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	upu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The UPU established that (1) there should be a more or less uniform flat rate to mail a letter anywhere in the world; (2) postal authorities should give equal treatment to foreign and domestic mail; and (3) each country should retain all monies it collected for international postage.
		In 1969 the UPU introduced a new system of payment, by which fees were payable between countries on the difference in the total weight of mail between the respective countires.
		As this affected the cost of the delivery of periodicals, the UPU devised a new "threshold" system, which was implemented in 1991.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /UPU.html (350 words)

	Universal Postal Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Prior to the establishment of the UPU, a country had to conclude a separate postal treaty with each other country that it wished to carry international mail to or from.
		One of the most important results of the UPU treaty was that it ceased to be necessary, as it often had been previously, to affix the stamps of any country through which one's letter or package would pass in transit; the UPU provides that stamps of member nations are accepted for the whole international route.
		In 1969 the UPU introduced a new system of payment by which fees were payable between countries according to the difference in the total weight of mail between the respective countries.
	www.marylandheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/UPU (438 words)

	UPU (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The UPU established that (1) there should be a more or less uniform flat rate to mail a letter anywhere in the world; (2)postal authorities should give equal treatment to foreign and domestic mail; and (3) each country should retain all monies itcollected for international postage.
		One of the most important results of the UPU has been that it is no longer necessary, as it often was previously, to havestamps of any country through which one desired transit of one's letter or package, affixed to it; the UPU provides that stampsof member nations are accepted for the whole international route.
		In 1969 the UPU introduced a new system of payment, by which fees were payable betweencountries on the difference in the total weight of mail between the respective countries.
	www.therfcc.org /upu-44444.html (362 words)

	ICANN \| .post New sTLD RFP Application
		According to the UPU Financial Regulations, adopted by the CA, the accountability of the Union must be verified by an external Auditor appointed by the Swiss Government, whose reports are then submitted to the CA for approval.
		UPU members and their DPOs are currently working to bridge the digital divide by combining traditional physical mail services with new electronic services in order to provide a framework of hybrid communications within a trusted environment.
		Because the UPU is subject to public scrutiny and is most often directly accountable to government bodies, this community is one of the most well-established, stable and risk-aware communities in existence.
	www.icann.org /tlds/stld-apps-19mar04/post.htm (7575 words)

	* UPU - (Philately): Definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		UPU influence extends around the world By In recent weeks, several articles in Linn's Stamp News have announced new stamp issues from various countries commemorating the 125th anniversary of the Universal Postal Union...
		Samples of new stamps, distributed to the various countries through the UPU for purposes of identification and record, are inscribed, overprinted or punch-perforated with the word 'Specimen'...
		Meters were authorized by the UPU in 1920.
	www.bestknows.com /philately/upu.html (352 words)

	UN Chronicle \| Mission Statement: UPU: A Global Forum for Cooperation and Development
		UPU and World Bank studies have shown that regulatory reforms and targeted investments in the public postal sector could result in improved financial and operational performance, and contribute to national economic development and growth.
		The UPU is uniquely positioned to bring all postal sector players together and serve as a global forum for the development of the entire sector and to the benefit of all citizens.
		Armed with five key objectives for the next four years, the UPU is entering a crucial period in its history, and accomplishing its missions for the benefit of member countries, the international community and all citizens of the world should always be its number one priority.
	www.un.org /Pubs/chronicle/2005/issue2/0205p72.html (1609 words)

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		While the UPU does not have a regulatory role at the global level that postal regulators have at the national level, efforts were made to apply the principle of separation of regulatory and operational functions that existed in Europe to the UPU.
		UPU member countries that have separated operational and regulatory postal functions assign lead responsibility in the CA to the postal regulator, with the postal operator serving in an advisory capacity.
		UPU countries not organized along operational/regulatory lines for postal matters, which are still the majority of UPU members, send representatives from national postal administrations with expertise in policy matters.
	www.usps.com /strategicdirection/_txt/AppendixI.txt (4561 words)

	High-Level Group on the Future Development of the UPU, July 2001
		However, UPU staff and a number of HLG members argued that the Council of Administration in October 2001 could itself implement a large percentage of the proposals on a temporary basis, allowing private-sector participation almost immediately.
		If the UPU formed any new cooperative, he said, it would be because the subject matter would relate to a commercially competitive situation, but it would not be to generate revenue for the UPU.
		Because of substantial negative attitudes toward UPU reform in prior HLG meetings, the U.S. delegation was frankly surprised at the ease with which the consensus was achieved.
	www.state.gov /p/io/rls/rpt/2001/4107.htm (3045 words)

	Universal Postal Union (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The UPU, a specialized agency of the United Nations that aims to organize and improve postal service throughout the world and to ensure international collaboration in this area.
		Among the principles governing its operation as set forth in the Universal Postal Convention and the General Regulations, two of the most important were the formation of a single territory by all signatory nations for the purposes of postal communication and uniformity of postal rates and units of weight.
		In 1948 the UPU became a specialized agency of the United Nations.
	www.unpi.com /upu.html (308 words)

	UPU - 14 May 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The mission of the UPU is to develop communications among all the people of the world through the efficient operation of postal services, and to contribute to the attainment of the noble aims of international collaboration in the cultural, social and economic spheres.
		To achieve this mission, the UPU provides an international forum in which 189 member countries can collaborate on the issues and opportunities their postal services face; share intelligence and technologies; harmonize regulations; and increase efficiency and profitability.
		The UPU is committed to helping LDCs to achieve the full potential of their postal services, in order to meet the needs of the national and international business communities and of every single citizen.
	r0.unctad.org /conference/address/upu14_e.htm (887 words)

	The UPU and it's Members
		Thus UN members wishing to join the UPU are not compelled to submit to any consultations of member countries of the Union; a unilateral declaration of accession to the Union and to the compulsory Acts is sufficient.
		Lastly, the UPU's universal nature is not incompatible with the defence of regional interests, and this is a task to which the Restricted Unions in particular apply themselves.
		The various questions of interest to and dealt with by both the UN and the UPU are periodically discussed in the Reports on the work of the Union and the Comprehensive Reports on the activities of the CA (EC, ELC).
	www.icann.org /tlds/post1/TLD-Annex-C1-Constitution.htm (7872 words)

	UPU influence extends around the world (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Representatives of the 189 UPU member nations meet once every five years at the UPU congress to decide upon guidelines for international mail handling that make it possible for mail from one country to be delivered in another country.
		Before the first UPU treaty was ratified, countries had to resolve individual agreements with one another and abide by a tremendous number of complicated postal rates to get a letter or parcel from one country to another.
		The director general of the UPU is Thomas E. Leavey of the United States, a former assistant postmaster general of the United States.
	www.linns.com /howto/refresher/UPU_19990823/refreshercourse.asp (1201 words)

	POST OFFICE IN PARADISE - UPU Period
		Hawaii remained a member of the UPU for eighteen years, continuing its independent membership even after becoming a possession of the United States on August 12, 1898, and finally ending its membership on June 14, 1900, when Hawaii became a United States Territory.
		UPU rates also were set for registration of mail, newspapers, books, circulars and other printed matter.
		When the UPU Period started, mail transportation basically was restricted to two routes: 1) the mail steamers and non-contract fleet of sailing ships between Honolulu and San Francisco; and 2) the mail steamers from Sydney or Auckland to San Francisco via Honolulu.
	www.hawaiianstamps.com /upu.html (590 words)

	Judgment 250 (ILOAT) - Administrative Tribunal
		By letter of 27 March 1974 the UPU reminded him of its letter of 26 January 1974 and said that his case was being examined by the administration and that he would be informed of its decision.
		As to the merits, the UPU contends that a staff member is entitled to compensation for illness only if two conditions are fulfilled: first, the illness should be directly due to the performance of official duties; and, secondly, one of its direct consequences should be a reduction in earning capacity.
		As to the former condition, the UPU argues that the claimant has not established - and the burden of proof lies on him - that his myocardial infarction in May 1973 was directly due to the performance of his duties in Brazil.
	www.ilo.org /public/english/tribunal/fulltext/0250.htm (1595 words)

	UPU Postal Operations Council: 2002 Annual Meeting
		For the first time, two of the UPU project teams agreed to make their documents available on the UPU website to all readers, without password protection, and other teams were expected to follow suit.
		UPU Director General Leavey said that the UPU secretariat was collaborating closely with Cote d’Ivoire and was very pleased with the progress being made.
		UPU was also pleased with the support that had thus far been offered by Germany, France and China and he was certain that Cote d’Ivoire would welcome support from others.
	www.state.gov /p/io/rls/rpt/2002/10400.htm (6830 words)

	UPU Approves International Address Standard
		The S42 standard was developed in the UPU POST*Code group under the leadership of Guy Goudet and in its technical committee led by Ruth Jones of USPS.
		Templates in UPU S42 are described both in a natural language notation (NLT) and using the Postal Address Template Description Language (PATDL), which is defined as a W3C XML schema.
		The standard can be obtained from the UPU only by ordering the complete set of UPU standards, which costs 400 Swiss francs for a one time distribution either on hard copy or CD-ROM, or 750 Swiss francs for an initial distribution and a one year subscription to receive updates that are normally issued quarterly.
	www.idealliance.org /news/2004/ci0422.asp (1350 words)

	Alphabetilately: U is for UPU
		The UPU is an international organization of postal administrations, established in 1874 (and since 1949 a specialized agency of the United Nations Organization), which regulates international mail by establishing standards and procedures for such things as rates, accounting, and reimbursement.
		Some UPU pronouncements that have had interesting effects on U.S. stamps are the requirement in the early part of this century that the stamps for the most common classes of international mail be produced in standard colors - red for postcards and blue for first-class letters, for instance.
		There used to be a UPU Study Unit in the American Topical Association (ATA), but it appears to have died.
	alphabetilately.com /U.html (1473 words)

	UPU coordinates worldwide postal services (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The UPU proudly claims to be the second oldest international organization (the International Telecommunications Union is the oldest).
		The UPU holds congresses at regular intervals to consider the acceptance of new members and to discuss and adopt new rules to meet changing situations in the postal world.
		The UPU has been in the stamp press frequently in recent times because of its stand against what it considers illegal stamp issues that threaten post office revenues and confuse and deceive stamp collectors.
	www.linns.com /howto/refresher/upu_20020624/refreshercourse.asp (1596 words)

	UPU Congress, TC, Postal Technology Centre, PTC, Universal Postal Union (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In total 174 UPU member countries were present, as well as six by proxy, an absolute record in the UPU’s 130-year history.
		The UPU must work on a number of fronts in order to further improve the services that its members and our sector expect from it.
		The Postal Technology Centre, designer of innovative tools in the service of UPU members, is increasingly sought after to advise operators of the universal service on their development and diversification.
	www.ptc.upu.int /tc/congress.shtml (1335 words)

	UPU-related Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		We begin by presenting René de St-Marceaux (1845-1915), who was was a French sculptor, and his main work, the renown monument of the UPU in Bern.
		The above two stamps (5c and 2 Fr) were issued by the UPU in 1957, as part of a set of six values.
		This was the first set issued by the UPU, for the exclusive use of its International Bureau in Berne.
	www.values.ch /Countries/UPU/upu-art-1.htm (433 words)

	Address of UPU (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Both the ITU and UPU have been active in the field of technical cooperation and in the reform of organizational structures, often in cooperation with the World Bank or other development banks.
		As part of an "e-post" programme, the ITU and UPU are already working together on a telekiosk project in Bhutan, with the goal of bringing digital and Internet technologies to rural populations.
		I am pleased to inform you that a segment of the next UPU Strategy Conference in Geneva at the end of October this year will be devoted to the important debate on the postal sector's role in the information society.
	www.itu.int /plenipotentiary/policystatements/texts/upu.html (758 words)

	AskPhil -- Stamp Collecting starts here.
		The UPU has sent AskPhil a listing of labels that some of their 189-strong member nations has reported to them as being "illegal." We intend to publicize this listing and keep it current as information is supplied to us by this international organization.
		The UPU is the only organization in the world that is equipped to stop this proliferation of spurious material.
		The UPU has requested every one of their member nations that the Berne, Switzerland UPU headquarters be informed if any member-nation has knowledge of any illegal label, being sold as a stamp, that involves their country.
	www.askphil.org /dintro.htm (1184 words)

	IAEA and UPU Join Forces to Protect Mail
		The Universal Postal Union (UPU) and the IAEA have joined forces to detect and control the unauthorized movement of radioactive material through the international postal system.
		In a UPU press release issued 22 October 2002, the two organizations announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding that aims to ensure the safe and secure transport of radioactive material through the mail and the detection of illicit radioactive material, including nuclear material, in the international mail stream.
		Among steps being taken, the UPU will, through its Postal Security Action Group and other bodies, encourage the postal services of its 189 member countries to apply measures to ensure the detection of illicit trafficking involving nuclear and other radioactive substances.
	www.iaea.org /NewsCenter/News/2002/10-23-435696.shtml (442 words)

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		As a specialized agency of the United Nations, the UPU is the primary forum for cooperation between postal services of the world and assists Posts to improve the quality of service and to stimulate growth in mail traffic.
		The POSTNet Global Postal Telecommunications network is one way in which the UPU* helps to improve the speed, reliability, security and quality of postal services through the use of modern communication and information technologies.
		With 189 member countries, the UPU is the primary forum for cooperation between postal services and helps to ensure a truly universal network of up-to-date products and services.
	www.panapress.com /newswire.asp?code=1165 (550 words)

	Universal Postal Union (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Najeeb Bularas, the regional representative of Universal Postal Union (UPU) and Mr.
		The.post ICANN application was sponsored by Universal Postal Union (UPU), a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for postal services.
		The UPU also operates the system of International Reply Couponss.
	www.wikiverse.org /universal-postal-union (454 words)

	Cover Pages: Universal Postal Union Publishes Approved International Address Standard UPU S42-1.
		Templates in UPU S42 are described both in natural language and using an XML format known as the Postal Address Template Description Language (PATDL).
		The [UPU S42-1] standard is based upon a comprehensive list of name and address elements that originated in the work of the European standardization organization CEN, which has an agreement with the UPU to work together on postal standards.
		The UPU's Standards Board develops and maintains a growing number of standards to improve the exchange of postal-related information between posts, and promotes the compatibility of UPU and international postal initiatives.
	xml.coverpages.org /ni2003-06-17-a.html (2323 words)

	POST OFFICE IN PARADISE - UPU First Class Mail Rates Illustrated on Cover (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Rates for some destinations changed during the course of Hawaii's membership either because the UPU fixed a new rate or because a country became a member of the UPU.
		During the entire span of the UPU Period, the letter rate to these destinations was unchanged at 5¢ per ½ ounce.
		The first mail from Honolulu under the UPU rate was sent by the schooner Anna with 179 letters, departing January 4, 1882 and arriving San Francisco January 24.
	www.hawaiianstamps.com /upufirst.html (1282 words)

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