12. 按照惯例，向大会提交的本年度报告不包括科学附件。科学委员会 2006 年的整份报告，包括科学附件在内，将作为一份联合国销售品出版物印发。采取这种做法是为了更广泛地发布各种调查结果，以飨国际科学界。委员会想提请大会注意，本文件将委员会 2006 年的报告正文与其科学附件分开提交，这完全是为了方便。应当理解，附件中所载的科学信息非常重要，因为它是本报告结论的依据。
12. Following established practice, the present annual report of the Committee to the General Assembly does not include the scientific annexes. The full report of the Scientific Committee for 2006, including the scientific annexes, will be issued as a United Nations sales publication. This practice is intended to achieve a wider distribution of the findings for the benefit of the international scientific community. The Committee wishes to draw the attention of the Assembly to the fact that the main text of the Committee’s 2006 report is presented separately from its scientific annexes in the present document simply for the sake of convenience. It should be understood that the scientific information contained in the annexes is important because it forms the basis for the conclusions of the report.