Press Release: Teenage girl from Türkiye takes top international letter-writing prize
19.09.2025 — Dubai, 19 September 2025 – Reyyan Demiriz, a 15-year-old girl from Türkiye, has taken first prize in the 54th International Letter-Writing Competition for Young People, organized by the Universal Postal Union (UPU). This year’s competition received more than 1.6 million letters from 65 countries.
UPU Congress grants Palestine additional observer rights
19.09.2025 — UPU member countries attending the 28th Universal Postal Congress voted to allow the State of Palestine additional rights to participate in UPU decision-making processes as an observer.
Press Release: UPU departs Dubai with renewed vision for the future
19.09.2025 — The UPU’s 28th Universal Postal Congress closed in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, today, providing the UN specialized agency with the mandate and resources needed to drive the transformation of the postal network over the next four years.
Press Release: UPU re-elects Director General and Deputy Director General
18.09.2025 — 18 September 2025, Dubai – Japan’s Masahiko Metoki has been re-elected as Director General of the UN specialized agency responsible for international postal cooperation and development, while Slovenia’s Marjan Osvald has been re-elected as its Deputy Director General for the next four years.
UPU adopts new four-year strategy
17.09.2025 — The UN specialized agency for postal development will be guided by a new vision and direction for 2026-2029, as decided by member countries attending the organization’s 28th Universal Postal Congress in Dubai.
UPU Congress backs push for postal financial services expansion
16.09.2025 — UPU member countries attending the 28th Universal Postal Congress have approved changes to the organization’s multilateral framework for postal financial services, extending the UPU’s support to a wider set of optional postal financial services.
UPU fellowship enables women leaders to attend Congress
13.09.2025 — Leading women in the postal sector from Bhutan, Cuba, Guinea, Moldova, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Syria contributed their views to the Congress thanks to a capacity building initiative on the empowerment of women supported by voluntary funds dedicated to training.
UPU launches pilot postal development AI agent
11.09.2025 — The UPU’s first-ever AI agent analyzing data on postal network development is being tested and showcased at the UPU’s 28th Universal Postal Congress in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Global postal leaders look to inclusive diversification & partnerships for the network’s future
09.09.2025 — Ministers, heads of regulators and CEOs from posts and the private sector charted their vision for the postal sector of the future at the UPU Global Leaders Summit in Dubai.
Press Release: Maintaining post offices and diversifying customer-focused services can foster postal sector growth: UPU report
08.09.2025 — 8 September (Dubai) – The Universal Postal Union’s (UPU) State of the Postal Sector 2025 lays bare the most pressing challenges facing the growth of the global postal network, which has seen postal sector growth lag by as much as 71% behind global economic growth, between 2006 and 2023.
Press Release: 28th Universal Postal Congress set to reimagine global postal services
08.09.2025 — 8 September (Dubai) – The Universal Postal Union (UPU) – the United Nations specialized agency responsible for coordinating and developing international postal services – opened its 28th Universal Postal Congress in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, today.
Press Release: Opening press conference of the UPU’s 28th Universal Postal Congress
05.09.2025 — 5 September (Dubai/Berne) – Journalists are invited to a press conference on the opening day of Universal Postal Union’s quadrennial Congress – the world’s highest decision-making forum for global postal cooperation.