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special observer status. The 192 members of the Universal Postal Union are listed below in alphabetical order, with the date of membership. [1] Members are the Vatican City and the 193 UN members except Andorra, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau. The newest member is South Sudan, which joined on 4 October 2011.
Website. upu.int. Treaty effective October 1874. 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. It comprises 192 member states and is headquartered in Bern, Switzerland.
List UPU members. The following list uses the structure and terminology of the document Status and structures of postal entities in the UPU member countries.This document, published in 2009 by the Universal Postal Union (UPU), contains data for 162 of the 191 countries and territories that were then UPU members.
Postal Union Congress. 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. The first congress was held in Bern, Switzerland in 1874, and was attended by delegates ...
Express Mail Service (EMS) is an international express postal service offered by postal-administration members of the Universal Postal Union (UPU). These administrators created the EMS Cooperative in 1998, within the framework of the UPU, to promote the harmonization and development of postal services worldwide. [2]
Intergovernmental organizations established by treaty. Organisations based in Bern. Philately. United Nations specialized agencies. Postal organizations. Switzerland and the United Nations. United Nations organizations based in Europe. Hidden categories: Commons category link is on Wikidata.
Hence, we should regard the individual post operators as UPU members, not the countries or territories. However, UPU is an intergovernmental organization that has countries as members. -- 62.156.41.199 15:32, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
The Asian-Pacific Postal Union ( APPU) is an intergovernmental organization of 32 countries in the Asia-Pacific region. The purpose of the union is to extend, facilitate and improve the postal relations and promote cooperation in the field of the postal services between the member-countries. [3] APPU is a Restricted Union as defined by Article ...