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International Amateur Radio Union
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10 November 2000

For immediate release

ITU, IARU Ink Publishing Agreement

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, Nov 10, 2000--The International Telecommunication Union and the International Amateur Radio Union have agreed jointly to produce an ITU publication made up of excerpts relating to the amateur and amateur-satellite services from other ITU publications. The new publication, called a fascicle, will be available in English, French, and Spanish, and in both print and CD-ROM versions.

IARU President Larry E. Price, W4RA (seated, left) and ITU Secretary-General Yoshio Utsumi (seated, right) sign the publication agreement in Geneva with (standing, l-r) ITU Radiocommunication Bureau Director Robert Jones, VE3CTM, ITU Radiocommunication Bureau Administrator Philippe Capitaine, HB9RKG, and ITU Deputy Secretary-General Roberto Blois looking on. [IARU Photo]

This is the second such agreement between the ITU and the IARU. The earlier agreement resulted in the publishing of a similar fascicle in 1995. Subsequent World Radiocommunication Conferences have adopted changes that have made the earlier edition obsolete.

The new fascicle will include relevant excerpts from the international Radio Regulations as amended by WRC-2000 held in Istanbul, the table of allocation of international call sign series, ITU Recommendations relating to the amateur and amateur-satellite services, and a glossary. Publication is anticipated in early 2001. The fascicle will appear on the official ITU list of publications and will be available from both the ITU and the IARU.

The agreement was signed November 9 in Geneva by ITU Secretary-General Yoshio Utsumi and IARU President Larry E. Price, W4RA.