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News: Vinaya Prakash Singh, a 1988-batch Indian Postal Service officer, has been re-elected as Secretary-General of the Asian-Pacific Postal Union (APPU) for a second consecutive four-year term.
About Asian Pacific Postal Union (APPU)
- Asian Pacific Postal Union(APPU) is an intergovernmental organization.
- It is the only Restricted Union of the Universal Postal Union(UPU) in the region, which is a specialized agency of the United Nations.
- Creation Year: It was created in 1961.
- Headquarters: It is located at Bangkok, Thailand.
- Purpose: The goal is to extend, facilitate and improve postal relations between member countries and to promote cooperation in the field of postal services.
- Members: There are 32 member countries of the Asian-Pacific region.
- India is member of
- Governing Bodies: The UPU consists of 4 bodies:
- Congress: Congress is the supreme authority of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) and meets every four years.
- Council of Administration: The Council ensures the continuity of the UPU’s work between Congresses, supervises its activities and studies regulatory, administrative, legislative and legal issues.
- Postal Operations Council: The Postal Operations Council (POC) is the technical and operational mind of the UPU and consists of 48 member countries, elected during Congress.
- International Bureau: It fulfills a secretariat function and provides logistical and technical support to the UPU’s bodies.
- The Secretary General oversees the Union’s activities and also serves as the Director of the Asian Pacific Postal College (APPC), based in Bangkok.
- APPC is the region’s largest intergovernmental institute for training and development of member states postal staff.
