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INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT  Washington, D.C. 20433  Cable Address: INTBAFRAD
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION            U.S.A.                  Cable Address: INDEVAS
Date: Dec.3 ,-011
Mr. Alan March
Assistant Director General
Humanitarian Preparedness and Response Branch
Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)
255 London Circuit, Civic
Canberra
Australia
Amendment to the Ad ninistration Agreement between the Commonwealth
of Australia, acting throagh the Australian Agency for International
Development and tA e International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development and the International Development Association concerning
the Standby Recovery Financing Facility of the Global Facility for Disaster
Reduction and Recovey (TF 070948)
Dear Mr. March:
1.    We refer to the Administration Agreement between the Commonwealth of
Australia, acting through the Australian Agency for International Development
(the "Donor") and the Interr ational Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the
International Development Association (collectively, the "Bank"), regarding the Standby
Recovery Financing Facility of the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery
('GFDRR Track 3 Technical Assistance MDTF) (TF 070948) (the "Trust Fund"),
effective June 6, 2008, as am,-nded (the "Administration Agreement").
2. Pursuant to recent discussions between the Bank and the Donor, the Bank
proposes to amend paragrapl 8.1 of Annex 2 to the Administration Agreement to extend
the end disbursement date to February 28, 2015, to read as follows:
"8.1. It ii expected that the Contribution funds will be fully disbursed by the
Bank in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement by February 28, 2015.
The Bank will only disburse Contribution funds for the purposes of this
Agreement after such date with the written approval of the Donors."


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All other terms of the Administration Agreement shall remain the same.
The Bank will disclose this Amendment and any information related to this Trust
Fund in accordance with the World Bank Policy on Access to Information. By entering
into this Amendment, the Donor consents to disclosure of this Amendment and related
information on this. Trust Funi.
5.    We propose that this letter shall constitute an amendment to the Administration
Agreement between the Bank and the Donor. Please confirm your acceptance to the
foregoing, on behalf of the Donor, by signing and dating the two originals, retaining one
original for your record and returning the other original to the Bank. Upon receipt by the
Bank of the original Amend -eni countersigned by you, this Amendment will become
effective as of the date of the -ountersignature.
Sincerely,
INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
ZoAida Allaoua
Director
Disaster Risk and Urbanization Management Department
St.stainable Development Network
CONFIRMED AND AGREED:
THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA, ACTING THROUGH
THE AUSTRALIAN AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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,4- Assistant Director General
General Humanitarian Pr-paredness and Response Branch