{"id":310,"date":"2018-11-27T21:46:24","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T20:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.iaru-r2.org\/?page_id=310"},"modified":"2020-02-01T11:22:02","modified_gmt":"2020-02-01T10:22:02","slug":"organisation-and-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/about-us\/organisation-and-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Organisation and History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p><span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span> Region 2&nbsp;is the organization of <span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span>, the International Amateur Radio Union, for the American Continent. <span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span> Region 2&nbsp;was founded in the Mexico City in&nbsp;1964.<\/p>\n<p>The Union\u2019s objectives are those expressed in the Constitution of the International Amateur Radio Union and particularly:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To protect and represent the interests of Amateur Radio in the Region in all matters related to the International Telecommunication Union \u201c<span class=\"caps\">ITU<\/span>\u201d and with regional organizations such as the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (\u201c<span class=\"caps\">CITEL<\/span>\u201d), sub-regional organizations such as the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (\u201c<span class=\"caps\">CTU<\/span>\u201d) and others, and to coordinate such protection by <span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span> representation.<\/li>\n<li>To establish and maintain relations with Regions I&nbsp;and <span class=\"caps\">III<\/span> of the <span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span>, coordinating and cooperating with them on all matters of mutual interest.<\/li>\n<li>To promote and coordinate radio communication amongst the amateurs of the various countries and territories in Region <span class=\"caps\">II<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>To promote mutual cooperative agreements amongst the radio amateur societies of the different countries and territories within Region <span class=\"caps\">II<\/span> and amongst the various geographical areas within Region <span class=\"caps\">II<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>To promote the progress of the science of radio through experimentation.<\/li>\n<li>To promote international friendship and the growth of amateur radio in Region <span class=\"caps\">II<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>To promote the adoption of the principle of reciprocity for the issuance of Amateur Radio licenses amongst the countries of Region <span class=\"caps\">II<\/span> as well as those of Regions I&nbsp;and <span class=\"caps\">III<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>To promote all additional activities related to Amateur Radio.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is governed by an Executive Committee elected by the Triennial General Assembly of Delegates, according to the electoral procedures established in the By-Laws. In the directory you can see who these volunteers are.<\/p>\n<p>The <span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span> Region 2&nbsp;is integrated by Member Societies who represent most of the countries in the continent.<\/p>\n<p>While <span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">R2<\/span> was founded in 1964, <span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span>\u2019s history goes back to 1925. You can find web pages which explain <span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span>\u2019s history and its organisation today by clicking on the menu items in this section to the&nbsp;left.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span> Region 2&nbsp;is the organization of <span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span>, the International Amateur Radio Union, for the American Continent. <span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span> Region 2&nbsp;was founded in the Mexico City in&nbsp;1964. The Union\u2019s objectives are those expressed in the Constitution of the International Amateur Radio Union and particularly: To protect and represent the interests of Amateur Radio in the Region in&nbsp;[\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":308,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-310","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/310\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}