Partial U.S. Support for Scientific Activities of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

政府间气候变化专门委员会(气专委)将根据世界气象组织和联合国环境规划署的一项新任务，向联合国为制定气候变化框架公约而设立的政府间谈判委员会(气候谈判委员会)提供近期科学和技术咨询。气专委还将继续努力，评估与气候变化相关的科学、影响和应对选择。气专委将继续主要通过其工作组开展工作；将扩大发展中国家，特别是热带和南半球国家对这些活动的参与；并将继续由设在日内瓦的一个小型秘书处配备工作人员。

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), under a new mandate received from the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme, will provide near-term scientific and technical advice to the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) which was established by the United Nations to develop a framework convention on climate change. The IPCC will also continue its ongoing efforts with respect to assessment of the science, impacts and response options associated with climate change. The IPCC will continue to work primarily through its Working Groups; will broaden participation in these activities by developing countries, particularly in the tropics and Southern Hemisphere; and will continue to be staffed by a small secretariat located in Geneva.