Universal Postal Union
Universal Postal Union Outline
The union was established under the International Postal Convention of 1874. It was then named the General Postal Union. In 1878 it was renamed the Universal Postal Union. It became a specialised, but independent, agency of the UN after 1945. The UPU is a non-political organization. It coordinates international cooperation in providing postal services throughout the world. The UPU’s headquarters are in Berne. The union has about 183 members.(1)
Universal Postal Union
Embracing mainstream international law, this section on universal postal union explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here.
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See Also
- International Organization
- Foreign Relations
- Organization
- United Nations
- United Nations System
- UN Agency
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Further Reading
- The entry “universal postal union” in the Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law (currently, the Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law, 2009), Oxford University Press
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Notes
UPU – Universal Postal Union
Further Reading
- A concise encyclopedia of the United Nations (including Universal Postal Union , H Volger, KA Annan -2010)
- The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations (TG Weiss – 2007)
- International Law: A Dictionary (including Universal Postal Union , Boczek, Boleslaw Adam -2005)
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Universal Postal Union
Concept of Universal Postal Union
See the dictionary definition of Universal Postal Union.
Characteristics of Universal Postal Union
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Translation of Universal Postal Union
- Spanish: Unión Postal Universal
- French: Union postale universelle
- German: Weltpostverein
- Italian: Unione postale universale
- Portuguese: União Postal Universal
- Polish: Powszechny Związek Pocztowy
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- UPU
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