A/RES/52/200 Page 3 Climate Research Programme, within the framework of the Decade, to contribute further to a comprehensive approach and study of El Niño and to intensify their cooperation with the regions affected by the phenomenon, especially developing countries, small island developing States and landlocked countries; 8. Invites States to support the oceanographic and terrestrial observation networks to observe, describe and predict climate anomalies related to El Niño; 9. Invites States, intergovernmental organizations and all those participating in the Decade to provide technical and financial assistance, including national capacity-building, to developing countries to support global and regional observation systems and research, including the dissemination of data on El Niño, to prevent, mitigate and redress the negative effects of the phenomenon; 10. Requests the Secretary-General, within the context of paragraph 4 of the present resolution and within available resources of the secretariat of the Decade, to promote an intergovernmental meeting of experts, including representatives of academic and scientific institutions devoted to the study and analysis of El Niño, in order to facilitate the exchange of information and national experiences related to the monitoring of the phenomenon as well as of strategies for the reduction of its impact and to provide to the meeting the reports of regional meetings and symposia specializing in the phenomenon; 11. Urges the Secretary-General to include the El Niño phenomenon and its consequences in the ongoing activities of the Decade to improve the effectiveness and increase international coordination of earlywarning systems with regard to natural and similar disasters with an adverse impact on the environment; 12. Recommends that long-term public awareness and information programmes related to natural disasters, including those induced by El Niño and similar disasters with an adverse impact on the environment, be integrated into comprehensive national disaster management programmes that focus on preventive strategies for risk reduction and that those programmes be included as integral elements of United Nations support for social and economic development programmes; 13. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-third session a report on the implementation of the present resolution, within the discussion on the implementation of the Decade, under the agenda item entitled "Environment and sustainable development", including proposals on how to integrate the prevention, mitigation and rehabilitation of the impacts of the El Niño phenomenon into the development of the disaster reduction strategy for the twenty-first century. 77th plenary meeting 18 December 1997