2. Designates the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization as the lead agency and the focal point for the Year to organize activities to be undertaken during the Year, in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme and other relevant entities of the United Nations system, as well as the International Union of Geological Sciences and other Earth science societies and groups throughout the world, and in this regard agrees that the activities of the International Year of Planet Earth will be funded from voluntary contributions, including, inter alia, from industry and major foundations mobilized by a consortium of international organizations, led by the International Union of Geological Sciences;
2. 指定联合国教育、科学及文化组织作为国际地球年的牵头机构和协调中心，与联合国环境规划署和联合国系统其他相关实体以及国际地质科学联合会和全世界其他地球科学协会和团体合作，组织拟在该年进行的活动，并在这方面同意国际地球年的活动的经费由自愿捐款提供，包括由国际地质科学联合会领导的一批国际组织向工业界和主要基金会等筹集的自愿捐款提供经费；