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The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) is an international confederation of national organisations that allows a forum for common matters of concern to amateur radio operators worldwide, and collectively represents matters to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The International Amateur Radio Union was founded in 1925 and, as of July 2021, it is composed of 174 national member societies.<ref name="member_societies"/>

History

Following an informal meeting in 1924 of representatives from France, Great Britain, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Luxembourg, Canada, and the United States, a plan was formulated to hold an International Amateur Congress in Paris, France, in April 1925. This Congress was held for the purpose of founding an international amateur radio organization.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The Congress was attended by representatives of 23 countries in Europe, Americas, and Asia. A constitution for the IARU was adopted on April 17, and the formation of the International Amateur Radio Union was ratified on April 18, 1925.<ref name="history">Sumner, David (2000). "IARU 75th Anniversary, 18 April 2000" Template:Webarchive. The Calendar, International Amateur Radio Union, No. 180, March 15, 2000.</ref> In the current era, this is the date (April 18) on which World Amateur Radio Day is celebrated.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> <references group="Amateur Radio day" />The protocol of the congress was written in English, French and Esperanto.<ref>editeur Etienne Chiron 40 rue de Seine Paris 1925</ref>

Governance

The IARU has an elected President and Vice President, an appointed Secretary and other officials (including regional representatives) forming an Administrative Council. These office holders are presently Timothy Ellam, VE6SH (Canada), President; Ole Garpestad, LA2RR (Norway), Vice-President; and Joel Harrison, W5ZN (United States), Secretary.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="constitution">International Amateur Radio Union (2005). "Constitution of the International Amateur Radio Union" Template:Webarchive. Jan. 11, 2005.</ref> The IARU International Secretariat (IARUIS) is operated by a member society after election by members. Currently, the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) operates the IARUIS from its headquarters in Newington, Connecticut, US.<ref name="secretariat">International Amateur Radio Union (2005). "The IARU International Secretariat" Template:Webarchive. January 11, 2005.</ref>

Regional organisation

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Countries with IARU Member Societies.Template:LegendTemplate:LegendTemplate:Legend

The IARU is organised into three regions, named Region 1, Region 2, and Region 3. These regions correspond to the regulatory regions used by the International Telecommunication Union. Each region has an Executive Committee, typically composed of a President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and several Directors. These regional officers are elected by representatives from the member societies at triennial regional conferences. Coordinators may be appointed by the Executive Committee of their region to support particular areas within the region, or to promote certain amateur radio activities within the region. All three regions have appointed Coordinators for Amateur Radio Direction Finding, emergency communications, monitoring for electromagnetic interference, and radio propagation.

IARU Region 1

IARU Region 1 includes the member societies representing amateur radio operators in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and northern Asia. IARU Region 1 has the largest number of member societies among the three IARU regions, and has been the source of several international initiatives. IARU Region 1 lobbying efforts led to the creation of the 30 meter, 17 meter, and 12 meter amateur radio bands, improving the standardization of reciprocal licensing, promoting Amateur Radio Direction Finding and initiating youth related activities, known as "the Youngsters On the Air project" (YOTA).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="r1_whatis">International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 (2008). "About IARU and IARU Region 1" Template:Webarchive. Retrieved August 5, 2008.</ref>

Executive officers:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Country Member Society Abbreviation
and website (if available)
Template:ALB Albanian Federation of Radio Amateurs FSHRA
Template:DZA Association of Algerian Radio Amateurs ARA
Template:AND Andorran Amateur Radio Union URA
Template:ARM Federation of Radiosport of the Republic of Armenia FRRA
Template:AUT Austrian Amateur Radio Society OEVSV
Template:AZE Federation of Radiosport of the Republic of Azerbaijan FRS
Template:BHR Bahrain Amateur Radio Society BARS
Template:BLR Belarusian Federation of Radioamateurs and Radiosportsmen BFRR
Template:BEL Royal Union of Belgian Radio Amateurs UBA
Template:BIH Amateur Radio Association of Bosnia and Hercegovina ARAuBiH
Template:BWA Botswana Amateur Radio Society BARS
Template:BUL Bulgarian Federation of Radio Amateurs BFRA
Template:BFA Burkina Faso Amateur Radio Association ARBF
Template:BDI Burundian Amateur Radio and Television Association ABART
Template:CMR Cameroon Amateur Radio Association ARTJ
Template:CIV Ivorian Amateur Radio Association ARAI
Template:HRV Croatian Amateur Radio Association HRS
Template:CYP Cyprus Amateur Radio Society CARS
Template:CZE Czech Radio Club CRK Template:Webarchive
Template:COD Congolese Amateur Radio Association ARAC
Template:DNK Danish Amateur Radio Experimenters EDR
Template:DJI Djibouti Amateur Radio Association ARAD
Template:EGY Egyptian Radio Amateurs Society for Development ERASD
Template:EST Estonian Radio Amateurs' Union ERAU
Template:SWZ Radio Society of Eswatini RSE
Template:ETH Ethiopian Amateur Radio Society EARS
Template:FRO Radio Amateurs of the Faroe Islands FRA
Template:FIN Finnish Amateur Radio League SRAL
Template:FRA Network of French Transmitters REF
Template:GAB Gabonese Amateur Radio Association AGRA
Template:GMB Radio Society of The Gambia RSTG
Template:GEO National Association of Radio Amateurs of Georgia NARG
Template:DEU German Amateur Radio Club DARC
Template:GHA Ghana Amateur Radio Society GARS
Template:GIB Gibraltar Amateur Radio Society GARS
Template:GRC Radio Amateur Association of Greece RAAG
Template:GIN Guinean Amateur Radio Association ARGUI
Template:HUN Hungarian Amateur Radio Association MRASZ
Template:ISL Icelandic Radio Amateurs IRA
Template:IRQ Iraqi Amateur Radio Society IARS
Template:IRL Irish Radio Transmitters Society IRTS
Template:ISR Israel Amateur Radio Club IARC
Template:ITA Italian Amateur Radio Association ARI
Template:JOR Royal Jordanian Radio Amateur Society RJRAS
Template:KAZ Kazakhstan Federation of Radiosport and Radio Amateur KFRR
Template:KEN Amateur Radio Society of Kenya ARSK
Template:XKX Kosovo Amateur Radio Association SHRAK
Template:KWT Kuwait Amateur Radio Society KARS
Template:KGZ Amateur Radio Union of the Kyrgyz Republic ARUKR
Template:LVA Latvian Amateur Radio League LRAL
Template:LBN Radio Amateurs of Lebanon RAL Template:Webarchive
Template:LSO Lesotho Amateur Radio Society LARS
Template:LBR Liberia Radio Amateur Association LRAA
Template:LBA Libyan Communications Amateur Society LCAS
Template:LIE Amateur Radio Association of Liechtenstein AFVL
Template:LTU Lithuanian Amateur Radio Society LRMD
Template:LUX Luxembourg Amateur Radio Society RL
Template:MLI Club of Radio Amateurs and Affiliates of Mali CRAM
Template:MLT Malta Amateur Radio League MARL
Template:MUS Mauritius Amateur Radio Society MARS
Template:MDA Amateur Radio Society of Moldova ARM
Template:MCO Monegasque Amateur Radio Association ARM
Template:MNG Mongolian Radio Sport Federation MRSF
Template:MNE Montenegrin Amateur Radio Pool MARP
Template:MAR Royal Moroccan Amateur Radio Association ARRAM
Template:MOZ Mozambique Amateur Radio League LREM
Template:NAM Namibian Amateur Radio League NARL
Template:NLD Dutch Association for Experimental Radio Research VERON
Template:NGA Nigeria Amateur Radio Society NARS
Template:NMK Radio Amateur Society of North Macedonia RSM
Template:NOR Norwegian Radio Relay League NRRL
Template:OMN Royal Omani Amateur Radio Society ROARS
Template:POL Polish Amateur Radio Union PZK
Template:PRT Network of Portuguese Transmitters REP
Template:QAT Qatar Amateur Radio Society QARS
Template:CGO Congolese Amateur Radio Union URAC
Template:ROM Romanian Federation of Amateur Radio FRR
Template:RUS Russian Amateur Radio Union SRR
Template:RWA Rwanda Amateur Radio Union RARU
Template:SMR Radio Amateur Association of the Republic of San Marino ARRSM
Template:SAU Saudi Amateur Radio Society SARS
Template:SEN Senegalese Amateur Radio Association ARAS Template:Webarchive
Template:SRB Amateur Radio Union of Serbia SRS
Template:SYC Seychelles Amateur Radio Association SARA
Template:SLE Sierra Leone Amateur Radio Society SLARS
Template:SVK Slovak Amateur Radio Association SZR
Template:SVN Association of Radio Amateurs of Slovenia ZRS
Template:ZAF South African Radio League SARL
Template:ESP Spanish Amateur Radio Union URE
Template:SUD Sudan Amateur Radio Union SARU
Template:SWE Swedish Society of Radio Amateurs SSA
Template:CHE Union of Swiss Short Wave Amateurs USKA
Template:SYR Syrian Scientific Technical Amateur Radio Society SSTARS
Template:TJK Tajik Amateur Radio League TARL
Template:TZA Tanzania Amateur Radio Club TARC
Template:TUN Tunisian Amateur Radio Association ARAT
Template:TUR Turkish Amateur Radio Association TRAC
Template:TKM League of Radio Amateurs of Turkmenistan LRT
Template:UGA Uganda Amateur Radio Society UARS
Template:UKR Ukrainian Amateur Radio League UARL
Template:UAE Emirates Amateur Radio Society EARS Template:Webarchive
Template:GBR Radio Society of Great Britain RSGB
Template:ZMB Radio Society of Zambia (withdrawn) RSZ
Template:ZWE Zimbabwe Amateur Radio Society ZARS

IARU Region 2

IARU Region 2 includes the member societies representing amateur radio operators in the Americas. The organization of IARU Region 2 was founded in 1964 when representatives from 15 national radio societies attended the First Panamerican Radio Amateur Congress in Mexico City, Mexico. Antonio Pita, XE1CCP was the region's first elected president.<ref name="r2_history">International Amateur Radio Union (2008). "IARU-R2 History". Retrieved Aug. 5, 2008.</ref>

Executive officers:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Country Member society Abbreviation
and website (if available)
Template:AIA Anguilla Amateur Radio Society AARS
Template:ATG Antigua and Barbuda Amateur Radio Society ABARS
Template:ARG Argentine Radio Club RCA
Template:ABW Aruba Amateur Radio Club AARC
Template:BHS Bahamas Amateur Radio Society BARS
Template:BRB Amateur Radio Society of Barbados ARSB
Template:BLZ Belize Amateur Radio Club BARC
Template:BMU Radio Society of Bermuda RSB
Template:BOL Radio Club of Bolivia RCB
Template:BRA League of Brazilian Amateur Radio Transmitters LABRE
Template:VGB British Virgin Islands Radio League BVIRL
Template:CAN Radio Amateurs of Canada RAC
Template:CYM Cayman Amateur Radio Society CARS
Template:CHL Chilean Radio Club RCCH
Template:COL Colombian Amateur Radio League LCRA
Template:CRI Radio Club of Costa Rica RCCR
Template:CUB Cuban Amateur Radio Federation FRC
Template:CUW Dutch Caribbean Association for Experimental Radio Research VERONA
Template:DMA Dominica Amateur Radio Club DARCI
Template:DOM Radio Club of the Dominican Republic RCD Template:Webarchive
Template:ECU Guayaquil Radio Club GRC
Template:SLV El Salvador Amateur Radio Club CRAS
Template:GRD Grenada Amateur Radio Society GARS
Template:GTM Guatemala Amateur Radio Club CRAG
Template:GUY Guyana Amateur Radio Association (suspended) GARA
Template:HAI Haitian Radio Club RCH
Template:HND Radio Club of Honduras RCH
Template:JAM Jamaica Amateur Radio Association JARA
Template:MEX Mexican Federation of Radio Experimenters FMRE
Template:MSR Montserrat Amateur Radio Society MARS
Template:NIC Nicaraguan Radio Experimenters' Club CREN
Template:PAN Panamanian Amateur Radio League LPRA
Template:PRY Radio Club of Paraguay RCP
Template:PER Radio Club of Peru RCP
Template:KNA St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla Amateur Radio Society SKNAARS
Template:VCT St. Vincent & the Grenadines Amateur Radio Club SVGARC
Template:SUR Association of Radio Amateurs of Suriname (suspended) VRAS
Template:TTO Trinidad and Tobago Amateur Radio Society TTARS
Template:TCA Turks and Caicos Amateur Radio Society TACARS
Template:USA American Radio Relay League (IARU International Secretariat) ARRL
Template:URY Radio Club of Uruguay RCU
Template:VEN Radio Club of Venezuela RCV

IARU Region 3

IARU Region 3 includes the member societies representing amateur radio operators in Australia, most of Asia, and the Pacific Islands. Although most of their membership is located in other IARU regions, the American Radio Relay League and the Radio Society of Great Britain are full member societies of IARU Region 3. The ARRL represents amateur radio operators in American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Marianas, and other dependent territories in the Pacific Ocean. The RSGB represents amateur radio operators in the British Indian Ocean Territory. IARU Region 3 has a special emphasis on promoting the harmonization of license qualifications in an effort to promote easier reciprocal operations by amateur radio operators in the region.<ref name="r3_committees">International Amateur Radio Union Region 3 (2008). "Directory" Template:Webarchive. Retrieved Aug. 5, 2008.</ref>

Executive officers:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Country Member society Abbreviation
and website (if available)
Template:AUS Wireless Institute of Australia WIA
Template:BGD Bangladesh Amateur Radio League BARL
Template:BRN Brunei Darussalam Amateur Radio Association BDARA Template:Webarchive
Template:CHN Chinese Radio Amateurs Club CRAC
Template:ROC Chinese Taipei Amateur Radio League CTARL
Template:FIJ Fiji Association of Radio Amateurs FARA
Template:PYF Oceanian Radio and Astronomy Club CORA
Template:HKG Hong Kong Amateur Radio Transmitting Society HARTS
{{#invoke:flag India}} Amateur Radio Society of India ARSI
Template:IDN Organisasi Amatir Radio Indonesia ORARI
Template:JPN Japan Amateur Radio League JARL
Template:MAC Macau Amateur Radio Society ARM
Template:MYS Malaysian Amateur Radio Transmitters' Society MARTS Template:Webarchive
Template:MMR Burma Amateur Radio Transmitting Society (suspended) BARTS
Template:NCL New Caledonian Amateur Radio Association ARANC
Template:NZL New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters NZART
Template:PAK Pakistan Amateur Radio Society PARS
Template:PNG Papua New Guinea Amateur Radio Society (suspended) PNGARS
Template:PHL Philippine Amateur Radio Association PARA
Template:PCN Pitcairn Island Amateur Radio Association PIARA
Template:WSM Samoa Amateur Radio Club SARC
Template:SGP Singapore Amateur Radio Transmitting Society SARTS
Template:SLB Solomon Islands Radio Society SIRS
Template:KOR Korean Amateur Radio League KARL
Template:LKA Radio Society of Sri Lanka RSSL
Template:THA Radio Amateur Society of Thailand under The Royal Patronage of His Majesty The King RAST
Template:TON Amateur Radio Club of Tonga ARCOT
Template:VUT Vanuatu Amateur Radio Society VARS
Template:VNM Vietnam Amateur Radio Club VARC

Countries without IARU member societies

* = Amateur radio licenses not issued in this country

Region 1 Region 2 Region 3
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Template:MDG
Template:MWI
Template:MRT
Template:NER
Template:PSE
Template:SOM
Template:SSD
Template:TOG
Template:UZB
Template:VAT
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Template:LCA 		Template:AFG
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Template:COK
Template:FSM
Template:IRN
Template:KIR
Template:LAO
Template:MDV
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GAREC - Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Conferences

The Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Conference or "GAREC" is a yearly conference held by the International Amateur Radio Union for discussion of amateur radio operation during natural disasters and other emergencies with the motto, "Saving lives through emergency communications".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> GAREC was first held in Tampere, Finland in 2005, coinciding with the adoption of the Tampere Convention, a globally binding emergency communications treaty that had been signed in Tampere in 1998.<ref>The Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations. {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}. Accessed 13 August 2007.</ref> In later conferences, the venue has attempted to rotate in sequence through ITU Regions 1, 2 and 3 (though not necessarily in that particular order).

Radiosport

The IARU organises and promotes radiosport activities throughout the world. The IARU promulgates the rules used for high-speed telegraphy and sponsors regional and world championships. The IARU also promulgates the rules used by most competitions in amateur radio direction finding, including IARU-sponsored regional and world championships. The IARU also sponsors the annual IARU HF World Championship in amateur radio contesting. The IARU does not directly administer any of these radiosport events, but authorises and sponsors them through host organisations.<ref name="radiosport">International Amateur Radio Union (2007). "IARU Contests". Jul. 23, 2007. Template:Webarchive</ref>

Operating Station and the WAC Award

The IARU maintains a radio station at its headquarters in Newington, Connecticut. Its callsign is NU1AW. As an amateur radio station licensed by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission the "1" stands for its location in the New England area. "NU" was taken from the pre-1928 era when amateurs made up their own prefixes, and informally used these letters to show they were in "North America—USA". The "AW" suffix represents the connection with the American Radio Relay League, whose own station is W1AW. NU1AW is frequently active during amateur radio contests.<ref>International Amateur Radio Union (1996). NU1AW: IARU's Club Station Template:Webarchive Retrieved November 30, 2008.</ref>

For many years the IARU has issued the Worked All Continents certificate to amateurs who contact fellow hams in the six permanently populated continental areas of the world. Special awards and endorsements for various bands and modes are also available.

See also

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