A/RES/55/197 necessary measures for the prompt establishment of the international centre for the study of the El Niño phenomenon at Guayaquil, Ecuador, and invites the international community to provide scientific, technical and financial assistance and cooperation for that purpose, in accordance with resolution 54/220; 5. Invites the Government of the host country to facilitate the process for the prompt establishment of the international centre for the study of the El Niño phenomenon; 6. Requests the Secretary-General to continue the full implementation of its resolutions 52/200, 53/185, 54/219 and 54/220 and Economic and Social Council resolutions 1999/46, 1999/63 and 2000/33; 7. Also requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session, through the Economic and Social Council at its substantive session of 2001, on the implementation of the present resolution, under the item entitled “Environment and sustainable development”. 87th plenary meeting 20 December 2000 2