U.S. Participation in International Council of Scientific Unions

现在人们普遍认为，鉴于 科学和工程能力存在于许多国家 在世界各地， 美国科学家和工程师将与 他们的外国同事的活动和计划，部分作为一个 与他们一起规划联合研究项目。 此外，了解许多重要的 科学问题，例如与全球气候变化有关的问题， 环境，需要合作的科学努力， 多国基础。 美国科学家和工程师有许多可用的 与科学家保持密切联系的机制， 其他国家的工程师。 在最古老和最 这些机制中有许多是非政府的， 国际纪律联盟（第一个成立于1998年） 1919年），今天组成国际理事会。 科学联盟（ICSU），其中有70多个国家 表示。 这些工会的国家成员，以及 ICSU本身是私人科学机构，其活动是 通常由工作科学家委员会决定。 在 美国国家科学院（NAS） ICSU及其联盟的官方加入机构，以及NAS 纪律和非纪律参谋人员管理美国 代表美国国家委员会参加 科联理事会和这些联盟。

It is now widely recognized that in view of the excellent science and engineering capabilities that exist in many countries in all parts of the world, it is increasingly important for U.S. scientists and engineers to remain in close touch with the activities and plans of their foreign colleagues, in part as a means for planning joint research programs with them. Additionally, gaining an understanding of many important scientific problems, such as those associated with the global environment, requires cooperative scientific efforts on a multinational basis. U.S. scientists and engineers have a number of available mechanisms to maintain close communication with scientists and engineers in other countries. Among the oldest and most extensive of these mechanisms are the non-governmental international disciplinary unions (the first was established in 1919) which today comprise the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) in which more than 70 countries are represented. National members of these unions, as well as ICSU-proper, are private scientific bodies whose activities are normally determined by committees of working scientists. In the United States, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is the official adhering body to ICSU and its unions, and NAS disciplinary and non-disciplinary staff officers manage U.S. participation on behalf of the U.S. National Committees for ICSU and those unions.