2. Welcomes the efforts undertaken by the Government of Ecuador, in cooperation with the World Meteorological Organization and the inter-agency secretariat for the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, towards the establishment of the International Centre for the Study of the El Niño Phenomenon at Guayaquil, Ecuador, and the announcement made regarding its opening in January 2003, and encourages all parties to continue their joint efforts for the development of the Centre;
2. 欢迎厄瓜多尔政府同世界气象组织和国际减少灾害战略机构间秘书处合作，开展各种努力，以期在厄瓜多尔瓜亚基尔成立厄尔尼诺现象国际研究中心和宣布该中心将于2003年1月启用，并鼓励各方为中心的发展继续共同努力；