Universal Postal Congress
The Universal Postal Congress is the supreme authority of the Universal Postal Union . Representatives of the countries belonging to the Universal Postal Union take part in the congress and meet at certain time intervals "to review or complete the Universal Postal Union treaties". The first Universal Postal Congress took place in Bern in 1874 .
Universal Postal Congresses have taken place every four years since the 23rd Congress in Bucharest in 2004 and are to take place after the agreements concluded at the previous Congress come into force. Before that, the cycle from 1947 to 2004, with one exception, was one year longer. Originally, a period of three years after the contracts came into force was planned in the early years, but this could never be met. The longest period of 14 years is due to the First World War .
participation
Each participating country can be represented by one or more authorized representatives at the Universal Postal Congress. It is also permissible for a country to be represented by a delegation from another country; however, a delegation may not represent more than two countries in total. Each country has one vote in the deliberations. In the time when there were still colonies , the Universal Postal Treaty determined whether the colony had its own vote, for example before 1927 the Netherlands and Portugal had two colonial votes each. The Director of the International Office of the Universal Postal Union takes part in the negotiations of the Congresses in an advisory capacity. In addition, each congress determines the rules of procedure for its work and deliberations, and each congress also determines the following venue. The government of the country in which the Congress is to take place convenes it after consultation with the International Bureau of the Universal Postal Union. After the congress has ended, this government is also responsible for announcing the resolutions to all governments and association countries.
Universal Postal Congresses
In the following overview table all previous universal postal congresses are listed.
- Legend
- In the column WPK there is a link to the respective Universal Postal Congress article, the number shown represents the respective congress number.
- Date: Indicates the period from the beginning to the end of the respective congress.
- Location: The respective conference location.
- Country: At the respective time of the conference, the country name of the conference location.
- Duration in days: If known, the number of working days is also given (in brackets) in addition to the number of days.
- Period to the previous congress: Is given in years. The cycle provided for a five-year cycle until 2004, then four years.
- Number of member countries: The number of member countries at the time, if not all countries have participated, the number of participants is in brackets.
- Delegates: The number of delegates at the congress, in brackets the additional information on the assigned officials, experts, etc.
WPK | date | place | country | Duration in days | Period to the previous congress | Number of member countries | Delegates |
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1. | Sep 15 1874 - Oct 9, 1874 | Bern | Switzerland | 25th | - (founding congress) | 22nd | 33 + 9 |
2. | May 2, 1878 - June 4, 1878 | Paris | France | 37 | 4th | 33 | 54 + 9 |
3. | Feb. 4, 1885 - March 21, 1885 | Lisbon | Portugal | 46 | 7th | 48 | 57 + 27 |
4th | May 20, 1891 - July 4, 1891 | Vienna | Austria-Hungary | 46 | 6th | 49 | 74 + 25 |
5. | May 5, 1897 - June 15, 1897 | Washington, DC | United States | 42 | 6th | 56 | 86 + 17 |
6th | Apr 7, 1906 - May 26, 1906 | Rome | Italy | 50 | 9 | 63 | 107 + 26 |
7th | Oct. 1, 1920 - Nov. 30, 1920 | Madrid | Spain | 61 | 14th | 69 | 138 + 33 |
8th. | July 4, 1924 - Aug. 28, 1924 | Stockholm | Sweden | 56 | 4th | 78 | 148 + 34 |
9. | May 10, 1929 - June 28, 1929 | London | United Kingdom | 50 | 5 | 85 | 148 + 31 |
10. | Feb. 1, 1934 - March 20, 1934 | Cairo | Egypt | 48 | 5 | 81 | 121 + 32 |
11. | Apr 1, 1939 - May 23, 1939 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 53 | 5 | 87 (81) | 141 + 33 |
12. | May 7, 1947 - July 5, 1947 | Paris | France | 60 | 8th | 88 (79) | 208 + 83 |
13. | May 14, 1952 - July 11, 1952 | Brussels | Belgium | 59 | 5 | 93 (91) | 228 + 55 |
14th | Aug 14, 1957 - Oct 3, 1957 | Ottawa | Canada | 51 | 5 | 96 (96) | 241 + 49 |
15th | May 29, 1964 - July 1, 1964 | Vienna | Austria | 44 | 7th | 125 (122) | 466 + 54 |
16. | Oct. 1, 1969 - Nov. 14, 1969 | Tokyo | Japan | 45 | 5 | 142 (133) | 474 + 54 |
17th | May 22, 1974 - July 5, 1974 | Lausanne | Switzerland | 44 | 5 | (143) | 616 + 75 |
18th | Sep 12 1979 - Oct 25, 1979 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 45 | 5 | 143 | 681 + 143 |
19th | June 18, 1984 - July 27, 1984 | Hamburg | Federal Republic of Germany | 40 | 5 | 166 | xxx |
20th | 1989 | Washington, DC | United States | x | 5 | xx | xxx |
21st | 1994 | Seoul | South Korea | x | 5 | xx | xxx |
22nd | 1999 | Beijing | China | x | 5 | 178 | 1527 |
23. | Sep 15 2004 - Oct 5, 2004 | Bucharest | Romania | 20 (14.5 working days) | 5 | 189 | xxx |
24. | July 23, 2008 - Aug 12, 2008 | Geneva | Switzerland | 20th | 4th | 191 | 1500 |
25th | Sep 24 2012 - Oct 15, 2012 | Doha | Qatar | 21st | 4th | xx | xxx |
26th | 2016 | Istanbul | Turkey | 4th | xx | xxx |
More meetings
Extraordinary Universal Postal Congress
Extraordinary universal postal congresses shall meet upon agreement with the International Office of the Universal Postal Union if a request to this effect is made or approved by at least two thirds of the countries of the association. The same applies to the negotiations of the extraordinary universal postal congresses as to those of the regular congresses. To examine administrative matters, Universal Postal Conferences can also meet at the request of two thirds of the association administrations, which are also convened after agreement with the International Office of the Universal Postal Union. If a Universal Postal Congress or Universal Postal Conference sets up committees to examine one or more specific questions, these will be convened by the International Bureau after consultation with the administration of the country in which the committees are to meet.
An extraordinary Universal Postal Congress took place in Bern in 1900 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Universal Postal Union.
The second extraordinary Universal Postal Congress took place in Addis Ababa in 2018 .
The third Extraordinary Universal Postal Congress will take place in Geneva from September 24 to 26, 2019.
Conferences
Universal Postal Conferences have:
- 1876 in Bern (establishment of the conditions for the accession of overseas countries to the association)
- 1880 in Paris (agreement of a postal parcel agreement, postal parcel service agreement)
- 1890 in Brussels (agreement of a draft newspaper agreement as a template for the congress in Vienna)
- October 4, 1909 in Bern on the occasion of the inauguration of the Universal Post Memorial
- 1927 in The Hague (airmail issues are discussed);
- 1928 in Paris (preparation for the congress in London)
took place.
Committees, commissions and meetings
Committees and commissions are from the Universal Postal Congress in Madrid 1920 to examine the question of a reform of the Universal Postal Union treaties (7 members). There were conferences in Zermatt in 1921 and Nice in 1922; been used. Before 1927, sub-committees had met in Frankfurt am Main and Paris. The Universal Postal Congress in Stockholm in 1924 examined the question of which means appear suitable to facilitate and accelerate the work of the congresses (14 members).
Because of the result of the work of the committee set up by the Universal Postal Congress in Madrid (see Universal Postal Treaty ). The examination board set up by the Congress in Stockholm submitted its proposals to the association's postal administrations as early as 1925. These have been accepted by the association administrations and come into force. Nevertheless, a prepared committee for each Congress is charged with examining, comparing and regulating the proposals made by the administrations for the Congress; He should also give his opinion on all questions and submit a plan and report that can be used as a basis for the deliberations of the Congress. The preparatory committee must indicate how the wording of its draft came about. If members differ on important proposals, the committee's report will reflect not only the majority but also the minority. The Preparatory Committee will meet six months before the start of each Congress. For the congress in London, according to the decision of the association administrations, the committee set up by the congress in Stockholm will perform the tasks assigned to the preparatory committee.
literature
- Heinrich von Stephan : Memorandum, regarding the general post-congress . In: Official Journal , No. 15, August 3, 1871, pp. 154–156
- Union Postale
- Deutsche Verkehrs-Zeitung / Deutsche Post
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Concise dictionary of the postal system :
- 1st edition; 1926: pp. 683-684
- 2nd Edition; 1953: p. 780 (same article as in the 1st edition with additions)
- 1st supplement to the 2nd edition; 1956: Erwin Müller-Fischer: Timeline for the history of the postal system
- Archives for mail and telegraphy
- Archive for the postal and telecommunications system: Journal for legal, administrative and transport science of the Deutsche Bundespost; Frankfurt am Main
- Archive for German Postal History ; Ed .: Society for German Postal History. Frankfurt am Main
- Journal for the postal and telecommunications industry . Keller Verlag, Düsseldorf
- History of the Deutsche Post
- Volume 3: History of the Deutsche Reichspost 1871 to 1945 by Karl Sautter ; Federal Printing Office; Frankfurt; 1951
- Volume 4: 1945 to 1978 by Steinmetz and Elias ; Ed .: Federal Ministry for Post and Telecommunications, Bonn, 1979
- On the history of the Universal Postal Congress. In: Illustrated Briefmarken-Journal , continuation article in year 1897, p. 206 f., P. 238 f., P. 262 f., P. 309 f.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Concise dictionary of the postal system . 1st edition. P. 683
- ^ Otfried Brauns-Packenius: The Universal Postal Union in the course of time . In: Post- und Telekommunikationsgeschichte, Ed .: DGPT; Issue 1/1997; P. 38
- ↑ a b c d concise dictionary of the postal system; 1st edition; P. 684
- ^ Frequently Asked Questions: Third Extraordinary Congress. Universal Postal Union, September 17, 2019, accessed September 23, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Concise dictionary of the postal system . 1st supplement to the 2nd edition; P. 189
- ↑ Concise dictionary of the postal system . 1st supplement to the 2nd edition; P. 190
- ↑ Concise dictionary of the postal system . 1st supplement to the 2nd edition; P. 192
- ↑ Concise dictionary of the postal system . 2nd Edition; P. 780
- ↑ Concise dictionary of the postal system . 1st supplement to the 2nd edition; P. 193
- ↑ Concise dictionary of the postal system . 1st supplement to the 2nd edition; P. 191
- ↑ L'Union Postale 1926, p. 49