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  • Because of the Universal Postal Union, a non-hierarchical, co-operative, non-coercive federation of postal systems in the world, who all agree to deliver each other's mail, etc.

    Talking of Anarchy and Publishing with Ramsey Kanaan of PM Press 2009

  • Postal banks in nations such as Switzerland, France and Germany have seen sharp increases in deposits and the number of new accounts since last year, according to the Universal Postal Union, a United Nations-affiliated institution based in Switzerland.

    Japan Post Privatization Takes Fresh Hit 2009

  • The demands for services such as communication and transportation have frequently resulted in the formation of international bodies, like the Universal Postal Union, which to all intents and purposes, enact the legislation necessary to carry out their functions.

    Energy and Society~ Chapter 14~ Not One World, But Many 2009

  • "We will still want to speak to them so that we can pick up where the root is and we will take it up with the Universal Postal Union," he said.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • The Universal Postal Union makes it possible to put an American stamp on an envelope and send a letter that will arrive in an Australian mailbox.

    Ted Turner: U.N. Reality Check 2008

  • What Angell and many others at the time overlooked was the irrationality of human behavior, including at the highest levels, and a defect in all those salutary international connections: they were primarily among companies, private sources of capital, and agencies to facilitate commerce, such as the International Telegraph Union, the Universal Postal Union, and the International Conference for Promoting Technical Uniformity in Railways.

    The Great Experiment Strobe Talbott 2008

  • "Think globally, act locally" was the call made by the Secretary General of the Universal Postal Union on the eve of

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2003

  • General of the Universal Postal Union on the eve of World Post Day and it is this sentiment, this rallying cry that we must adopt in our daily work and in our implementation plans.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2003

  • Existing international institutions like the Universal Postal Union, the International Institute of Agriculture, and the International Meteorological Organization worked in collaboration with the League of Nations in the continuing process of coordinating important international services.

    VI. The World Wars and the Interwar Period, 1914-1945 2001

  • Universal Postal Union set up regulations for international postal delivery.

    2. Intensifications of Global International and Economic Relations, 1860-1914 2001

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