Universal Postal Union
Americannoun
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Or consider the world’s first intergovernmental organization: the Universal Postal Union.
From Slate ● Jan. 6, 2025
Addresses, the Universal Postal Union argues, are one of the cheapest ways to lift people out of poverty, facilitating access to credit, voting rights and worldwide markets.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 26, 2020
The head of the 192-member Universal Postal Union, Kenya’s Bishar Hussein, had warned that a U.S. walkout would “completely shut down” the traditional system of delivering bulky letters.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2019
The “extraordinary congress” of the 192-member Universal Postal Union on Tuesday is only the third since it was created in 1874 to help smooth international mail deliveries.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 24, 2019
The Universal Postal Union had been organized in a little hall in Berne.
From The History of the Telephone by Herbert Newton Casson
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