Formal negotiations resumed in March/April 1993. They included 26 parties with significant support and 11 organisations with observer status. They agreed to:

• take decisions by ‘sufficient consensus’; and to
• build on agreements reached at CODESA.

The MPNP established the following structures:

• A negotiating forum to approve proposals and set an election date.
• A negotiating council to conduct negotiations.
• A planning committee to implement instructions of the negotiating council.
• A commission on the demarcation of provinces/states/regions.
• Eight technical committees of non-partisan experts.

The technical committees provided proposals for:

• An independent media commission.
• An independent electoral commission.
• Repeal of laws that might impede elections.
• Combatting violence.
• Support for the national peace accord.
• Constitutional principles that must be included in the final Constitution.
• An interim charter of human rights.
• The Transitional Executive Council to ensure free and fair elections.