PURPOSE: The aims of the World Post Day is to create awareness of the role of the postal sector in people’s and businesses’ everyday lives and its contribution to the social and economic development of countries. World Post Day is celebrated each year on 9 October, the anniversary of the establishment of the Universal Postal Union in 1874 in the Swiss Capital, Bern. It was declared World Post Day by the Universal Postal Union Congress held in Tokyo, Japan in 1969. Today, close to 100,000 of the world’s 650,000 post offices lack adequate Internet infrastructure, limiting the services they can provide through digital channels. This means 100,000 communities missing out on a wide range of digital, financial and social inclusion services that these Posts could offer. We should ensure that all citizens and businesses have access to the full range of benefits offered by the digital economy. So, through its connect.post initiative, the UPU has set an ambitious target: ensuring that every post office has sufficient access to the Internet by 2030, to enhance digital inclusion of these underserved communities. Not only does the UPU strive to ensure that all Posts have sufficient access to the Internet, it is also working to do so securely by ensuring that Posts, big and small, can access affordable, state-of-the-art tools and technologies to support e-commerce, e-government and e-finance services.
FORUM: “150 years of enabling communication and empowering peoples across nations.“ World Post Day 2024. Today, more than 5 million postal employees are entrusted with a variety of essential and personal items, from messages, gifts and goods, to money and medicines. This trust has been cultivated through a steadfast commitment to safety and security. Posts have tirelessly worked to improve the safety of roads, providing training programmes for delivery drivers, and implementing security measures to keep dangerous goods out of the supply chain, safeguarding workers and customers alike. Furthermore, during times of disasters or conflicts, Posts have extended a helping hand, organizing supplies and emergency services for those in need; often, they are the first to assist in these situations. Posts can leverage this existing trust-based relationship to help bridge a gap facing billions: the digital divide. By connecting their expansive physical network to the digital sphere, Posts are embarking on a massive digital transformation to offer secure online services in this Fourth Industrial Revolution. The UPU has been a dedicated partner in building a safe and connected global network that serves nearly eight billion people each day with modern and secure services, and it is a key part of this transformation. It’s time to bring awareness to the Post's role in the everyday lives of people and businesses, as well as its contribution to global social and economic development. Follow the conversation with the hashtags: #UPUCongress, #WorldPostDay, #PostalDevelopment #9October.
EVENTS: October 9th, The World Post Day 2024 Global Celebration will be held at UPU Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. As a result, the UPU's member countries are encouraged to organize their own national activities to celebrate the event, including everything from the introduction or promotion of new postal products and services, to the organization of open days at post offices, mail centres and postal museums. Countries will participate in the UPU International Letter-Writing Competition, and the national winners will be announced. To mark the 150th anniversary of the Universal Postal Union, the UPU will held a high-level event to focus on the theme “150 years of enabling communication and empowering peoples across nations“. Get the agenda Programme!
STATEMENTS: Read statement by the Director General of the UPU International Bureau on World Post Day 2024; October 9th.
PODCASTS: The Universal Postal Union (UPU) is working to maximize the Post’s contribution to financial inclusion Goal 8 by fostering global postal development and ensuring that the postal financial services offered across its network of 192 member countries are truly modern and inclusive. Listen to the podcasts!
CAMPAIGN MATERIALS: Member countries can choose to produce stamps including stamp sheets, first day covers, and cancellations using the new World Post Day design. To facilitate the production, technical sheets and open files are provided in several languages. Many postal administrations are issuing special souvenirs such as Notebooks, Mugs T-shirts and badges. Explore the World Post Day 2024 poster in English – French – Arabic– Portuguese – Russian– Spanish – Chinese. Get the communication materials!
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Established in 1874, the Universal Postal Union (UPU), with its headquarters in Berne, Switzerland, is the second oldest international organization worldwide (after the International Telecommunication Union, ITU); it coordinates postal policies among member nations, in addition to the worldwide postal system, and became on 1 July 1948 a specialized agency of the United Nations. The U.N. is the only organization in the world which is neither a country nor a territory that is permitted to issue postage stamps. It is also the only postal authority to issue stamps in three different currencies, namely U.S. dollars, Swiss francs and Euro. The first United Nations stamps were issued in U.S. $ denominations on United Nations Day, 24 October, in 1951. UN stamps have illustrated the aims and achievements of the United Nations and its family of organizations.
The celebration encourages member countries to undertake programme activities aimed at generating a broader awareness of their Post’s role and activities among the public and media on a national scale. Every year, more than 150 countries celebrate World Post Day in a variety of ways. In certain countries, World Post Day is observed as a working holiday.
Collect Old Stamps and enveloppes.
Thanks your Mail post worker and your city post office delivery services for their coordinated work
Introduce the new Information technology, Postal financial services, e commerce solutions to peoples
Many Posts use the event to introduce or promote new postal products and services. Some Posts also use World Post Day to reward their employees for good service.
In many countries, philatelic exhibitions are organized, and new stamps and date cancellation marks are issued.
Other activities include the display of World Post Day posters in post offices and other public places, open days at post offices, mail centres and postal museums,
Holding conferences, seminars and workshops, as well as cultural, sport and other recreational activities.
The World Post Day is Organized by the Universal postal Union (UPU), the United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA), the United Nations Journal and the UNstamps.
With the participation of Postal Offices Worldwides, the U.S. Postal service, the Royal Mail, the Russian Post, the Australia Post, the State Post Bureau of The People’s Republic of China, the Afghan Post, the Poste Algérie, the Correios de Angola, the Correo Official de la Republica Argentina, the Österreichische Post, Bangladesh Post Office, the bpost, the Empresa de Correos de Bolivia, the Bostswana Post, the Correios de Brazil, the Bulgarian post, the SONAPOST, Régie Nationale des Postes, the Cambodia Post, the CAMPOST, the Canada Post , the Correos Chile, the 4-72 Postal de Colombia, the Correos de Costa Rica, the Japan Post - 郵便 - 日本郵政 ,the דואר ישראל - Israel Post, Iraqi Telecommunications and Post Company…
With the collaboration of Postal Museums, Librarians and academics.