The UPU cannot deliver alone. Partnerships help strengthen and accelerate the development impact of our projects and policies through both concrete country-level efforts and global and regional initiatives.
With the support of partnerships and stakeholder engagement, the UPU aims to co-create and implement solutions and policies by leveraging local and global postal networks.
As stated in Sustainable Development Goal 17, achieving the ambitious targets of the 2030 Agenda requires a revitalized and enhanced global partnership that brings together governments, civil society, the private sector, United Nations system and other actors, and mobilizes all available resources.
The UPU is committed to working closely with partners from the private sector and across the UN system, alongside industry stakeholders and organizations that share the objectives of inclusive, innovative and sustainable development across its 192 member countries.
- The ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) –UPU Contact Committee (CC) and the Quadrilateral CC (4C3) have advanced their collaboration in 2024 through key meetings. In February, the 4C3 met at the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Headquarters in Geneva, followed by the ICAO–UPU CC meeting held in July in Bern, Switzerland. Find out more on how the ICAO-UPU partnership ensures safe, efficient and modern global postal services here.
- In April 2024, the UPU and World Customs Organization (WCO) adopted updates to postal customs declaration forms CN 22 and CN 23, which were endorsed by the WCO Council in June 2024. Additionally, the 2024 version of the WCO–UPU Postal Customs Guide was ratified. Find out more on how the UPU and the WCO are strengthening customs-post coordination here.
- On 26 June 2024, Mr Masahiko Metoki, UPU Director General, and Mr Wolfgang Küpper, OTIF (Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail) Secretary-General, met at the UPU headquarters in Bern. They renewed the Memorandum of Understanding to continue to strengthening formal relations between the two organizations. More about the news here.
- In August 2023, the UPU and the World Trade Organization (WTO) signed a memorandum to enhance postal services, support global trade, and promote climate action. Find out more about this collaboration here.
Postal networks in the fight against drug trafficking
09.12.2024 — In July, 2022, postal consignments containing opioids and benzodiazepine were seized. The post communicated its seizures via a special communication system set up by the International Narcotics Control Board. The shipments were linked to five organized crime groups in Bulgaria.
The UPU at 150: A Legacy of Global Cooperation and Communication
04.11.2024 — In celebration of World Post Day 2024 and the 150th anniversary of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), a grand ceremony was held on 9 October at the UPU’s headquarters in Berne, Switzerland. Global representatives gathered to honour the milestone under the theme “150 years of enabling communication and empowering peoples across nations”.
UNCTAD: Towards a fair digital economy for small business
28.10.2024 — The digital economy could be a boon for small businesses and developing economies, but the fast pace of change and the investments and policy support required, could leave these often-voiceless players out of the digital economy, creating even greater global economic divide and hindering democracy, said Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).