Vendar se države članice NAMO s to ustanovno listino v odnosu do neudeleženih držav članic Nata zavezujejo, da bodo izvajale ukrepe, tako da bodo edine in neposredno odgovorne Natu in tretjim stranem za uporabo, stroške, izdatke in kakršne koli obveznosti, ki nastanejo pri takih operacijah, razen pri operacijah, ki jih potrdi Severnoatlantski svet in so lahko predvidene v posebnih Natovih dogovorih, ki jih mora za vsak primer posebej potrditi Severnoatlantski svet v skladu z Natovo politiko glede operacij.
However, when establishing this Charter, the member States of NAMO commit themselves towards the non-participating member States of NATO, to implement measures so as to be solely and directly responsible vis-ŕ-vis NATO and to third parties for the use, costs, expenses, and liabilities arising from any such operation except, for NAC-approved operations as may be provided in specific NATO arrangements to be approved on an ad hoc basis, by the NAC, in line with NATO policy for operations.