In response to recent world events, the Inter­na­tion­al Ama­teur Radio Union has issued the fol­low­ing statement:

“IARU is an apo­lit­i­cal orga­ni­za­tion focused on pro­mot­ing and defend­ing ama­teur radio and the ama­teur radio ser­vices. The ama­teur radio ser­vice is about self-instruc­tion in com­mu­ni­ca­tions and friend­ship between people.”