29.6% in 2010/11. There is an improvement in the life expectancy of citizens from 50.9 for women and 53.5 for men in 1993/4 to 60.4 for women and 58.4 for men in 2010/11. The Government has been able to record an above 11% average annual economic growth over the past eight years, through designing and implementing development policies and strategies that were able to create accelerated and sustainable growth centered on agriculture and rural development. This growth is the result of the joint endeavors and participation of Government, citizens and investors, and has benefited society at all levels. To combat corruption which prevents citizens from benefiting from development and the government from attaining its vision as well as challenging good administration, the Government established Anti-Corruption and Ethics Commissions at Federal and State levels. These Commissions have been striving to accomplish their mission by expanding ethics education, preventing corruption, investigating and prosecuting cases, and working to create transparency and accountability within the government system.101 They have had some success. RIGHTS OF ALL PEOPLES TO NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY (ARTICLE 23) Constitutional Guarantee One of the principles of Ethiopia‟s external relation is to promote peaceful solutions to regional and international disputes. The Constitution under Article 86 sets out the principles of foreign relations which include the promotion of relations based on the protection of national interests and respect for the sovereignty of the country; to promote mutual respect for national sovereignty and equality of states and non-interference in the internal affairs of other states. In line with the Constitution, Ethiopia‟s foreign relations are based on mutual interests and equality of states as well as those international agreements ratified by the State. Having ratified the African Union (AU) Constitutive Act, the Protocol on the Establishment of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union and the AU Common Defense Pact, Ethiopia has 101 The FDRE National Human Rights Action Plan, 2013- 15, pg 169 120