The President of the Republic of Liberia H.E. Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has by Proclamation declared Thursday, October 9, 2025, as “World Postal Day” and is to be observed throughout the Republic as a working Holiday.

According to a Foreign Ministry release, the Proclamation calls on Ministries and Agencies of Government as well as National and International Organizations concerned to join and cooperate with the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications in executing appropriate programs to make the observance of the day meaningful. 

The Proclamation is in consonance with the Universal Postal Union (UPU), which was founded in 1874 for the purpose of forming a single Postal Territory of countries for the reciprocal exchange of letters and postal items, to secure the organization and improve Postal Services worldwide. 

This year’s celebration will take place under the theme: “#POST FOR PEOPLE: LOCAL SERVICE. GLOBAL REACH.”

The release stated that the Government of the Republic of Liberia, being a member of the Universal Postal Union, is duty bound to support and uphold all rules and procedures laid down by this World Body. 

The Presidential Proclamation stressed that the postal rules and procedures are the foundation of postal strategy, which places the customer’s expectation first, and it is the stratagem of the Universal Postal Union’s Plan of Action for governments, Postal Administrations, and the UPU bodies.

The Proclamation then recalled that in keeping with the global mission of the Universal Postal Union, postal customers in every country around the world are to be treated with equal courtesy, respect with rules and procedures provided to make it easier for national and international customers and users of the Postal Services. 

The Proclamation disclosed that the postal customers in countries around the world are provided greater choices in the types of postal products and services they need. 

The Proclamation says in an effort to support the action of the Universal Postal Union in improving services to customers, the Ministry Post and Telecommunication, the agency of government charged with the responsibility of regulating postal services in Liberia, will join member countries of the Universal Postal Union to celebrate this year’s World Postal Day.

The Proclamation further recounted that the Universal Postal Union has also adopted a Customer Service Chapter which embodied the basic business concept of making customer come first at all times, and has called on service providers of Postal Services worldwide to provide high quality, secured and reliable Postal Services and respond professionally and promptly to customers inquiries and needs, thus ensuring that the Universal Postal Services lead to economic benefits to both the users and the service providers.