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The Universal Postal Union is a United Nations specialized agency and the postal sector's primary forum for international cooperation.

 

The Universal Postal Union is a United Nations specialized agency and the postal sector's primary forum for international cooperation.

 
  • How Covid-19 vaccination campaigns help address the unaddressed
    15.04.2021 — Addresses are essential for the management of cities, for service delivery, and to give people status in society

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  • UPU DDG lauds e-commerce’s ability to radically adapt postal economic models
    08.04.2021 — E-commerce has radically altered habits, created new opportunities for Posts and encouraged them to adapt services and economic models, the DDG of the UPU Pascal Clivaz said at a high-profile event held on 8 April

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  • Posts offer a crucial lifeline to those living in isolation
    01.04.2021 — Social isolation has become a key issue during the Covid-19 pandemic

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  • UPU’s Customs Declaration System improves data quality and reduces labour
    25.03.2021 —

    The CDS facilitates the capture of electronic customs declarations made by the customers of posts, and exchanges of EDI messages between designated operators and between designated operators and customs authorities

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    UPU’s Customs Declaration System improves data quality and reduces labour
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Information about the 27th Universal Postal Congress

The 27th Universal Postal Congress was scheduled to take place in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, from 10 to 28 August 2020. 

Due to the global spread of COVID-19, the UPU's Exceptional CA has agreed to postpone the event.

The 27th Universal Postal Congress will now be held from 9 to 27 August 2021 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.

For the latest news and updates on the Congress, please check the dedicated web page.

COVID-19: Information and updates from the UPU

The UPU's International Bureau (IB) has been monitoring the disruptions to the global postal supply chain caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and is seeking to identify possible ways to mitigate its impact.

The UPU also supports the postal network, which has been an essential service provider during the COVID-19 pandemic, and has created a specific programme Post4Health to promote and enhance that role and in particular in the health sector. 

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UPU Direct Marketing Advisory Board (DMAB) report on COVID-19 and direct marketing

UPU Direct Marketing Advisory Board (DMAB) report on COVID-19 and direct marketing

19.03.2021 —

This DMAB report provides a global overview and analysis of the pandemic’s impact on the direct marketing market and postal offering. It also provides insight into the way forward and the opportunities for direct marketing in a post-COVID context. The report focuses on country cases that illustrate the way postal operators, the private sector and the data-driven marketing industry have reacted to the pandemic and risen to the challenges.

Union Postale No.4.2020

Union Postale No.4.2020

02.02.2021 — Union Postale magazine - established in 1875 - reports on developments from the international postal sector and the UPU primarily to stakeholders from its 192 member countries. 
Greening the Blue Report 2020

Greening the Blue Report 2020

10.12.2020 —

The annual Greening the Blue Report - The UN system’s environmental footprint and efforts to reduce it, focuses on the environmental impacts of over 310,000 personnel in UN Headquarters, field offices and operations on the ground. Data was provided by close to 60 UN System entities.

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