WHEREAS, a Development Credit Agreement, between the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the Inter- national Development Association stipulating that the Inter- national Development Association provide to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia a Credit amount of SDR 45,200,000 (forty five million two hundred thousand Special Drawing Rights) for financing the Multisectoral HIV/AIDS Project, was signed in Washington D.C. on the 12th day of October, 2000;

WHEREAS, basic economic international agreements have to be ratified prior to entry into force;

WHEREAS, the House of Peoples’ Representatives of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has ratified said Agreement at its session held on the 30thday of November, 2000;

NOW, THEREFORE, in accordance with Article 55 Sub-Articles (1) and (12) of the Constitution, it is hereby proclaimed as follows: