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The British £1 stamp for the 1929 Postal Union Congress, designed by Harold Nelson.. The Postal Union Congress is the main international meeting of the Universal Postal Union, used to discuss various issues affecting international postal services, such as legislation, the political climate, and other strategic issues.
Dependent territories are not permitted to ratify the UPU Constitution, but because the Treaty of Bern allowed for dependencies to join the UPU, [3] listing these members separately as "Colonies, Protectorates, etc.", [4] the Constitution of the Universal Postal Union grandfathered them when membership was restricted to sovereign states.
The Universal Postal Union (UPU, French: Union postale universelle) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that coordinates postal policies among member nations and facilitates a uniform worldwide postal system.
The Integrated Index for Postal Development (2IPD) is a scale confected by the Universal Postal Union to measure "a composite index providing an overview of postal development around the world".
An IRC is exchangeable in a UPU member country for the minimum postage of a priority or unregistered airmail letter to a foreign country. The current IRC, which features the theme "the Post and sustainable development", was designed by Vietnamese artist Nguyen Du for 2017–2021 and was adopted in Istanbul in 2016, it is known also as the ...
World Post Day is an international day that occurs each year on October 9, the anniversary of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), [1] which started in 1874 in Switzerland. The UPU was the start of the global communications revolution, introducing the ability to write letter to others all over the world. World Post Day started in 1969.
On 10 July 1964, the UPU incorporated the treaty into a new Constitution of the Universal Postal Union, which is now the treaty that is ratified by states when they wish to join the UPU. The Universal Postal Union Congress of 2021 taking place in Abidjan brought about another significant change to the Treaty of Bern.
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