ولهذا الغرض، يجب تشجيع الدول على إبرام اتفاقات دولية واعتماد تشريعات مناسبة وتنفيذ آليات لاتخاذ تدابير علاجية فورية وفعَّالة، بما في ذلك التعويض عن الأنشطة التي تتضمن خطر إحداث ضرر كبير عابر للحدود.
Although any regime of liability and compensation should aim at ensuring that as far as possible the innocent victim was not left to bear the loss resulting from transboundary harm arising from hazardous activity, it might not be possible to obtain full compensation in each case, given problems with the definition of damage, difficulties relating to proof of loss, problems relating to the applicable law, limitations on the operator's liability and the limitations within which contributory and supplementary funding mechanisms operated.