In short, much of the dysfunctionality of the current scenario is a result of NOBODY being in charge of UTC. To say that the ITU-R is actually the owner of UTC is somewhat of a fiction, both in history and current practice.
Please rest assured that the same group of experts show up to both the ITU WG7A meetings and the BIPM CCTF meetings. If for whatever historical reason they have opted to seek consensus first within the ITU, so be it. I really can't imagine them making a decision within one body that they wouldn't also make in the other.
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