The meeting was attended by 11 groups including the two major parties DUP and Umma, the SPLA, the communist party, trade unions, the Sudanese Allied Forces and the Beja Congress. The meeting was hailed as significant, which succeeded in resolving long-standing disagreements among NDA members. The meeting agreed on a complete program to topple the regime and a complete agenda for the 4-year transitional period. All parties agreed to the right for self-determination for Southern Sudan. There was also basic agreement on separating religion from Sudanese politics.
All parties say they are committed to multi-party democracy and respect for human rights.
Although the Sudanese government dismissed the meeting as insignificant and would only strengthen national support for the government, the army took no chances and had stepped up its security measures in the Eastern region. The official media said the US and an Arab country gave their blessing and support to the meeting. The two doctors were abducted by the Sudanese army in Pariang in Southern Sudan on 28 May 95 after the town was handed over to the government by the SPLA commander. A UN plane was sent on June 7 to the area to pick up and bring the two doctors to Khartoum for trial. The plane and pilot were subsequently released but three UN workers and two army intelligence officers were held by the SPLA till their release on 20 July in exchange for the release of the two doctors.