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CONVENTION ON THE PROVISION OF TELECOMMUNICATION RESOURCES FOR DISASTER
MITIGATION AND RELIEF OPERATIONS, WHICH, AMONG OTHER THINGS, WAIVED
REGULATORY BARRIERS TO THE USE OF TELECOMMUNICATION RESOURCES, INCLUDING
AMATEURS, FOR EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE DISASTER RESPONSE.  THE IARU
RECOMMENDED THAT GAREC CONFERENCES SHOULD CONTINUE AS AN INFORMAL MEETING
AMONG REPRESENTATIVES OF IARU MEMBER SOCIETIES AND OF AMATEUR RADIO
EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS GROUPS WITHIN OR OUTSIDE OF THE RESPECTIVE
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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.  THE LAST GAREC WAS HELD IN 2015 IN ALABAMA, WITH
REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL THREE REGIONS PRESENTING.  WGET IN THE PAST, ARRL
HEADQUARTERS HAS SENT A STAFF REPRESENTATIVE TO MEETINGS OF THE UN WORKING
GROUP ON EMERGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS WGET, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1996
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