23 July 2008
Geneva — Angola participates this Wednesday in Geneva, Switzerland, in the 24th Universal Postal Union (UPU) Congress, in which a new Administration Council is to be elected.
The Angolan delegation is led by the deputy minister for Post Offices and Telecommunications, Ana Maria Guimarães, and includes top officials from this governmental department.
During the meeting it will be also elected new members for the Postal Operations Council and a high level debate on "postal sector, an essential component to world economy", as well as a discussion on matters of strategic importance for UPU.
The congress of the UPU, an organization in which Angola is a member of the Council of Administration since 2004, will also adopt the 2008/2012 world strategy for the postal sector.
The meeting will focus on the "Postal Strategy of Nairobi", considered as a strategic global map adapted to current and future development that is capable to respond to the needs of the world postal community.
The Universal Postal Union (UPU) was founded in 1874.
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