Support for Activities of the President of the Inter-Union Commission on the Lithosphere of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU)

首席研究员将担任岩石圈国际联盟委员会主席，该委员会是国际科学联盟理事会（ICSU）的主要组成部分。主席将主持委员会的会议，并监督委员会的闭会期间活动。委员会的工作是针对地球岩石圈，特别是大陆边缘的起源、演化和动力学制定一个国际跨学科研究计划。主席还将指导委员会秘书处的业务，确保为会议编写文件，编写和分发总结这些会议和委员会其他活动的报告，并确保委员会的工作与国际公务员联会其他有关委员会和工会的工作协调。主席还将代表委员会与国际公务员联会其他机构进行互动。

The principal investigator will serve as President of the Inter- Union Commission on the Lithosphere, a major component of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU). The President will chair meetings of the Commission and oversee the Commission's intersessional activities. The Commission's work is directed towards development of an international interdisciplinary program of research on the origin, evolution, and dynamics of the earth's lithosphere, especially continental margins. The President will also direct the operations of the Commission's Secretariat, assuring that documentation is prepared for meetings, that reports summarizing these meetings and other commission activities are prepared and distributed, and that the Commission's work is coordinated with those of other related ICSU commissions and unions. The President will also represent the Commission in interactions with these other ICSU bodies.