In accordance with appropriate agreements or arrangements and procedures, a State Party or other State hosting or otherwise taking responsibility for International Monitoring System facilities and the Technical Secretariat shall agree and cooperate in establishing, operating, upgrading, financing, and maintaining monitoring facilities, related certified laboratories and respective means of communication within areas under its jurisdiction or control or elsewhere in conformity with international law.
Na podlagi sporazumov ali dogovorov in postopkov se država pogodbenica ali druga država, v kateri so objekti in naprave Mednarodnega opazovalnega sistema ali za katere ta drugače prevzame odgovornost, in Tehnični sekretariat dogovorita in sodelujeta pri ustanavljanju, delovanju, izpopolnjevanju, financiranju in vzdrževanju opazovalnih objektov in naprav, z njimi povezanih laboratorijev in ustreznih komunikacijskih sredstev na območjih pod njeno jurisdikcijo ali nadzorom ali kje drugje v skladu z mednarodnim pravom.