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DOHA, Sept 24 (KUNA) -- The 25th Universal Postal Congress of the UN
Universal Postal Union (UPU) kick-started here on Monday, attracting more than
2,000 delegates from several world countries.
This year's congress entitled "New World, New Strategy" is going to examine
the challenges that have arisen for the global postal sector and how to
strengthen its services worldwide.
Addressing the conference, Director General of the UN Universal Postal
Union (UPU), Edouard Dayan, said: "These new realities have known no borders
and have extended to all postal operators worldwide, regardless of their level
of development."
He said the Congress that opens today must champion the values of our
organization: universality, solidarity and communication among peoples.
"This Congress embraces the values of the postal community, but also
heralds the future, that of a modernized, efficient and solid organization,
and of global postal services at the heart of the economy, trade and the
information society," he added.
In his message to the opening session, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
recognized the role of the global postal network in social and economic
development.
"Postal services are universal. They connect people throughout the world,"
he said.
"By serving as natural gateways to the information society, the worlds
postal outlets are helping to ensure universal access to communications," Ban
added.
The 25th Universal Postal Congress brings together postal leaders and
stakeholders from the UPU's 192 member countries to decide on the global
postal sectors future.
The Congress will examine proposals to modify the rules and regulations
governing the exchange of international mail, as well as major documents
recommending the way forward in areas such as postal financial services,
quality of service, postal security, e-commerce and trade facilitation.
The three-week meeting hopes to adopt the Doha Postal Strategy, the UPUs
strategic document for the future. The strategy underlines the postal
networks three dimensions: physical, electronic and financial as well as
interconnection, governance and development, as key factors to strengthen
postal services worldwide. (end)
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