Israel welcomes UPU rejection of Palestinian application for membership – The MFA initiated a campaign with UPU members, as a result of which the PA obtained less than half of the votes required for acceptance and their application was rejected. | MFA

The Universal Postal Union (UPU), the United Nations specialized agency for the postal sector, today (Friday, 13 September 2019) rejected the Palestinian application from 27 March 2019 to join the organization.
Acceptance UN Member States to the UPU of is automatic, so all 192 UN members are also members of the UPU. According to the rules of the organization, bids for membership by non-UN Member States must be supported by 2/3 of the members, a minimum of 128 countries. The Palestinian request to join was sent to the Member States in early April and they were given 4 months to respond. Countries that do not respond to the request are considered abstentions.