If any of you receive questions about the legality of international third party traffic in support of the South Asia disaster, you can refer to this statement which is based on guidance we received from Bill Cross. Dave K1ZZ The international Radio Regulations as revised at WRC-03 provide that amateur stations may be used for transmitting international communications on behalf of third parties only in case of emergencies or disaster relief. An administration may determine the applicability of this provision to amateur stations under its jurisdiction. This could include either permitting a broader range of international third party communications, or prohibiting even emergency and disaster relief communications. However, the default condition is that international emergency and disaster relief communications are permitted unless otherwise provided. While FCC Part 97 has not yet been updated to reflect this change, it is our understanding from FCC staff that if the administrations responsible for the amateur service in India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia, and other affected countries do not object to their amateur stations receiving messages from our amateur stations on behalf of third parties, the US has no objection to its amateur stations transmitting international communications in support of the disaster.