- The President of the Federal Supreme Court; The Vice Minister of Justice; The State Minister of Women’s Affairs in the Prime Minister’s Office; The Director and First Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; and The Chief Administrator in the Federal Prisons Commission. Some of these preliminary recommendations included – considering the release of persons above the age of 70 and persons who are seriously sick; the provision of adequate medical treatment for all persons under the custody of the state and the provision of special dietary meals for nursing mothers, expectant mothers, children and the sick; increase the budget allocation to prisons and ensure the supply of basic items such as detergents, blankets and mattresses. The final report of the Special Rapporteur’s mission to Ethiopia, including detailed recommendations shall be prepared and published in due course. We hope this relationship of dialogue and cooperation between the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights shall continue and be mutually beneficial not only in the field of prisons but on human rights generally. For further information, please contact Mr. Moussa Gandega Press and Information Officer ACHPR PO Box 673 Banjul, The Gambia Tel: 220 4392 962 Fax: 220 4390 764 E-mail: press.officer@achpr.org or Robert Wundeh Eno at wundeh@hotmail.com Done in Addis Ababa, 29th March 2004 53 Report of the Mission of the Special Rapporteur on Prisons to Ethiopia 15 – 29 March 2004