This agreement implements the Burnham Truce of 10 October 1997 and extends the period of the Truce until 30 April 1998 pending negotiations to address the political issues. It also calls on the United Nations Security Council to establish a peacekeeping force to assist in the monitoring of the agreement. 

This agreement calls for the creation of a National Reconciliation Conference and establishes the agenda, participants and rules of procedure for the holding of the conference. The agreement also establishes the principles of a transitional government pursuant to the National Reconciliation Conference.