Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal

Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal
Unión Postal de las Américas, España y Portugal
União Postal das Américas, Espanha e Portugal
AbbreviationUPAEP
Formation1911 (1911)
Founded atMontevideo, Uruguay
TypeRegional organization
HeadquartersMontevideo, Uruguay
FieldsPostal, mail
Official language
Spanish and Portuguese (official languages)
Secretary General
Roberto Cavanna
Websitewww.upaep.int

The Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal (Spanish: Unión Postal de las Américas, España y Portugal; Portuguese: União Postal das Américas, Espanha e Portugal; UPAEP) is a regional association of the postal authorities in Latin America, the Caribbean, the United States, Canada, Spain, and Portugal, headquartered in Montevideo. It was founded in 1911 as a restricted union of the Universal Postal Union.[1]

History

The UPAEP's predecessors include:

  • Unión Gran Colombiana (1838): Ecuador, Venezuela, and Colombia.
  • Lima Convention (1848): Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru
  • Lima Convention (1864): Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, El Salvador, Peru, and Venezuela
  • Bolivarian Postal Agreement (1911): Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela

The South American Postal Congress (Spanish: Congreso Postal Sudamericano) was held on 8 January 1911 with delegates from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela. The union was later renamed the Panamerican Postal Congress (Spanish: Congreso Postal Panamericano) in 1926, the American-Spanish Postal Congress (Spanish: Congreso Postal Americoespañol) in 1936, the Postal Union of the Americas and Spain (Spanish: Unión Postal de las Américas y España) in 1966, and the Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal in 1990.

Member countries

The Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal consists of the following member postal administrations:

See also

References

  1. ^ ANACOM: Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal (PUASP)