US Government Support for IAI Core Budget 2003-04

这是一份为期一年（2003年10月- 2004年9月）的IAI核心预算运营费用的支持合同。IAI是一个政府间组织，目前得到美洲19个国家的支持，致力于追求卓越科学、国际合作和公开交流科学信息的原则，以增进对全球变化现象及其社会经济影响的了解。IAI的使命是发展理解过去、现在和未来全球变化对美洲区域和大陆环境的综合影响的能力，并促进各级的合作研究和知情行动。要求支付国际化学研究所理事会国际工作人员薪金的85%的费用，以及与国际化学研究所理事会工作人员和科学咨询成员（SAC）成员的旅费有关的部分费用和研究所的部分通信（传播/文件/出版）费用。由IAI核心预算支持的其余费用由IAI其他成员国支付。IAI已被美国国务院列为《联邦雇员国际组织服务法》所指的国际组织，受美国法典第5编第3343条和美国法典第5编第3581条的保护。提交本提案的核心预算支助使原子能机构理事会得以运作。目前，国际空间研究所理事会由巴西在圣保罗州圣若泽多斯坎波斯的巴西国家空间研究所（空间研究所）校园内担任东道国，国际空间研究所理事会作为国际公认的法人行使职能，享有巴西政府给予的相应特权和豁免。核心预算承诺由《建立国际投资协定》的所有缔约方作出：阿根廷、巴西、加拿大、智利、哥伦比亚、哥斯达黎加、古巴、多米尼加共和国、厄瓜多尔、危地马拉、牙买加、墨西哥、巴拿马、巴拉圭、秘鲁、乌拉圭、美国和委内瑞拉。数额由IAI协定缔约方大会年度会议协商一致确定。IAI是美国的一项倡议，旨在促进美洲科学机构在全球变化问题上的合作研究。美国国家科学基金会是白宫指定的在IAI中履行美国职责的主要美国政府机构。

This is an award to support part of the IAI core budget operational expenses for a one-year period (October 2003 - September 2004). The IAI is an intergovernmental organization supported, at present, by 19 countries in the Americas dedicated to pursuing the principles of scientific excellence, international cooperation, and the open exchange of scientific information to increase the understanding of global change phenomena and their socio-economic implications. The IAI's mission is to develop the capacity to understand the integrated impact of past, present and future global changes on regional and continental environments in the Americas and to promote collaborative research and informed action at all levels.The request is to cover 85% of the costs of the IAI Directorate international staff salaries along with part of the costs associated with travels of the IAI Directorate staff and of the Scientific Advisory Members (SAC) members and part of the costs of communications (dissemination/documentation/publication) at the institute. The remaining expenses to be supported by the IAI core budget are covered by the other IAI member countries.BackgroundThe IAI has been listed by the State Department as an international organization within the meaning of the Federal Employees International Organization Service Act, covered by 5 U.S.C. 3343 and 5 U.S.C. 3581.Core Budget support, for which this proposal is submitted, allows the operation of the Directorate of the IAI. Currently, the IAI Directorate is hosted by Brazil in Sao Jose dos Campos, Sao Paulo state, on the campus of the Brazilian National Space Research Institute (INPE), where the IAI Directorate functions as an internationally recognized juridical personality, with the corresponding privileges and immunities granted by the Government of Brazil.Core Budget commitment pledges are made by the all Parties to the Agreement Establishing the IAI: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, the USA, and Venezuela. Amounts are arrived at by consensus at an annual meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the IAI Agreement.The IAI is a U.S. initiative to stimulate cooperative research on global change issues among the scientific institutions of the Americas. The National Science Foundation is the lead U.S. Government agency designated by the White House to carry out U.S. responsibilities within the IAI.