FEDERAL NEGARIT GAZETA

OF THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA

2^nd Year No. 8 ADDIS ABABA - 13^th February, 1996

CONTENTS

Proclamation No. 20/1996

Republic of Tunisia Agreement on Economic, Scien­tific, Cultural and Technical Cooperation Ratification Proclamation

PROCLAMATION NO. 20/1996

A PROCLAMATION TO RATIFY THE COOPERATION

AGREEMENT WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF TUNISIA

WHEREAS, the Transitional Government of Ethiopia and the Government of the Republic of Tunisia, desirous of promoting and enlarging economic, scientific, cultural and technical coopertion 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^rd 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 13^th 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:

1. Short Title

This Proclamation may be cited as the "Republic of Tunisia Agreement on Economic, Scientific, Cultural and Technical Cooperation Ratification Proclamation No. 20/1996."

2. Ratification of the Agreement

The Agreement on Economic, Scientific, Cultural and Technical Cooperation signed in Tunis on the 3^rd day of November, 1994 between the Transitional Government of Ethiopia and the Government of the Republic of Tunisia is ratified.

3. Power of Concerned Executive Organs

Federal Executive Organs concerned with the fields of cooperation included in the Agreement are hereby empowered to implement the Agreement with regard to their respective fields of activity.

4. Effective date

This Proclamation shall enter into force as of the 13^th day of February, 1996.

Done at Addis Ababa, this 13^th day of February, 1996.

NEGASO GIDADA (DR.)

PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA