The pol­i­cy and man­age­ment of the IARU are car­ried out by the Admin­is­tra­tive Coun­cil (AC). The AC:

a) coor­di­nates the rep­re­sen­ta­tion or the inter­ests of ama­teur radio at inter­na­tion­al telecom­mu­ni­ca­tions con­fer­ences with the region­al orga­ni­za­tions, under the direc­tion of the President;

b) estab­lish­es long-range plan­ning in close coop­er­a­tion with the region­al orga­ni­za­tions to pre­serve the basic pur­pos­es of ama­teur radio;

c) serves as coor­di­na­tor between the region­al orga­ni­za­tions on all mat­ters of mutu­al interest;

d) for­mu­lates such pro­pos­als for con­sid­er­a­tion by the Mem­ber-Soci­eties as may be nec­es­sary to fur­ther the objec­tives of the IARU; and

e) adopts such res­o­lu­tions and rec­om­men­da­tions as will facil­i­tate the func­tion­ing of the IARU.

The mem­bers of the Admin­is­tra­tive Coun­cil are the Pres­i­dent, the Vice Pres­i­dent, the Sec­re­tary, and two mem­bers from each of the region­al orga­ni­za­tions. No mem­ber may have a pro­fes­sion­al inter­est which con­flicts with the objec­tives of the IARU.

The AC nor­mal­ly meets in per­son annu­al­ly at or near the venue of a region­al con­fer­ence. Vir­tu­al meet­ings are held as required. Sum­ma­ry records of the meet­ings are avail­able here.