The Universal Postal Union (UPU) says that email and the Internet, far from rendering postal services obsolete, have actually complemented them.
Speaking to the press today in Switzerland, UPU Director-General Edouard Dayan said that, in an era of online commerce, postal services have never played a more key role in commercial trade. Nevertheless, gaps remain between industrialized and developing countries, he noted. Three per cent of the world’s population still does not have access to basic postal services; that number rises as high as 12 per cent in Africa. These and other topics will be taken up tomorrow, when the UPU begins its twenty-fourth Universal Postal Congress in Geneva. The Congress, which takes place once every four years, runs through 12 August. There is more information upstairs.
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