OF THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPÍA ADDIS ABABA - 25th March 2004 CONTENTS ** 7 **** *** የ • Proclamation No. 896/2004 Protocol for the Inter - Parliamentary Union of IGAD Member States Ratification Proclamation Page 2609 PROCLAMATION NO396 / 2004 A PROCLAMATION TO RATIFY THE PROTOCOL FOR THE INTER ** PARLIAMENTARY UNION OF IGAD MEMBER STATES WHEREAS , the Heads of State and Government they issued at their Eighth dinary Summit held on 23 November 2000 ; WHEREAS , the Conference of Speakers of ፓርላማዎች | National Parliaments of IGAD Member States that launching the Inter - Parliamentary Union has adopted the Protocol thereof ; WHEREAS , the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia fully endorses the objectives of the Union ; WHEREAS , it is stipulated in the Protocol that it shall enter into force upon ratification by four National Parliaments of the Member States of IGAD ; Unit Price * The African Law Archive WHEREAS , the House of Peoples ' Representat said Protocol ; NOW , THEREFORE , in accordance with Sub Article ( 1 ) and ( 12 ) of Article 55 of the Constitution , it is hereby proclaimed as follows : 1. Short Title This Proclamation may be cited as the “ Protocol for the Inter - Parliamentary Union of IGAD Member States Ratification Proclamation No : 396/2004 ” . Ratification Proclamation Na 396/2004 ” . 2. Ratification of the Protocol The Protocol for the Inter - Parliamentary Union of IGAD Member States is hereby ratified . 3. Effective Date This Proclamation shall come into force as of 25 day of March , 2004 . Done at Addis Ababa , this 25th day of March , 2004 . PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA chive The African Law Archive