International Bureau
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The International Bureau is the permanent secretariat and administrative center of the Universal Postal Union, responsible for coordinating international postal activities and supporting member countries.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| International Bureau canonical | 1 |
| International Bureau of the Universal Postal Union | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T205188 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: International Bureau Context triple: [Universal Postal Union, hasOrgan, International Bureau]
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A.
International Telecommunication Union
The International Telecommunication Union is a specialized United Nations agency responsible for coordinating global telecommunications networks, services, and radio-frequency spectrum use.
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B.
World Intellectual Property Organization
The World Intellectual Property Organization is a global intergovernmental body that develops and oversees international rules and services for the protection of intellectual property rights.
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C.
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization is a UN specialized agency that promotes inclusive and sustainable industrial development to reduce poverty and support economic growth in developing countries.
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D.
International Council on Monuments and Sites
The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) is a global non-governmental organization dedicated to the conservation and protection of cultural heritage sites and monuments worldwide.
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E.
International Electrotechnical Commission
The International Electrotechnical Commission is a global standards organization that develops and publishes international standards for electrical, electronic, and related technologies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: International Bureau Target entity description: The International Bureau is the permanent secretariat and administrative center of the Universal Postal Union, responsible for coordinating international postal activities and supporting member countries.
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A.
International Telecommunication Union
The International Telecommunication Union is a specialized United Nations agency responsible for coordinating global telecommunications networks, services, and radio-frequency spectrum use.
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B.
World Intellectual Property Organization
The World Intellectual Property Organization is a global intergovernmental body that develops and oversees international rules and services for the protection of intellectual property rights.
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C.
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization is a UN specialized agency that promotes inclusive and sustainable industrial development to reduce poverty and support economic growth in developing countries.
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D.
International Council on Monuments and Sites
The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) is a global non-governmental organization dedicated to the conservation and protection of cultural heritage sites and monuments worldwide.
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E.
International Electrotechnical Commission
The International Electrotechnical Commission is a global standards organization that develops and publishes international standards for electrical, electronic, and related technologies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative body
ⓘ
international organization secretariat ⓘ permanent secretariat ⓘ |
| affiliation |
United Nations system
ⓘ
surface form:
United Nations system via the Universal Postal Union
|
| appliesToJurisdiction | member countries of the Universal Postal Union ⓘ |
| coordinatesWith |
Council of Administration of the Universal Postal Union
ⓘ
Postal Operations Council ⓘ
surface form:
Postal Operations Council of the Universal Postal Union
UPU Congress ⓘ
surface form:
Universal Postal Union Congress
postal administrations of Universal Postal Union member countries ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| employer |
Deputy Director General of the Universal Postal Union
ⓘ
Director General of the Universal Postal Union ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
international postal services
ⓘ
postal regulation ⓘ technical cooperation in postal sector ⓘ |
| follows | Acts of the Universal Postal Union ⓘ |
| hasResponsibility |
budgetary and financial administration of the Universal Postal Union
ⓘ
day-to-day management of Universal Postal Union activities ⓘ maintenance of Universal Postal Union archives ⓘ organization of Universal Postal Union meetings and conferences ⓘ publication of Universal Postal Union documents and manuals ⓘ support for implementation of Universal Postal Union technical standards ⓘ support for postal sector development projects in member countries ⓘ translation and documentation services for the Universal Postal Union ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Bern
ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Arabic
ⓘ
Chinese language ⓘ
surface form:
Chinese
English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central European Summer Time
ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Universal Postal Union ⓘ |
| partOf | Universal Postal Union ⓘ |
| purpose |
collect and disseminate postal information and statistics
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coordinate international postal activities ⓘ facilitate technical cooperation in the postal sector ⓘ implement decisions of Universal Postal Union Congress and Council of Administration ⓘ prepare documentation for Universal Postal Union meetings and congresses ⓘ provide secretariat services to Universal Postal Union bodies ⓘ support member countries of the Universal Postal Union ⓘ |
| role |
administrative center of the Universal Postal Union
ⓘ
International Bureau of the Universal Postal Union ⓘ
surface form:
permanent secretariat of the Universal Postal Union
|
| sector | postal services ⓘ |
| website | https://www.upu.int ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: International Bureau Description of subject: The International Bureau is the permanent secretariat and administrative center of the Universal Postal Union, responsible for coordinating international postal activities and supporting member countries.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
International Bureau of the Universal Postal Union