Press Releases

14.05.2025 — The UPU and Visa, a global leader in digital payments, have announced a strategic collaboration to expand access to digital postal financial services within the UPU network. The collaboration aims to promote financial inclusion and stimulate economic development by leveraging the UN agency’s international postal network and Visa’s payments network.

09.10.2024 — Berne, 9 October 2024 – Aliaksandr Piatrou, a 15-year-old boy from Belarus, has won first place in the Universal Postal Union’s (UPU) 53rd International Letter-Writing Competition for Young People, a contest that drew entries from over 1.6 million participants across 50 countries. 

09.10.2024 — Berne, 9 October 2024 – The Universal Postal Union (UPU) – the United Nations specialized agency for international postal cooperation – today unveils the results of its 2024 Integrated Index for Postal Development (2IPD), with Switzerland and Germany topping the rankings among 174 countries assessed. 
 

14.05.2024 —

• Over 1.5 billion people worldwide – approximately 28% of the global adult population – access financial services through postal networks
• 53% of post offices in the world provide insurance, a critical financial service to strengthen the resilience of low-income individuals faced with irregular and unpredictable levels of revenue
• UPU and AXA sign a partnership to scale inclusive insurance through postal networks globally, starting with joint research, followed by technical assistance programs

05.03.2024 — The Universal Postal Union (UPU) – the United Nations specialized agency for international postal cooperation – opened its inaugural postal development forum for small island developing states (SIDS) in Mahé, Seychelles, today.

04.12.2023 — Emirates Post Group and the Universal Postal Union, in collaboration with the UAE’s Ministry of Education and UNITAR, highlighted the role of postal networks in advancing climate education.

20.11.2023 — On World Children’s Day, the Universal Postal Union (UPU) is proud to announce the theme of its upcoming 53rd International Letter-Writing Competition for Young People. This edition will take place in 2024, during the UPU’s 150th anniversary year. Participants will be encouraged to reflect on the future of the world using the prompt, "At 150 years old, the UPU has served people around the world for more than eight generations. The world has changed enormously since then. Write a letter to future generations about the world you hope they inherit."

05.10.2023 — The Universal Postal Union (UPU) has successfully concluded its fourth Extraordinary Congress, held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from 1 to 5 October 2023. At this meeting of postal plenipotentiaries, historic decisions were made that will affect the global postal sector, including groundbreaking agreements on opening up to wider postal sector players, climate action targets and modernization plans for postal financial services.

05.10.2023 — Claire Gakii, 13, from Kenya has won first place in the Universal Postal Union’s 52nd International Letter-Writing Competition for Young People, ahead of 1.7 million entrants from 35 countries.

05.10.2023 — The Universal Postal Union (UPU) today launched its first comprehensive State of the Postal Sector report, which identifies, for the first time, a clear causal link between countries’ postal development and national economic growth, particularly in times of economic shocks and crises.