This agreement defines the overarching principles by which further negotiations will be conducted to resolve the North-South Sudan conflict. It calls for substantive discussions to be held on decentralisation, power and wealth-sharing, religious rights and the formation of a national army, which would include SPLA (United) troops.

This agreement articulates commitments to acknowledge the identity of indigenous peoples and ensure their cultural, civil, political, social and economic rights. The agreement also establishes commissions to implement the agreement and empowers the UN Mission to verify the human rights commitments of the parties.

This agreement provides for the cessation of hostilities and for a mutual withdrawal of the armed forces to a determined lines of separation (contact line), creating a zone of separation between the armed forces. The agreement calls on the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) and the European Union Monitoring Mission (ECMM) to monitor implementation of the agreement and to investigate any violation of the ceasefire.

In this declaration, the parties agree to the implementation of the Itamaraty Agreement of 17 February 1995, which called for a separation of the military forces of Ecuador and Peru. In the present declaration the guarantor countries agree to ensure the immediate presence of their observers in the area in order to monitor the ceasefire. The guarantor countries also reiterate their commitment to continue to fulfill their obligations under the Rio de Janeiro Protocol.

This agreement  implements the Treaty of Taif signed in 1934. It forms a committee to renew the border marks between the countries. It also calls for non-aggression against each other and establishes a committee to develop economic and cultural relations between the countries. A private sector company agreed to by both parties will demarcate the border.