The constitution of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia grants the government exclusive rights to the ownership and control of all mineral resources in the country. This proclamation seeks to promote the sustainable development of mineral resources in Ethiopia

This 2013 regulation provides for the establishment of the national planning council and the national planning commision.

Seed is an important input in the quest for improved crop production. The government of Ethiopia recognizes the need to ensure introduction of improved seed varieties to serve as the foundation of its crop production goals.

A country proclamation to determine the minimum national standard for the construction of buildings, and for general public safety.

This is a proclamation to provide for the establishment of the drug fund and pharmaceutical supply agency. It discusses the strategic role and contribution of pharmeceuticals to the general health sector and securing the life citizens of Ethiopia.

The importance of protecting citizens from poor and unsafe medicines, healthcare, and food is rightly prioritized by the government of Ethiopia. This proclamation provides for food, medicine, and healthcare administration and control. It seeks to coordinate the food, medicine, and health care regulatory systems.

To ensure deepened coverage of health service delivery as a tool for improved development of the country, this proclamation aims to provide for social health insurance. “It recognises the importance of social health insurance as one of the sustainable health care financing mechanisms which enhances equitable access to improved health services through cross-subsidization”.

“This proclamation establishes a system for facilitating the provision of emergency medical treatments to victims of vehicle accidents, and requires owners of vehicles to have third party insurance coverage against third party risks”. This is in response to the loss of lives and properties arising from increasing vehicle accidents.

Banks play an important economic role globally. They serve as tools for re-channeling funds throughout the sectors of the economy. They could also play negative roles as related to the stability of the economy without proper checks and balancing. This proclamation therefore intends to facilitate “safety, soundness and stability of the banking system by having a comprehensive law for the licensing and supervision of the banking business”.

This is a proclamation to amend the electoral law of Ethiopia. This is essential to enable the “nations, nationalities and peoples of Ethiopia exercise their right to self administration without any discrimination through their representatives elected in a direct and free election”.

This proclamation explores the provision of right and duty of citizens when forming political parties and acting as members of political parties. It seeks to provide basic principles to be followed by political parties to enable them act upon having legal personality.

This 2008 proclamation, numbered 613, ratifies the African charter on democracy, election, and governance. This is in line with the adoption of the charter at the “8th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of States and Governments of the African Union at its Session held in Addis Ababa
on 30 January 2007”.

“The 662nd proclamation of 2009 highlights the drive to provide an electoral code of conduct for political parties, candidates, members and supporters of political parties. This is to ensure that subsequent elections, which draw lessons from previous elections, are transparent, free, legitimate, fair, peaceful, democratic and acceptable by the people”.

The goals of the country can be driven through effective supply of skilled and innovative human resources to all sectors of the economy. This proclamation alings itself with this opportunity and seeks to “prepare a national professional standards under the technical and vocational education and training system. This standards hopes to put in place occupational competence assessment system through which members of society obtain skill through different means”.

This 2007 proclamation, numbered 514, ratifies the United Nations convention against corruption. This is in line with the adoption of the charter at “the United Nations Convention at Merida, Mexico, on December 9 2003”.

The 2007 proclamation, numbered 545, ratifies the African Union convention on preventing and combating corruption. This is in line with the adoption of the charter as signed on “the 11th day of July 2003 in Maputo, Mozambique”.

The disclosure and registration of assets of public officials is crucial to transparent and accountable evaluation of different government administrations. This helps to prevent corruption and illegal acquisition of assets. This proclamation thus pushes to create the necessary transparent system. This is to guide the conduct of public officials, to ensure public and private affairs do not intertwine.

It is equally important to ensure witnesses and whistleblowers who provide information on criminal offences are safely protected to build up trust in the system. This proclamation “legislates the protection systems that need to be put in place in order to protect witnesses and whistleblowers of criminal offense from direct or indirect danger and attack they may face as a consequence thereof and thereby to ensure their safety”.

The proclamation number 488 of 2006 focuses on establishing the Ethiopian organic agriculture system. This proclamation is a response to the increasing yearn for organic agricultural produce globally. The government recognizes the opportunity therein with respect to creation of a new market and higher prices of organic produces. The Ethiopian organic agriculture system strives to adopt internationally accepted production, processing and distribution system in the country.

This proclamation transfers the rights and obligations of the disaster prevention and preparedness agency to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. This is in line with Sub-Article (1) of Article 55 of the C64Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.