two sides, needed to solve security problems;

and

4. provide directives for the District Coordination Offices.
   
   

3. The JSC shall comprise between five and seven members from each side. Decisions of the JSC will be reached by agreement between the two sides.
   
   
4. The JSC shall determine its rules of procedure. Meetings of the JSC shall be held every two weeks. In the event that either side requests a special meeting, it shall be convened within forty-eight ( 48 ) hours.
   
   
5. Unless otherwise agreed by the two sides, JSC meetings will be hosted by each of the sides alternately.
   
   

2. District Coordination Offices
   
   
1. Three ( 3 ) District Coordination Offices are hereby established, one each for the districts of Gaza, Khan Yunis and Jericho ( hereinafter " the DCOs " ).
   
   
2. The DCOs shall:
   
   
1. monitor and manage the matters requiring coordination as determined by the JSC, according to the policy and guidelines established by the JSC;
   
   
2. monitor and manage all matters of a joint nature within the specific district of each DCO, including the coordination of activities by one side which may affect the other side;
   
   
3. review, investigate and report to the JSC on the overall situation within the DCO's respective district, with special regard to specific events, incidents and activities occurring in the district;
   
   
4. direct the Joint Patrols and Joint Mobile Units as defined in this Article, operating within the DCO's respective district; and
   
   
5. direct the Liaison Bureau established under Article X below, operating at passages and crossing points as detailed in Article VII and X below, in conjunction with the Joint Civil Affairs Coordination and Cooperation Committee set up under Annex II to the Agreement ( hereinafter the " CAC " ).
   
   
3. Each DCO will be continuously staffed by a team of up to six officers from each side, comprising one commander and five duty officers.
   
   
4. The DCOs will be operated jointly by both sides, 24 hours a day. At least one duty officer from each side will be present during each eight - hour shift, as well as the necessary number of assistants.
   
   
5. With a view to preventing friction and to enabling the two sides to deal with possible incidents, both sides shall ensure that the relevant DCO shall immediately be notified of any of the following events:

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