WHEREAS, Ethiopia is one of the signatories to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction, done in Paris on the 13th day of January, 1993;
WHEREAS, the House of Peoples’ Representatives has ratified said Convention at its session held on the 22ndday of February,1996;
NOW, THEREFORE, in accordance with Article 55(1) and (12) of the Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, it is hereby proclaimed as follows: