To commemorate the 90th Anniversary of the International Radio Consultative Committee (CCIR) / International Telecommunication Unions Radiocommunication sector (ITU‑R) a series of events, sessions and a special number of the ITU News magazine has been publish in which leaders reflects about those 90 years of work.
One if them is IARU President Tim S. Ellam, VE6SH, and in the article titled The International Amateur Radio Union and CCIR/ITU‑R comment the relation of IARU with this groups. You can download the English version of the magazine in the following link.
Tims article is on page 55.
Also available in Español (Spanish).