WHEREAS, the Transitional Government of Ethiopia and the Government of the Republic of Tunisia, desirous of promoting and enlarging economic, scientific, cultural and technical cooperation between their two countries to the greatest possible extent, and mindful of advantages to be mutually derived from such cooperation, had signed a Cooperation Agreement in Tunis on the 3 day of November, 1994;

WHEREAS, it is stipulated in the Agreement that the Agreement shall definitively enter into force on the date of exchange of notes confirming its approval by competent authorities of each country;

WHEREAS, the House of Peoples’ Representatives of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has ratified said Agreement at its session held on the 13th day of February, 1996;

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