newly elected to the Board
of administration of the UPU at the 26èmeCongrès universal postal
in Istanbul
“The advent of modern technologies of information and communication has seen the emergence of new consumers, who are no longer satisfied only on home delivery, but also want to have services delivered when and where they need it,” said the director general of the universal postal Union (UPU), Bishar A. Hussein.
For the latter, “this new environment represents an opportunity for positions to become even more relevant in the future, as trusted intermediaries and carriers to connect the governments, citizens, businesses and territories”,-he said.
But, to stay relevant to its customers, the post office has to continually reform itself and find new opportunities to go beyond the simple delivery to the home customers, said the boss of this un institution.
In a message issued on the occasion of the world Day of the post, celebrated on 9 October each year, Bishar A. Hussein has called to ” work towards the creation of a postal network where the innovation is shared, promoted and implemented; where the postal networks are integrated into the scales of international, regional and national; and where the post is seen as an accelerator of inclusive development by governments, partners for development and international organizations “.
According to the united Nations (UN), ” in 2012, some 5.1 million employees processed and distributed 350 billion of undeliverable letters, of which 3.7 billion of international shipments, and over 6 billion parcels. “
She says that with around only 640,000 establishments of postal, the postal network is the most extensive physical distribution network in the world.
it should be noted that Morocco has been elected as a member of the Board of directors of the UPU on the occasion of the 26th universal postal Congress in Istanbul, which was held four days earlier, in