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30.03.2026 — The UPU’s commitment to gender equality and the empowerment of women has been acknowledged under the UN System-wide Action Plan’s (UN-SWAP) second programme iteration, spearheaded by UN Women.

30.03.2026 — On 9 October 2024, the Universal Postal Union celebrated its 150th anniversary. In 2025, as the International Bureau marked its own 150 years, another cornerstone of the UPU’s institutional history also reached the same milestone: Union Postale, the magazine published without interruption since its first edition in 1875, shortly after the Bureau’s establishment in Berne.

26.03.2026 — As the Universal Postal Union (UPU) begins its 2026-2029 Dubai cycle, the new Management Committee of the Consultative Committee (CC MC) is positioning itself as a central platform for strengthening dialogue and collaboration across the global postal ecosystem.

24.03.2026 — During International Women’s Month, the Universal Postal Union is highlighting how postal networks support micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), including women entrepreneurs seeking to reach international markets. As part of these efforts – and ahead of the launch of its Heya initiative supporting women-led businesses – the UPU spoke with Tunisian artisan Héla Chadi, whose experience shows how postal services can help connect local craftsmanship with global customers.

23.03.2026 — Lati Matata, Director of the UPU’s Postal Technology Centre, shares how the International Postal System (IPS) revolutionized global operations when it was launched 30 years ago and how it will be fundamental to the sector’s next big transformation: interoperability with the wider sector players.

17.03.2026 — The UPU presented findings from its recent research on the power of the postal network to include women small business owners during UN Trade and Development's (UNCTAD) latest "eTrade for Women" network briefing on 10 March.

02.03.2026 — Chief executives from the region’s postal operators gathered with high-ranking government officials, regulators, restricted unions, private sector partners and development agencies to sign the declaration during the UPU’s African Postal Leaders Forum in Praia, Cabo Verde (25-27 February).

27.02.2026 — Trade facilitation has become one of the defining issues in global economic policy. As trade patterns shift from container-load consignments to millions of small parcels generated by e-commerce, the efficiency of cross-border procedures increasingly determines who can participate in international trade – and who cannot.

28.01.2026 — In a landmark step toward cheaper and faster international money transfers, India Post has partnered with the Universal Postal Union (UPU) and NPCI International Payments Ltd (NIPL) to launch a new global digital remittance service linking India’s homegrown Unified Payments Interface (UPI) with the UPU’s Interconnection Platform (UPU-IP).

26.01.2026 — In a bid to advance the UPU’s vision of a more connected and digital postal ecosystem, UPU Consultative Committee member Reason Solutions has successfully modernized global postal operations with a number of national Posts.

23.01.2026 — When the Universal Postal Union (UPU) unveiled its first-ever artificial intelligence (AI) agent at the 28th Universal Postal Congress in Dubai, it marked more than a technological milestone – it signaled the beginning of a data-driven transformation across the global postal network.

21.01.2026 — In an increasingly unpredictable world, the ability to maintain essential services during and after a crisis is the ultimate measure of an organization’s commitment to its customers and its nation.