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Background

Addis Ababa Municipality was established in 1909.The very basic cause was the city's population growth, economic activity and rising land area and also the need to properly handle various people coming from different parts of Ethiopia. During Emperor Menelik's reign, Addis Ababa went through a transition into modernization and sustainable development activities. After the establishment of the municipality, a French citizen called Mr. Lilo Shefanu and a Syrian citizen named Mr. Adelebi pressured the council to relocate to Adwa cinema. City hall and the house was called "house union”.

This designation was as a result of the pressure imposed by Mr.Idlib. The former "Union City house'' designation reassignment was due to "Municipality" is an English word and could not represent Addis Ababa, therefore, in 1920 EC, Behiruyi Wolde-Selassie gave the name “Mazegaja Bet". At that time due to the reason of city’s population growth and security, in 1926 EC it started working in 16 major categories with more than 250 employees. And the departments were Mayors Office, inheritance, class, mapping and approximate bearing, the judiciary, Yearada Zebegna, a vehicle and driver's license / Gambling Control Department, including / cleaning work of the Finance Control Room, a secret room / medical / special chamber / part of the contract, Fire accident prevention are part of the Senior class. These are the major parts of the department and had branches in each sub-section. The registry office above the main parts of the pedestals, but development of the town was not satisfactory according to different Publications. The city council had to establish and improve its services and build a new building due to growing problem associated with the growth of the city to improve and provide better services to the residents, and the current building was built and is in service up to date.

Topography and Climate

Addis Ababa lies between 2,200 and 2,500 meters above sea level. The city lies at the foot of the 3,000 meters high Entoto Mountains.
Despite its proximity to the equator, Addis Ababa enjoys a mild, Afro-Alpine temperate and warm temperate climate. The lowest and the highest annual average temperature is between 9.89 and 24.6400c. The city rambles pleasantly across many wooden hillsides and gullies cut through with fast flowing streams especially during the rainy seasons from July-September.

Addis Ababa, a city with:

Excellent weather conditions that demand neither cooling in summer nor heating in winter;

Absence of vector-born tropical diseases;

Highest level of safety

Low rate of inflation and low cost of living;

World class hotels and conference centers;

Abundance of excellent cuisines serving national and international dishes;

Location close to places of recreation such as Sodere and the Rift Valley lakes region;

The availability of air connections to any part of the world from Bole International Airport;

International solidarity-oriented and friendly inhabitants.

Availability of health and educational services i.e. public and private clinics, health centers and hospitals; and private kindergartens, primary and secondary schools; and colleges and universities of adequate standard.

Addis Ababa Host for International Conferences & Events

Ethiopia is a founding member of numerous international organizations which formulate laws that affect inter-state relations and serve as forums to oversee respect for the rules which govern international engagement. It is the conviction of Ethiopia that international organizations play an irreplaceable role in ensuring peace and the primacy of international law as well as in strengthening cooperation between countries. It is these same organizations that have also provided the forums in which Ethiopia has been playing by the rules in the present globalized world. This is where Ethiopia, along with other countries in similar conditions, takes into account the rules of the international game as well as the interests of others.

Ethiopia's role in, and cooperation with, the United Nations is one pre-eminent element of the country's engagement with international organizations. Ethiopia is one of the only two African founding members of the United Nations Organization set up following the end of the Second World War; the other being Liberia. And ever since the creation of the UN, Ethiopia has been committed to the organization. The principle of collective security at the heart of the UN charter has particular significance for Ethiopia as this was seen as an improvement on the failed attempts of the League of Nations to bring world peace. The League of Nations of which Ethiopia was also a member was of course the organization that preceded the UN, and history remembers the failure of the League of Nations to live up to its obligations when Ethiopia was attacked by fascist Italy in the run up to the Second World War. Emperor Haile Selassie's famous speech admonishing the League for its failure to assist Ethiopia was later to haunt many in the international community. This indeed was one of the major reasons behind the adoption of collective security and the cooperation that formed the basis of the UN charter.

International Organizations in Ethiopia

ACP, AfDB, AU, COMESA, EITI (candidate country), FAO, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OPCW, PCA, UN, UN Security Council (temporary), UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)

Source CIA world factbook..

Addis Ababa comprises 6 zones and 28 woredas. The city is divided into 328 dwelling associations (Kebeles) of which 305 are urban and 23 rural. The city council is made up of 18 bureaus, offices and authorities. Amharic is the working language of the city administration