A press conference will be held on 25 August.
International media are invited to cover the following:
What: Election of the UPU Director General and Deputy Director General
Where: Sofitel Abidjan Hôtel Ivoire, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
When: 25 August at a press conference (TBC)
Who:
- The candidates for the UPU Director General are:
Mr Masahiko Metoki, Japan, and
Mr Pascal Clivaz, Switzerland
- The candidates for the UPU Deputy Director General are:
Mr Younouss Djibrine, Cameroon
Mr Marjan Osvald, Slovenia; and
Mr Vladyslav Dubenko, Ukraine
The results of the election will be announced at a special press conference on 25 August (specific time to be confirmed). Journalists not attending the Universal Postal Congress, can watch the press conference on https://tv.upu.int
Background
Biographies
For biographies of the candidates please go to: https://www.upu.int/en/Universal-Postal-Union/About-UPU/Bodies/Congress/Candidates-for-UPU-leadership
Rules and regulations
The elections are regulated by:
- The Universal Postal Union’s Rules of Procedure of Congresses
Article 21
Election of the Director General and the Deputy Director General of the International Bureau
1. The elections of the Director General of the International Bureau and of the Deputy Director General shall take place by secret ballot successively at one or more meetings held on the same day.
The candidate who obtains a majority of the votes cast by the member countries present and voting shall be elected.
As many ballots shall be held as are necessary for a candidate to obtain this majority.
2. "Member countries present and voting" shall mean member countries voting for one of the candi-dates whose applications have been announced in due and proper form, abstentions and blank or null and void ballot papers being ignored in counting the votes required to constitute a majority.
3. If the number of abstentions and blank or null and void ballot papers exceeds half the number of votes cast in accordance with paragraph 2, the election shall be deferred to a later meeting, at which abstentions and blank or null and void ballot papers shall no longer be taken into account.
4. The candidate who obtains the least number of votes in any one ballot shall be eliminated.
5. In the event of a tie, an additional ballot, and if necessary a second additional ballot, shall be held in an attempt to decide between the tying candidates, the vote relating only to these candidates. If the result is inconclusive, the election shall be decided by drawing lots. The lots shall be drawn by the Chairman.
6. The candidates for Director General and Deputy Director General of the International Bureau may, at their request, be represented at the counting of the votes.
- The Universal Postal Union’s General Regulations
Article 126
Election of the Director General and Deputy Director General of the International Bureau
1.The Director General and the Deputy Director General of the International Bureau shall be elected by Congress for the period between two successive Congresses, the minimum duration of their term of office being four years. Their term of office shall be renewable once only. Unless Congress decides otherwise, the date on which they take up their duties shall be fixed at 1 January of the year following that in which Congress is held.
2 At least seven months before the opening of Congress, the Director General of the International Bureau shall send a memorandum to the Governments of member countries inviting them to submit their applications, if any, for the posts of Director General and Deputy Director General and indicating at the same time whether the Director General and Deputy Director General in office are interested in a renewal of their initial term of office. The applications, accompanied by a curriculum vitae, must reach the International Bureau at least two months before the opening of Congress. The candidates must be nationals of the member countries which put them forward. The International Bureau shall prepare the election documents for Congress. The election of the Director General and that of the Deputy Director General shall take place by secret ballot, the first election being for the post of Director General.
3. If the post of Director General falls vacant, the Deputy Director General shall take over the functions of Director General until the expiry of the latter's term of office; he shall be eligible for election to that post and shall automatically be accepted as a candidate, provided that his initial term of office as Deputy Director General has not already been renewed once by the preceding Congress and that he declares his interest in being considered as a candidate for the post of Director General.
4.If the posts of Director General and Deputy Director General fall vacant at the same time, the Council of Administration shall elect, on the basis of the applications received following notification of the vacancies, a Deputy Director General for the period extending up to the next Congress. With regard to the submission of applications, paragraph 2 shall apply by analogy.
5 If the post of Deputy Director General falls vacant, the Council of Administration shall, on the proposal of the Director General, instruct one of the grade D 2 Directors at the International Bureau to take over the functions of Deputy Director General until the following Congress.
For media enquiries, please contact:
David Dadge
Manager, Communication and Events Programme
Universal Postal Union (UPU)
Executive Office Directorate
T +225 566 994 973 (9-27 August)
E-mail: david.dadge[at]upu.int