UARL - APPEAL to the international amateur radio community

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Ukrainian Amateur Radio League 

APPEALto the international amateur radio community

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On March2014 Russia has occupied and annexed Ukrainian territory known as AutonomousRepublic of Crimea (UU/UT*J).

 

Annexationof the peninsula had violated fundamental principles of the United Nations, theFinal Act of Helsinki Conference on security andco-operation in Europe, and number of others international and bilateralRussian-Ukrainian treaties. Under all these treaties Russia has undertakenobligations to assure sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.

 

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List ofobligations and treaties signed by Russia but failed to observe by occupation ofCrimea:

a.    Article 2. Clause 4. Charterof the United Nations. "Member-statesshall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of forceagainst the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or inany other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations”;

 

b.   Article 2. Conference onSecurity and Co-operation in Europe. Final act. "The participating States will refrain intheir mutual relations, as well as in their international relations in general,from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or politicalindependence of any State…”;

 

c.    Budapest memorandum. Where Russia, the U.K and the USA reaffirm to respect the independenceand sovereignty and the existing borders of Ukraine in exchange of abandonnuclear weapon;

 

d.   Article 2. Treaty of friendship,co-operation and partnership between Russian and Ukraine (Russian). Where parties respect each other sovereignty and inviolability ofborders in accordance with Charter of the United Nations and Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe.

 

e.    Chapter 1. Chapter 15 clause.4  the Constitution of the Russia. Where mentioned that international treaty shall prevail over domesticonce.

 

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This is firstannexation in Europe for almost 70 years. It is outrage violations offundamental principles of European security, which has been achieved with greatdifficulties after WWII. Moreover, It creates very dangerous precedent ofselective approach to undertaken commitments. In Europe and the whole worldthere is virtually every state which is not satisfied with its own existingborders, thus, one-sided revision of borders may bring the world to the brinkof WWIII.

 

Ukraine isthe very first state in the history which has abandoned its nuclear weapons andballistic missiles on own will. All stock of weapon was handed over specificallyto Russia in exchange assurance of territorial integrity formalized by Budapest memorandum. Russia, however, being a party of Budapest memorandum has committed aggression against Ukraine. Occupationof the territory took place without prior notice, declaration of war, suspensionof own obligations or withdrawal any of abovementioned treaties.

 

Internationalcommunity has resolutely condemned occupation and annexation of Crimea and stoodin favor of territorial integrity of Ukraine.

 

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·        UN Resolution callingupon states not to recognize changes in status of Crimea;

 

·        The Hague declaration following the g7 meeting on 24 March.Condemnation of aggression.

 

·        Council of Europe (COE) The illegalannexation of Crimea has no legal effect and is not recognized by the Councilof Europe.

 

·        European Commission forDemocracy through Law (VENICE COMMISSION) Conclusion on illegalityof referendum in Crimea.

 

·        President of the USA Barak Obama statement on Ukraine. "The future of Ukrainemust be decided by the people of Ukraine. … Ukraine’s sovereignty andterritorial integrity must be respected, and international law must be upheld”.

 

·        Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).Attachment 5. "We reiterate that we willnot recognize the Russian annexation of Crimea”.

 

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Followingillegitimate occupation and annexation the Amateur Union of Russia(SRR) has hastened toestablish its branches in the annexed territory and Russian General Radio FrequencyCentre (GRFC) commenced issuing amateur radio licenses.

 

Theactions of the kind are completely contradict provisions of

f.    Section II Article 19. Clause 19.29 § 12 "Allocation of international series and assignment of call signs” ofRadio Regulations of InternationalTelecommunication Union (ITU) which requires thatall stations open to international public correspondence, all amateur stations,and other stations which are capable of causing harmful interference beyond theboundaries of the territory or geographical area in which they are located,shall have call signs from the international series allocated to itsadministration as given in the Table of Allocation ofInternational Call Sign Series in Appendix 42.

 

g.   Article9.5of Regulations of amateur radio communication of Ukraine which have beendeveloped on the base of ITU Radio regulations.As per the above article all foreign amateur radio stations operating inUkraine should add UT/ in front of their callsigns.

 

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Ukraine isa member of ITU since1992. It strongly follows provisions of ITU RadioRegulations and Convention. Both documents have been ratified by the Parliamentof Ukraine on 15 July 1994., thus Ukraine has obtained full legitimate rightsto manage frequency spectrum within its territory. Thus, Only Ukraine throughits authorized institutions possesses rights toissue amateur licenses within allocated series of callsigns. As per Appendix 42, of ITU Regulations seriesof callsigns allocated for Ukraine are:

EMA-EMZ

ENA-ENZ

EOA-EOZ

URA-UZZ.

Out ofabove series, Regulations of amateur radio communication of Ukraine allocatedfollowing series of callsigns for Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopolcity:

UU - AutonomousRepublic of Crimea

UT5J/UU9 –Sevastopol, Crimeancity of special status.

However, Russian GRFC had unlawfullyallocated following series:

R*6K*

R*7K*

R*7R* - for Sevastopol, cityof special status.

 

In view ofobvious violation of above articles of ITU Regulations as wellprefixes allocated by Ukrainian Centerof Radio Frequency (UCRF), all these signs shall be treated as ILLEGAL OF PIRATE.

The onlyauthorized body witch has legitimate rights to manage frequency spectrum aswell as issue on air operation licenses is Ukrainian Centerof Radio Frequency (UCRF), the body whose authority onfrequency spectrum management has been confirmed by ITU, Chapter. 1.1.4.42, page. 254

 

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Based onthe above stated, the National Radio Amateur organization UkrainianAmateur Radio League (UARL) DECLARESthat in all contests, award programs other UH/UHF events hosted by UARLrecognized can be only series of callsigns UU – UT5J or foreign callsigns UT/CALLSIGN forAutonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol and credited for Ukraine.

UARL is  APPEALINGto the international amateur radio community, contest and award organizers, hamradio logger developers, all other organizers of any HAM radio UH/UHF eventsand activities for the same, namely:

1.    Do not recognize issued by occupational authoritiesfollowing Russian prefixes R*6K*; R*7K*;R*7R*.

2.    Do not credit locations Sevastopol, Crimea (AutonomousRepublic of Crimea, Respublika Krym) as territory of Russia .

3.     As long asinternational community considers Crimea as essential part of Ukraine, the onlyseries of prefixes to be credited are those which allocated by ITU and UCRF such as UU – UT*J, and (Autonomna Respublica Krym,Autonomous republic of Crimea or Crimea) andSevastopol) to be credited for Ukraine.

4.     Creditoperation group of islands  Black SeaCoast island groups (Kosa Tuzla, Lebyazh'i) EU-180, as per list of IOTA, onlywith Ukrainian callsigns or foreign once with approved prefix UT/CALLSIGN.

UARL is urging those who had already taken decision which isnot in favor of this appeal to reconsider it.

 

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 UkrainianAmateur Radio League once again confirms its commitment to HAMSPIRIT and particularly emphasize that this appeal has in no way political! Onthe contrary, this is the matter of respect of international agreements, voluntarilyundertaken obligations, own law and self-respect. The principles of business as usual in cases like thatjust encourage trespasser for further violations.

 

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