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.  

This ceasefire agreement, signed on 18 June 2000, comprises the cessation of hostilities and a ceasefire monitoring mechanism through the deployment of a United Nations Peacekeeping Mission.

This declaration establishes the principle of peaceful reunification based on the common element of the parties positions - confederation (South) and lose federalism (North). It calls for the normalisation of relations through  a humanitarian, economic and social framework. The declaration also commits the parties to allow exchange visits by separated family members and the release of political prisoners.