News Release:

[Secretary IARU R3]

Dear Colleagues,

Please find below the News Release on the 50th Anniversary of IARU Region 3.
MS-WORD file is also attached herewith.

73 de Ken Yamamoto JA1CJP
Secretary, IARU Region 3
secretary at iaru-r3.org

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Press Release, 14April 2018

_IARU Region 3 50^th Anniversary _

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14^th April is a red letter day for radio amateurs in Asia and Pacific 
being the date on which IARU Region 3 was established in 1968

 From a small beginning at a conference in Sydney Australia on 12th 
through 14th April 1968, the IARU Region 3 is now a very well developed 
organisation representing and safeguarding the interests of radio 
amateurs in the region.

In Sydney in 1968 the participants were of the opinion that the 
organisation should achieve two objectives:

a)Ultimate Aim – To establish and maintain continual liaison between 
Region 3 countries with a view to presenting a united front at future 
ITU conferences and to maintain a program of assistance to developing 
countries.

b)Immediate Aim – At Sydney in 1968, to establish an administrative and 
organizational framework to enable the achievement of the ultimate aim, 
following perhaps the pattern of Region 1 and Region 2.

The participants were representatives of Australia (WIA), Japan (JARL), 
New Zealand (NZART), Philippines (PARA) and the President of IARU 
(W0DX).Support for the meeting and apologies from Ceylon, India, South 
Korea, Laos, Thailand, United Kingdom and Hong Kong.W0DX was appointed 
to preside.

At Conferences in Tokyo in 1971 and Hong Kong in 1975, the further 
working details were formulated keeping in mind:

1.Region 3 is very wide spread extending half way round the world and 
having areas in the tropics and both temperature zones.

2.Region 3 contains half the world’s population, but has the lowest 
resources per capita in its overall economy.

3.To do what should be done for amateur radio in Region 3 was a mammoth 
task, to which those present could well contribute, but for which they 
could not assume full responsibility.

4.Recognising the important voting strength of Region 3 governments in 
ITU conferences a most important objective was to influence them towards 
favourable amateur radio policies, even in advance of practical progress 
in the respective countries.

5.A regional organization could promote periodic meetings of Region 3 
society representatives, to advance IARU objectives, such meetings 
fulfilling a need not otherwise provided for in the overall IARU set-up.

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Triennial conferences have been held since then at regular 3 – yearly 
intervals to decide on the directors for the next triennium, to review 
work done and decide on policies and priorities for the future.

IARU Region 3 has since its formation, provided substantial support for 
the societies and their members spread out all over Asia and Pacific.


Stop Press: IARU Region 3 plans to promote the operation of Special Call 
Sign stations by the Member Societies and to issue the 50^th Anniversary 
Award to those who make QSOs with these Special Call Sign stations. More 
details are to be announced.

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