ARTICLE 2
Relations with the United Nations
The Union is placed in relationship with the United Nations under the
terms of the agreement whose text is appended to the present Convention.
ARTICLE3 ','
New adhesions.' Procedure
1. Any sovereign country may make at any time a request to adhere to
the Convention.
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2. The request for adherence is transmitted through diplomatic channels
to the Government of the Swiss Confederation and by the latter to the
members of the Union.
3. The country concerned is considered as admitted to membership if
the request is approved by at least two thirds of the countries forming the
Union.
4. The countries consulted which may not have replied in a period of four
months are considered as having abstained.
5. The admission to membership is made known by the government of
the Swiss Confederation to the Governments of all the countries of the Union.
ARTICLE 4
Convention and Agreements of the Union
1. The regular-mail service is governed by the provisions of the
Convention.
2. Other services, such as those of insured letters and boxes, parcel post,
collect-on-delivery articles, money orders, postal checks, collection orders,
and subscriptions to newspapers and periodicals, form the subject of Agreements
between countries of the Union. Such Agreements are binding only
upon the countries which have adhered to them.
3. Notice of adhesion to one or more of those agreements is given in