UN: Postal services restored in Haiti

Geneva - Haiti was reconnected Monday to international postal services, a United Nations agency said.

The first connections since the January 12 quake that destroyed much of the country's capital city and surrounding area were established with the United States and France, the Universal Postal Union (UPU) said.

More links with other countries would be established over time, noted the UN agency, which is based in Bern, Switzerland.

The UPU estimated that a backlog of some 3,500 kilograms of mail was waiting to be sent from Miami, Florida to Haiti, with more to come in from other locations.

The postal service in Haiti saw its headquarters demolished in the earthquake. Other key offices were partially or totally destroyed, preventing all mail deliveries to the country for the last three months.

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/321780,un-postal-services-restored-in-haiti.html.