UPU directors to run for second mandate
UPU Director General Edouard Dayan and Deputy Director General Guozhong Huang, from France and China respectively, announced they would run for a second mandate from 2009–2012.
Both made the announcement during the 2007 Council of Administration session, which ended at UPU headquarters in Berne. No other candidates have so far come forward to vie for the top UPU management positions. The Director General and Deputy Director General positions are elected by member countries at the UPU Congress. The next UPU Congress will take place from 13 August to 3 September in Nairobi (Kenya).
Great Britain also announced it would run for the chairmanship of the Postal Operations Council (POC) from 2009–2012. The POC is the 40-member UPU body that deals with operational and technical issues regarding the postal sector.
In other news, Kenya approved the choice of Chile’s Mario Felmer Klenner as the Doyen of the 24th UPU Congress. Felmer Klenner is a former Director General of Chilean Post. As someone with extensive postal experience, the Congress Doyen has a ceremonial and diplomatic function and is charged with officially opening the Congress.
Qatar also extended an invitation to host the 25th UPU Congress in 2012. A final decision will be taken at the Nairobi Congress.
