This agreement terminates the hostilities between Ethiopia and Eritrea. The agreement, inter-alia, establishes a neutral Boundary Commission to delimit and demarcate borders based on colonial treaties and calls for an investigation regarding the origins of the conflict. It also establishes a Claims Commission to decide by binding arbitration all claims for loss, damage or injury by one government against the other or by nationals against the parties.  

This ceasefire agreement ends the violence that re-erupted in Sierra Leone in 2000. It empowers the UN mission to supervise and monitor the ceasefire and report any violations.

The General Peace Agreement consists of five protocols: i) the nature of the conflict; ii) democracy and good governance (constitution and transitional arrangements); iii) questions of peace and security (defence and security force reform and a permanent ceasefire); iv) reconstruction and development (economic matters); v) guaranties on implementation of the agreement.