and business minister, Sheikh Fahd bin Jassim Al-Thani. Sheikh Al-Thani had visited UPU headquarters in April to formalize Qatar hosting the UPU’s 2012 Congress in Doha. Aged 40, he died tragically in a car accident on April 30. He had been appointed minister responsible for the postal service in July 2008.
he UPU has chosen AIDA Centre, a company based in Spain, to supply radio frequency identification (RFID) tags for its Global Monitoring System (GMS). The new system will measure mail-service quality using state-of-the-art technology and use the resulting data to calculate the payment of terminal dues between member countries. A RFID tag is a computer chip used to store and transmit information.
he UPU fully supports a range of initiatives designed to boost economic recovery unveiled by the chief executives of the United Nations system when they met in Paris in early April.
UPU and Qatar sign agreement to hold 25th Universal Postal Congress 2012 in Doha…
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he Universal Postal Union (UPU) and the Qatar government have signed an agreement to formalize the hosting of the 25th Universal Postal Congress in the Qatari capital, Doha, in 2012. The Congress is the supreme authority of the Union, bringing together plenipotentiaries of all member countries, and is convened every four years. Although Congress' main function is legislative, this has evolved over the years and it now concentrates on strategic issues. The 25th Congress will be held in Doha from October 3 to 25, 2012.
UPU and Direct Marketing Association to work closer together…
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he Universal Postal Union has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Direct Marketing Association (DMA), one of the largest global trade associations in the field. The agreement will enable closer collaboration in areas such as information exchange, training, research, environmental protection and funding of UPU-targeted projects.
he high-level debate on the financial crisis' impact on the postal sector led to a number of interesting interventions from leaders in the postal world. Here is a selection.
Diversification and innovation key to resisting global financial crisis…
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here are challenging times ahead but it is business as usual with an eye on diversifying activities and innovations. These were some of the key messages sent out by postal operators and representatives from e-commerce and direct marketing, such as Ebay International.
ince September of last year, the world's postal services have been feeling the effects of the financial crisis just like everyone else. But for the sector's leaders, the crisis is starting to look less like a threat and more like an opportunity.
Postal sector feeling the pinch, but financial crisis not all doom and gloom…
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he results of a recent Universal Postal Union (UPU) survey indicate that postal networks are increasingly trusted to further the growth of e-commerce and provide financial services. This trust is keeping this postal sector's head above water as the financial crisis wreaks havoc on the global economy.
he International Bureau, aware that actions speak louder than words, today unveiled a raft of measures that will help to confirm its commitment to sustainable development.
ending parcels between Palestine and member countries of the UPU has become easier thanks to a resolution adopted by the parcels committee of the UPU's Postal Operations Council (POC) on Monday. The decision enables certain payment provisions to be put in place and has set inward land rates for parcels. The resolution was passed during the current session of the POC, which meets annually at the UPU's International Bureau in Bern, Switzerland.
ecause 70% of philatelists started collecting stamps when they were children, a number of the world's Posts, including Belgium's De Post, are increasingly targeting youngsters – the customers of tomorrow.
New guide launched to boost direct mail in developing countries…
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he Direct Mail Advisory Board (DMAB) of the UPU has launched a new guide to help Posts in developing and least developed countries to better understand and promote direct mail, especially in this digital age.
igh-level stakeholders from the postal sector, including CEOs of the world's largest posts, will meet at the Universal Postal Union (UPU) in Berne, Switzerland, next week, to discuss the global economic crisis. The conference will take place on April 2, 2009, and will explore not only the crisis' negative impact but also new business opportunities.
he EMS Cooperative presented excellent results for the past year at its General Assembly, which ended today. Worldwide EMS traffic totalled 44 million items in 2007, an 8.5% rise over the previous year. The 154 operators making up the EMS network offer a very high quality service, as demonstrated by the excellent results achieved against the performance indicators.
he Italian Post and Customs will launch a pilot project in mid-2009 aimed at better identifying counterfeit or pirated goods in the mail. Sending such items through the post can have severe consequences for the economy and can even put lives at risk if counterfeit medicines are involved. The initiative was announced on Monday at a meeting of the Postal Security Group, part of the UPU's Postal Operations Council.
Italy elected Chairman of the Telematics Cooperative…
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iorgio POMPONI of Poste Italiane became this morning the new Chairman of the UPU Telematics Cooperative.
This election – the first major development of the 2009 Postal Operations Council session – took place during the Telematics Cooperative's 15th General Assembly. Five other countries – Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, India, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia – were also in the running.
24 February 2009 – Berne (Switzerland), Thimphu (Bhutan)
3rd UPU/APPU regional workshop in Bhutan…
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he third workshop in connection with the regional project for providing quality of service improvement support in the field will take place in Thimpu, Bhutan this week.
The aim of these workshops, which stem from the Cooperation Agreement on support for quality of service improvement signed by the Asian-Pacific Postal Union and the UPU, is to put in place the technology needed for the sustainable and reliable measurement of quality of service for the letter post, parcel post and EMS services.
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