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Universal Postal Union

Short name
UPU
Founded
1874 (Treaty of Bern)
Headquarters
Bern
Official website
upu.int ↗

Set up in 1874, it is the second-oldest international organisation and has been a UN agency since 1948. It sets the rules for the international exchange of mail among its member countries. World Post Day, 9 October, marks the day it was founded.

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