(1) Parties agree to co-operate directly or, as appropriate, through the Organization or relevant regional organizations or arrangements in the promotion and exchange of results of research and development programmes relating to the enhancement of the state-of-the-art of oil pollution preparedness and response, including technologies and techniques for surveillance, containment, recovery, dispersion, clean-up and otherwise minimizing or mitigating the effects of oil pollution, and for restoration.
1) Pogodbenice soglašajo, da bodo sodelovale neposredno ali, če je primerno, s pomočjo organizacije ali ustreznih regionalnih organizacij ali dogovorov pri pospeševanju in izmenjavi rezultatov raziskovalnih in razvojnih programov v zvezi s povečanjem stanja pripravljenosti in odzivanja na onesnaženje z olji, vključno s tehnologijami in tehnikami nadzora, obvladovanja, omejevanja, odstranjevanja, širjenja, čiščenja in drugega za zmanjšanje ali blažitev učinkov onesnaženja z olji in vzpostavitev prejšnjega stanja.