Congress

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Congress is the supreme decision-making body of the Universal Postal Union, where member countries convene periodically to set global postal policies and regulations.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf governing body
meeting
supreme decision-making body
appliesTo member countries of the Universal Postal Union
approves budgetary framework of the Universal Postal Union
convenes periodically
convenesEvery four years
decisionMakingProcess intergovernmental negotiations
defines quality of service objectives for international postal services
rules for international mail exchanges
tariff principles for international postal services
field international communications infrastructure
postal sector
firstHeldInCity Bern
firstHeldInYear 1874
frequency quadrennial
governsDomain global postal policy
international postal services
hasAuthorityOver Universal Postal Union member countries in postal matters
hasFunction adopt the Universal Postal Convention
elect members of the Council of Administration of the Universal Postal Union
elect members of the Postal Operations Council of the Universal Postal Union
elect the Deputy Director General of the International Bureau of the Universal Postal Union
elect the Director General of the International Bureau of the Universal Postal Union
review activities of the Universal Postal Union
set global postal policies
set global postal regulations
hostedBy a Universal Postal Union member country
languageUsed official languages of the Universal Postal Union
legalInstrumentAdopted Final Protocols to the Universal Postal Convention
General Regulations of the Universal Postal Union
Universal Postal Convention
decisions
recommendations
resolutions
meetsIn host country selected by the Universal Postal Union
membership all member countries of the Universal Postal Union
organizedBy Universal Postal Union
oversees strategic direction of the Universal Postal Union
participants representatives of member countries
partOf Universal Postal Union
relatedTo Council of Administration (Universal Postal Union)
Postal Operations Council (Universal Postal Union)
role supreme decision-making body of the Universal Postal Union
scope worldwide
sets general policies of the Universal Postal Union
subjectOf Universal Postal Union Acts NERFINISHED
typeOfOrganization intergovernmental conference

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Universal Postal Union
hasOrgan

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