BERN, Switzerland (AN) — For only a third time in its 144-year history the U.N. postal agency will hold an Extraordinary Congress but this time a potential U.S. withdrawal from the organization rides on the outcome, an agency spokesman said.
The Universal Postal Union's gathering will be held in Geneva from September 24-26. Delegates will consider what to do in the face of the announcement last year by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to withdraw the United States from the 1874 treaty that is the basis for the UPU, a Swiss-based international organization that coordinates mail activities among its 192 member nations and territories.
