WHEREAS, a Development Credit Agreement between the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the International Development Association stipulating that the International Development Association provide to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia a credit amount of SDR 75,100,000 (seventy-five million one hundred thousand Special Drawing Rights) for financing the Health Sector Development Program Support Project, was signed in Washington, D.C., on the 30th day of October, 1998;
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 5th day of January, 1999;
NOW, THEREFORE, in accordance with Article 55 sub-Articles (1) and (12) of the Constitution, it is hereby proclaimed as follows: