US Government Support for IAI Core Budget 2005-08

这是一项奖励，用于支持IAI三年期(2005年10月至2008年9月)的部分核心预算业务费用。IAI是一个政府间组织，目前由美洲19个国家支持，致力于追求科学卓越、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的使命是发展能力，了解过去、现在和未来全球变化对美洲区域和大陆环境的综合影响，并促进各级的合作研究和知情行动。这项要求用于支付研究所国际工作人员工资的85%，以及与研究所工作人员和科学咨询委员会(SAC)成员的旅行有关的部分费用，以及研究所的部分通信(传播/文件/出版)费用。将由IAI核心预算支持的剩余费用由IAI的其他成员国支付。背景：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，由美国联邦法典第5编第343条和美国法典第5编第3581条所涵盖。本提案所针对的核心预算支助使内审局的董事会得以运作。目前，巴西在圣保罗州圣何塞·多斯坎波斯主办了巴西空间研究所理事会，该理事会在巴西国家空间研究所的校园内行使国际公认的法人职能，享有巴西政府授予的相应特权和豁免。核心预算承诺由建立IAI的协议的所有缔约方作出：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。数额是在IAI协定缔约方大会年度会议上以协商一致方式达成的。IAI是美国发起的一项倡议，旨在鼓励美洲科学机构就全球变化问题进行合作研究。国家科学基金会是白宫指定的主要美国政府机构，在IAI内履行美国的责任。

This is an award to support part of the IAI core budget operational expenses for a three-year period (October 2005 - September 2008). 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. Background The 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.