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DISASTER MITIGATION AND RELIEF.  AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL RADIO
REGULATIONS AT WORLD RADIOCOMMUNICATION CONFERENCE 2003 PLACED ADDITIONAL
EMPHASIS ON THIS ROLE.  THE COUNCIL ALSO AGREED TO RENAME THE POSITION OF
IARU DISASTER COMMUNICATIONS ADVISER TO IARU INTERNATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR
EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS.  HANS ZIMMERMANN, HB9AQS, WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE
THE IARU IN THIS CAPACITY.  FOCUSING PRIMARILY ON WRC 07, THE COUNCIL
DEVELOPED A LIST OF ITU MEETINGS DURING THE COMING YEAR AT WHICH IARU
REPRESENTATION WILL BE REQUIRED AND REVIEWED PLANS FOR STAFFING THEM.  THE
COUNCIL ALSO CHARGED THE IARU LEADERSHIP WITH DRAFTING A WHITE PAPER TO
SCOPE THE ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOP OPTIONS FOR THE IARS LONG TERM ROLE AND
STRUCTURE.  COUNCIL MEMBERS ALSO DISCUSSED ISSUES RELATING TO THE
CONSTITUTIONS OF THE IARU AND ITS REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND AGREED TO
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