(1) Pogodbenice soglašajo, da bodo sodelovale neposredno, ali če je primerno, s pomočjo organizacije ali ustreznih regionalnih organizacij ali dogovorov pri pospeševanju in izmenjavi izsledkov raziskovalnih in razvojnih programov v zvezi s povečanjem stanja pripravljenosti in odzivanja na onesnaženje, vključno s tehnologijami in tehnikami za nadzor, obvladovanje, omejevanje, odstranjevanje, razprševanje, čiščenje in drugimi ukrepi za zmanjševanje ali blažitev učinkov onesnaženja in vzpostavitev prejšnjega stanja.
(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 preparedness for and response to pollution incidents, including technologies and techniques for surveillance, containment, recovery, dispersion, clean-up and otherwise minimizing or mitigating the effects of pollution incidents, and for restoration.