Improving global communications

The Universal Postal Union (UPU) maintains and regulates international mail delivery. The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) coordinates use of the radio spectrum, promotes cooperation in assigning positions for stationary satellites, and establishes international standards for communications, thereby ensuring the unfettered flow of information around the world.

1. Improving

1. Promoting coordinated telecommunications

1. Promoting use of common world language
2. Promoting international freedom of information
3. Promoting English as second language of Europe
4. Cooperating internationally

1. Undertaking development of communication technology
2. Monitoring global telecommunications

1. Unbalanced application of communications technology
2. Postal censorship
3. Parochial telecommunications standards
4. Maldistribution of telecommunications facilities within countries
5. Ineffective self-regulation in the telecommunications sectors
6. Incompatible communication systems
7. Inadequate structures for communication
8. Inadequate satellite capacity for telecommunications
9. Inadequacy of postal services
10. Inadequacy of national telecommunication facilities
11. Excessive price for electronic information
12. Destabilizing international telecommunications

1. Nonglobalized