内容简介：
【组织简介】 International Council of Science (ICSU) is a non-governmental organization, founded in 1931 to bring together natural scientists in international scientific endeavour. It comprises 98 multi-disciplinary National Scientific Members (scientific research councils or science academies) and 26 international, single-discipline Scientific Unions to provide a wide spectrum of scientific expertise enabling members to address major international, interdisciplinary issues which none could handle alone. ICSU also has 28 Scientific Associates.
The Council seeks to break the barriers of specialization by initiating and coordinating major international interdisciplinary programmes and by creating interdisciplinary bodies which undertake activities and research programmes of interest to several members. A number of bodies set up within ICSU also address matters of common concern to all scientists, such as capacity building in science, environment and development and the free conduct of science.
The Council acts as a focus for the exchange of ideas and information and the development of standards. Hundreds of congresses, symposia and other scientific meetings are organized each year around the world, and a wide range of newsletters, handbooks and journals is published(The ICSU Year Book , Science International , Annual Report , Ascend 21 ,Understanding Our Planet , The Global Observing Systems , Science International -A History of ICSU , Report on Food Security ).
The principal source of ICSU's finances is the the contributions it receives from its Members. Other sources of income are the framework contracts from UNESCO and grants and contracts from UN bodies, foundations and agencies, which are used to support the scientific activities of the ICSU Unions and interdisciplinary bodies. The total budget of the whole ICSU family amounts to over 15 million US dollars a year. One of ICSU's greatest strengths, however, is the time contributed freely by the thousands of scientists committed to the objectives of the Council.
The ICSU Secretariat is located at 51 Boulevard de Montmorency, 75016 Paris, France. Tel. (in France) 01 45 25 03 29- Tel.(outside France) 33 1 45 25 03 29, Cable ICSU PARIS 016 Fax(in France) 01 42 88 94 31- Fax(outside France) 33 1 42 88 94 31 E.Mail secretariat@icsu.org http://www.icsu.org ICSU also has an office in UNESCO Headquarters, Batiment Bonvin: Room S 253 Tel. (33 1) 4568 2662.
