WHEREAS, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability has been adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on the 13th day of December 2006;
WHEREAS, the House of Peoples’ Representatives of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has ratified the said Convention at its session held on the 1st day of June, 2010;
NOW, THEREFORE, in accordance with Article 55 sub article (1) and (12) of the Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia it is hereby proclaimed as follows: