Under this Framework, the DPRK agreed to freeze and ultimately dismantle its existing nuclear facilities, to remain a party to the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and to come into full compliance with its safeguards Agreement with the IAEA. In return DPRK would receive two new reactors that would come under international control (IAEA), and interim energy supplies (made in the form of Heavy Fuel Oil, HFO).
En retour, la RPDC devait bénéficier de deux nouveaux réacteurs, placés sous contrôle international (AIEA), ainsi que d'une fourniture d'énergie à titre provisoire (sous forme de fuel lourd).