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INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT  Wash ington--2M3      Cable Address: INTBAFRAD
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION                U.S.A.                   Cable Address: INDEVAS
November 01, 2015
Ms. Esther Oester
Director of Cooperation
Swiss Cooperation Office Afghanistan
House # 55/56, Street # 13, Lane 3 right
Wazir Akbar Khan, Kabul, Afghanistan
RE: Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund
(World Bank Ref: TF050576)
Fifth Amendment to Letter Areement
Dear Madam:
1.     We refer to the Letter Agreement dated September 11, 2002 between the Government of
Switzerland, on the one part (the "Donor"), and the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development and the International Development Association (collectively, the "Bank"), on the
other part, as amended to date (the "Letter Agreement"), pursuant to which the Donor, has made
available to the Bank grant funds for the purpose of contributing to the multi-donor Afghanistan
Reconstruction Trust Fund ("ARTF").
2.     We acknowledge the intention of the Donor to increase its contribution to the ARTF by
an additional nine million five hundred thousand Swiss Francs (CHF9,500,000) (the "Additional
Contribution"), to be provided in accordance with the schedule below:
Date                                            Amount
Upon countersignature of this Amendment         CHF4,000,000
On or before July 15, 2016                      CHF2,500,000
On or before July 15, 2017                      CHF3,000,000
Total                                           CHF9,500,000
3.     Promptly following confirmation of this amendment to the Letter Agreement by you, the
Donor will deposit the Additional Contribution, i.e. nine million five hundred thousand Swiss
Francs (CHF9,500,000) in accordance with the payment schedule set out in paragraph 2 above,
into a bank account designated by the Bank. When making a deposit, the Donor shall instruct its
bank to include in its deposit details information (remittance advice) field of its SWIFT deposit
message, information indicating: the amount deposited, that the deposit is made by the Donor for
No.TF050576 (the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund), and the date of the deposit (the
"Deposit Instructions"). In addition, the Donor shall provide a copy of the Deposit Instructions to
the Bank's Accounting Trust Funds Division by e-mail sent to tfremitadvice(gworldbank.org or
by fax sent to (202) 614-1315. Upon receipt of the funds, the Bank shall convert them into United
States dollars.
4.     All the terms and conditions of the Letter Agreement that have not been amended hereby
shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect.
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5.     We propose that this amendment to the Letter Agreement shall, upon confirmation in the
manner indicated below, constitute an agreement between the Donor and the Bank. This
amendment to the Letter Agreement shall become effective upon signature by both parties hereto.
It is the Bank's policy to make publicly available the Letter Agreement and any information
related thereto, including this amendment.  By confirming below, the Donor consents to
disclosure of this amendment letter after it has become effective.
Sincerely,
Robert J.S m
Country Director for Afghanistan
South Asia Region
CONFIRMED AND AGREED
SWITZERLAND
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