UPU News UPU information Copyright UPU webmaster@upu.int EN 04.06.2008 17:41:19 5 93 News Edouard 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. 04.06.2008 17:35:47 http://www.upu.int/news_centre/2008/en/2008-06-04_exhibition.html 91 News E-commerce represents an opportunity for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME), but despite significant progress in deploying information and communication technologies in many regions of the world, there is still an e-commerce gap between developed and developing countries. 02.06.2008 http://www.upu.int/news_centre/2008/en/2008-06-02_wsis.html 89 News The Universal Postal Union 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. 04.06.2008 11:17:47 http://www.upu.int/news_centre/2008/en/2008-06-04_upu-puasp.html 87 News "The 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. 28.05.2008 http://www.upu.int/news_centre/2008/en/2008-05-28_epfl.html 85 Press release International 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". 28.05.2008 17:08:33 http://www.upu.int/press/en/press_releases_2008.shtml 83 News Improving the quality of service and restoring customers' confidence in postal services are among the priorities of Liberia's new Minister of Posts and Telecommunications. 29.04.2008 13:26:48 http://www.upu.int/news_centre/2008/en/2008-04-29_liberia.html 81 Press release United 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. 28.04.2008 11:31:26 http://www.upu.int/press/en/2008/un_secretary-general_pays_tribute_to_economic_value_of_postal_services_en.pdf 79 News The UPU will sit on the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) as an observer. 10.04.2008 14:56:06 http://www.upu.int/news_centre/2008/en/2008-04-10_upu-gac.html 77 News The 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. 03.04.2008 10:24:24 http://www.upu.int/news_centre/2008/en/2008-04-03_alacopp.html 75 News In 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. 01.04.2008 11:14:18 http://www.upu.int/news_centre/2008/en/2008-04-01_rfid.html 73 News The 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. 18.02.2008 16:30:24 http://www.upu.int/news_centre/2008/en/2008-02-18_upu-congress.shtml 71 Press release Given 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. 11.02.2008 14:59:23 http://www.upu.int/press/en/2008/24th_upu_congress_changes_location_en.pdf 69 Press release Given 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. 11.02.2008 14:30:31 http://www.upu.int/press/en/2008/24th_upu_congress_changes_location_en.pdf 67 News Alan 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. 30.01.2008 16:34:48 http://www.upu.int/news_centre/2008/en/2008-01-30_ios_upu_work_hand_in_hand.html 66 News In 2007, the Quality of Service Fund (QSF) financed 75 projects, totalling 15.8 million USD, in more than 50 countries. 10.01.2008 10:07:57 http://www.upu.int/news_centre/2007/en/2008-01-04_a_good_year_for_the_qsf.html 63 News During 2005 and 2006, the Universal Postal Union has made great strides to open itself up to stakeholders of the postal sector, promote the postal sector's role in the information society, develop better relations with United Nations and other international organizations, extend the electronic money transfer network for the benefit of all citizens, in particular migrant workers, and highlight the need to improve the quality of service, establish and improve international standards and use new technologies to improve services. 21.12.2007 17:08:24 http://www.upu.int/biennial_report/en/index.shtml 62 Press release The hundreds of thousands of letters sent each day to Santa Claus or Father Christmas at this time of year make the white-bearded gentleman, as well as other figures like St. Nicholas, the Three Kings or Ded Moroz, the most popular recipients of personalized letters. 18.12.2007 16:40:48 http://www.upu.int/press/en/2007/lettres_au_pere_noel_en.pdf 60 News Magdalena Alvarez Arza, the Spanish minister responsible for the postal sector, and Edouard Dayan, Director General of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), signed an agreement in Madrid yesterday whereby Spain and the UPU undertook to implement the International Financial Transfer System (IFS). Under this agreement, Spain, through its postal operator Correos, will connect Latin America with the electronic financial network, thereby improving the quality of postal services and providing small and medium-sized businesses with access to international markets. 12.12.2007 13:59:00 http://www.upu.int/news_centre/en/index.shtml 57 Press release Letter volumes are stabilizing, the growth in parcel volumes is continuing, and postal revenue is sharply up: these are the three major trends highlighted in the worldwide postal statistics for 2006, published today by the Universal Postal Union. 06.12.2007 16:50:28 http://www.upu.int/press/en/2007/letter_traffic_rallying_profits_up.pdf 55 News Speaking yesterday at the World Trade Organization's "Aid for Trade" conference in Geneva, the UPU Director General called attention to postal services' role in stimulating international trade, particularly for small and medium-sized businesses. 21.11.2007 15:09:23 http://www.upu.int/news_centre/2007/en/2007-11-21_wto.html 54 News UPU Director General Edouard DAYAN and Deputy Director General Guozhong HUANG, from France and China respectively, announced they would run for a second mandate from 2009-2012. 12.11.2007 14:47:17 http://www.upu.int/news_centre/2007/en/2007-11-12_2nd-mandate.html 51 News The UPU's Council of Administration (CA) ended its 2007 session on Friday. The CA is the UPU body that approves the UPU's programme and budget, sets the strategic direction of the worldwide postal sector and looks at policy issues such as universal postal service and the reform of the Union, among others. Among the highlights of this session. 12.11.2007 14:40:15 http://www.upu.int/news_centre/2007/en/2007-11-12_ca.html 49 News At least five African countries have recently issued postage stamps to support the organization of the 24th Universal Postal Congress, to be held in Nairobi (Kenya) from 13 August to 3 September 2008. South Africa, Botswana, Mauritius, Nigeria and Tanzania will give Kenya half of the proceeds from the sale of these stamps. Kenya is also taking part in this effort, intended not only to raise funds but also to announce the Congress throughout the continent. The different stamp sets issued feature African costumes, the Congress logo and different animal species. 08.11.2007 http://www.upu.int/news_centre/2007/en/2007-11-08_stamps.html 47 News The Association of Post Office and Telecommunications Operators from the Portuguese Speaking Countries and Territories (AICEP) and the Universal Postal Union signed a cooperation agreement today, at the start of the UPU Council of Administration plenary session in Berne. This agreement defines a package of assistance that will be given to Portuguese-speaking countries in Africa, totalling 120,000 USD over two years. 07.11.2007 http://www.upu.int/news_centre/2007/en/2007-11-07_upu-aicep.html 45 News A UPU paper published for the Connect Africa Summit, which opened today in Kigali (Rwanda), states that a postal network linked to other providers of infrastructure and network services would contribute to economic development and bring relief to poor and unconnected people. 29.10.2007 16:50:02 http://www.upu.int/news_centre/2007/en/2007-10-29_connect_africa.html 40 Press release Edouard DAYAN, Director General of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), and the Honourable Mutahi KAGWE, Kenya’s Minister for Information and Communication, today signed an agreement which marks another milestone in the preparations for the 24th Universal Postal Congress, to be hosted by the Kenyan Government and Posta Kenya in Nairobi from 13 August to 3 September 2008. The agreement defines the detailed requirements for Congress. 17.07.2007 10:54:26 http://www.upu.int/press/en/2007/paper_2007-07-17_postal_service_africa_en.pdf 38 News The first Universal Postal Union (UPU) regional strategy round table was held yesterday in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, within the framework of the "Pochtovaya Troika" strategic forum. This round table, which was organized in cooperation with the Regional Commonwealth in the Field of Communication (RCC), brought together the 12 RCC member countries. 22.06.2007 14:18:17 http://www.upu.int/news_centre/2007/en/2007-06-22_postal_strategy.html 37 News The eighth "Pochtovaya Troika" strategic forum opened its doors yesterday in Saint Petersburg, Russia. This three-day meeting, organized every two years by the Russian Post, enables representatives of postal organizations from all over the world to come together and discuss the challenges they face. A delegation from the Universal Postal Union, led by its Director General, Edouard DAYAN, is attending. 20.06.2007 11:41:50 http://www.upu.int/news_centre/2007/en/2007-06-20_pochtovaya_troika.html 34 News How can we effectively measure the quality of the international postal services provided in the 191 UPU member countries, to enable each country's terminal dues income to reflect its quality of service? This was the question posed by a workshop held at UPU headquarters from 12 to 14 June 2007, organized by the Postal Operations Council's Quality of Service Project Group Steering Committee. 19.06.2007 14:21:10 http://www.upu.int/news_centre/2007/en/2007-06-19_quality.html 31 News Some 150 people attended a conference on the postal sector and the information society, organized on Friday 8 June at UPU headquarters in Berne. 11.06.2007 18:35:58 http://www-dev.upu.int/news_centre/2007/en/2007-06-11_e-services.html 29 News "Small businesses that sell on eBay depend on their local post office for their survival, but local post offices also depend on e-commerce for an increasing part of their business," said Nick STAHEYEFF, Chief Executive Officer of eBay International, at a conference on the postal sector and the information society, held on Friday 8 June. 11.06.2007 18:33:45 http://www-dev.upu.int/news_centre/2007/en/2007-06-11_e-commerce.html 28 News During today's conference on "The Postal Sector and the Information Society" in Berne, Edouard DAYAN, Director General of the Universal Postal Union, and Houlin ZHAO, Deputy Secretary General of the International Telecommunication Union, signed a memorandum of understanding. 08.06.2007 15:50:48 http://www.upu.int/news_centre/2007/en/2007-06-08_upu-itu.html 25 Press release More reliable telecommunications systems offering reasonably priced services in developing countries : this is what the Universal Postal Union needs to step up its efforts to extend its postal financial network throughout the world. 15.05.2007 16:11:01 http://www.upu.int/press/en/2007/affordable_high-speed_internet_a_must_for_developing_countries_en.pdf 23 News The world’s postal operators will further integrate e-services into their strategies to grow their core business and develop new opportunities for themselves and their customers. 04.05.2007 18:31:10 http://www.upu.int/news_centre/2007/en/2007-05-04_e-services.html 21 Press release Thousands of beautiful tulips will bloom each year on the grounds of the Universal Postal Union headquarters, site of the 2007 International Peace Garden. 15.05.2007 16:11:51 http://www.upu.int/news_centre/2007/en/2007-05-03_peace_garden.html