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05/01/23 21:22 PM IST

India to take over Asian Pacific Postal Union leadership

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  • India will take over the leadership of the Asian Pacific Postal Union (APPU) from this month.
About APPU
  • Asian Pacific Postal Union (APPU) is an intergovernmental organisation of 32 member countries of the Asia-Pacific region.
  • APPU is the only restricted union of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) in the region, which is a specialised agency of the United Nations.
  • The goal of APPU is to extend, facilitate and improve postal relations between member countries and to promote cooperation in the field of postal services.
  • As the regional center for various UPU projects, APPU also takes the lead in ensuring that all technical and operational projects of the UPU are fulfilled in the region so that the region is integrated into the global postal network in the best possible way.
  • Secretary general leads the activities of the Union and is also the director of the Asian Pacific Postal College (APPC) which is the largest inter-governmental postal training institute in the region.
  • Headquarter- Bangkok(Thailand)
  • The Asia Pacific region generates around half of the global mail volume and has around one-third of the global postal human resource.
  • This is the first time an Indian is leading an international organization in the postal sector.
Source- Live Mint

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