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）根据一项新的 世界气象组织和联合国气候变化框架公约 联合国环境规划署，将提供近期的科学 向政府间谈判委员会提供技术咨询 (INC)由联合国设立， 气候变化框架公约。 IPCC还将继续 在科学评估、影响评估、 以及与气候变化相关的应对方案。 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 在热带和南半球;并将继续配备人员 由设在日内瓦的一个小型秘书处负责。

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.