1. 美利坚合众国提交国际空间站的概况是为了促进科学和技术小组委员会第三十七届会议上有关载人航天飞行国际合作的讨论 本概况是美国根据第三届联合国探索及和平利用外层空间会议报告第 401 段所载建议作出的几项努力之一 1
1. The United States of America is submitting the present overview of the International Space Station to complement the discussion of international cooperation in human space flight at the thirty-seventh session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee. This overview represents one of several efforts by the United States pursuant to the recommendation contained in paragraph 401 of the report of the third United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.1