UPU and WMO sign cooperation agreement

Bishar Hussein, Director General of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), and Michel Jarraud, Secretary General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), have signed a cooperation agreement. According to a statement issued today (23 November) by the UPU, the agreement will help the global postal sector “address disaster risk reduction challenges and increase their level of preparedness through better targeted and tailored weather and climate information in the face of natural disasters”.

Hussein added the UPU/WMO cooperation would not only help postal operators to improve their resilience to natural disasters and better plan their operations, but also mean that the Post can “play an important role in facilitating access to meteorological information to local communities and developing early warning systems”.