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Decision C 5/1952
Exchange of reply coupons for stamps on which a supplement is payable
If, instead of asking for a stamp or stamps representing the postage on an unregistered single-rate letter for
abroad from that country, the sender asks – in exchange for a reply coupon – for a commemorative stamp or
stamps on which a supplement is payable, he will have to pay the supplement himself.
(French Documents of the 1952 Brussels Congress – volume II: pages 142, 143, 506)

Resolution C 2/1952
United Nations postal administration
The XIIIth Congress of the Universal Postal Union,
Having noted the letter and memorandum of the Secretary-General of the United Nations concerning the
United Nations postal administration,

i Recognizes, as regards postal matters, the establishment of a United Nations postal administration,
in conformity with the provisions of the resolution of the General Assembly of the United Nations of
16 November 1950 (p 454, vol V) and the agreement concluded between the postal administration of
the United Nations and the United States of America;

ii Notes with satisfaction that the Secretary-General is prepared to make a declaration undertaking to respect
the provisions of the Convention of the Universal Postal Union as well as the Regulations applicable to
the postal operations of the United Nations;

iii Notes that the postal administration of the United Nations is an administrative unit of the United Nations
Secretariat, placed under the authority of the Secretary-General, and, consequently, bears in mind that
the United Nations, as regards postal and all other matters shall be represented at the Congresses and
Conferences of the Union in accordance with the provisions of article II of the Agreement concerning
relations between the United Nations and the Universal Postal Union;

iv Expresses its general agreement with the suggestion of the Administrative Committee on Coordination
that the United Nations should act on behalf of the specialized agencies in respect of all subsequent
postal activity;

v Recommends to the member countries of the Universal Postal Union that all subsequent postal activity
envisaged by the United Nations or by a specialized agency be subject to consultation with the UPU
through the intermediary of Congress or of the Executive and Liaison Committee and that after such
consultation no agreement be concluded without a favourable recommendation by the United Nations
General Assembly.
(French Documents of the 1952 Brussels Congress – volume II: pages 96 to 103, 142, 379, 1351)

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