India joined the Asian Oceanic Postal Union in 1973 and has been actively participating in the affairs of the Union. TheAOPU has now completed 15 years of its service to the countries of the region. The Indian P & T Department is happy to mark the occasion by issuing a commemorative postage stamp.
Most of the countries of world are members of the Universal Postal Union. The Constitution of this Union permits members to form themselves into restricted unions covering specific regions of the globe. Special agreements are concluded to facilitate cooperation and improvement in the postal services of the member countries within the region, provided such agreements introduce provisions more favourable to the members of the public than those provided by the acts of the UPU. Further a restricted Union has the important role of promoting postal development in the region, cooperating with the UPU and the regional economic commissions in the implementation of technical assistance programmes in respect of postal services and strengthening relations with the other restricted Unions. At present the following seven restricted Unions are functioning in different parts of the world:
1. European Conference of Postal and Telecomunications Administrations (CEPT), Stockholm.
2. The African Posts and Telecommuniacations Union (APTU), Brazzaville.
3. The Arab Postal Union (UPA), Cairo.
4. The Postal Union of the Americas and Spain (PUAS), Santiago.
5. The African Postal Union (APU), Cairo.
6. Asian-Oceanic Postal Union (AOPU), Manila.
7. The Nordic Postal Union (UPPN), Helsinki.
India joined the Asian Oceanic Postal Union in 1973 and has been actively participating in the affairs of the Union.
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