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STATEMENT of the fifth
GLOBAL AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS
CONFERENCE (GAREC-2009)
Tokyo, Japan, 24 – 25 August 2009
The fifth Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications
Conference, GAREC-2009, hosted by the Japan Amateur Radio League and
held in conjunction with Ham Fair 2009 in Tokyo, Japan, with participation
by representatives of IARU and all three of its regional organizations,
National IARU Member Societies and specialized Amateur Radio
Emergency Communications Groups from all three ITU/IARU Regions;
the statements of GAREC-05 (Tampere, Finland), 06 (Tampere,
Finland), 07 (Huntsville, Alabama, USA), and 08 (Friedrichshafen,
Germany), the progress made on the implementation of the
recommendations expressed therein, and recent experiences from
exercises and actual emergency operations;
noting
1. the relationships between the amateur service and organizations
engaged in public protection and disaster relief, and in particular the
formal agreements and understandings that exist between the IARU
and the United Nations, the International Telecommunication Union
(ITU), and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent
Societies (IFRC),
2. the reports on recent emergency communications operations
presented at GAREC-09, in particular the earthquake disaster relief
operations in Japan (1995), China (2008) and Italy (2009) and the
Australian bushfire communications (2009), as well as
3. the reports on experiences to date with GlobalSETs, Center of Activity
Frequencies, ALE, emergency communications across borders, and
other important topics presented at GAREC-09;
congratulates
the radio amateurs who performed so well in meeting emergency
communications needs;
thanks
1. the conference participants and others who prepared these reports
and presentations, and
2. the IARU for completing the emergency communications brochure
previously recommended by GAREC;
requests the ITU
1. to continue to support the activities of IARU in facilitating the role of
the Amateur Radio Service in emergency communications by fully
implementing the provisions of Radio Regulations (RR) Article 25 as
revised by the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-03,
Geneva 2003) through the appropriate mechanisms of its
Telecommunication Development Bureau and to support national
Administrations in such implementation, and
2. to continue to study the possibilities for the introduction of an
International Amateur Radio License facilitating the work of Amateur
Radio Service in intertional assistance and related training activities;
calls upon all National IARU Member Societies and all
specialized Amateur Radio Emergency Communications
Groups
1. to establish close working relationships between the National IARU
Member Society and independent specialized Amateur Radio
Emergency Communications Groups in the respective countries as well
as to cooperate internationally,
2. to request their national regulatory authorities implement the
modifications to Article 25 of the Radio Regulations adopted by the
World Radiocommunication Conference 2003 (WRC-03), in particular
the regulations governing third-party traffic during emergencies and
during training for emergency operations,
3. to provide training in emergency communications to as many amateurs
as possible in their respective countries with particular emphasis on:
a. personal and logistical preparedness, the psychological aspects of
entering a disaster area, and familiarity with the civil protection system
in their country,
b. specific communications techniques of particular value in
emergencies, and
c. remembering that the skills developed in the amateur service can
be of great benefit to disaster relief organizations in maintaining and
operating their own telecommunications networks,
4. whenever emergency communications are being conducted on
frequencies that propagate internationally, to use any available real-
time communications channels, including but not limited to e-mail
bulletins, web-sites, social networking and DX-clusters to draw the
attention of the largest possible number of Amateur Radio operators
to on-going emergency communications, in order to avoid interference
with emergency traffic,
5. to use their contacts with national regulatory authorities to encourage
the accession to and implementation of the Tampere Convention on
the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation
and Relief Operations,
6. to support the work of the IARU on an international Emergency
Communications Handbook and to provide copies of existing
agreements with institutional partners in emergency response as well
as copies of emergency communication guidelines, manuals, and
checklists developed for national or local use as inputs to this work,
7. to work towards the implementation of the Memoranda of
Understanding established between the IARU and ITU, IFRC, and the
United Nations by seeking cooperation with the respective national
institutions and organizations in their country,
8. to continuously improve their awareness of the mission, vision, and
values of served agencies, and
9. to represent themselves as a human and technical resource able and
willing to investigate the communication requirements of served
agencies, offer recommendations when asked, and facilitate
emergency communications when required;
requests the IARU
1. to encourage its National IARU Member Societies to actively support
the mission of Amateur Radio as an emergency communications
resource, including but not limited to the actions listed above,
2. to support the IARU International Coordinator for Emergency
Communications in the work with the ITU (BDT) on the implementation
of the Article 25 of the Radio Regulations (WRC-03) and to support the
ongoing work towards an International Amateur Radio License, and
3. to actively support the work on the IARU Emergency Communications
Handbook in respect to the publication of the handbook;
calls upon governments and telecommunication
administrations to facilitate the role of the Amateur Radio Service in
emergency
communications by fully implementing the provisions of Radio Regulations
(RR) Article 25 as revised by the World Radiocommunication Conference
(WRC-03, Geneva 2003) and by encouraging joint training activities and
exercises of Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Groups and
institutional providers of emergency response; and
recommends that GAREC conferences should continue to be held in locations
throughout the world to the extent possible and should maintain the
character of GAREC as an informal meeting among representatives of
IARU member societies and of Amateur Radio Emergency
Communications Groups within or outside of the respective National IARU
Member Society, serving as a forum for the exchange of experience and as
an advisory body for the work on emergency communications of the IARU.
Adopted by consensus in the final session of GAREC-2009
on 25 August 2009.
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