This agreement is pursuant to the Wye River memorandum of 23 October 1998 and the Sharm el-Sheikh Memorandum of 4 September 1999. It seeks to provides detailed modalities for the safe travel of persons between the West bank and the Gaza strip. It includes the need for safe passage cards, validation of such cards and issuance of safe passage permits thereafter. 

This agreement responds to the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip of 28 September 1995 and addresses all other agreements between the PLO and Israel since 1993. It addresses the following issues: further withdrawal of Israel from the West Bank, the release of Palestinian prisoners, the opening of safe passages between the West Bank and Gaza and the construction of a seaport in Gaza. It provides a timetable for final status talks to deal with Jerusalem, borders, refugees and settlements.

This agreement provides the implementation arrangements for the OAU’s Framework Agreements of November 1998 and July 1999. The Agreement mandates a peacekeeping mission, established under the authority of the UN Security Council to monitor and assist with the implementation. It also establishes a Neutral Commission to determine the exact areas from which the two sides are to redeploy.   

The Lusaka Agreement between the countries of Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Namibia, Uganda, Rwanda and Zimbabwe, seeks to bring an end to the hostilities within the territory of the DRC.