Exhibit 99.A


                      ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT

                                       OF

            MORGAN STANLEY EMERGING MARKETS DOMESTIC DEBT FUND, INC.

     THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT:

     FIRST: Morgan Stanley Emerging Market Domestic Debt Fund, Inc., a Maryland
corporation, desires to amend and restate its charter as currently in effect and
as hereinafter amended.

     SECOND: The following provisions are all the provisions of the charter
currently in effect and as hereinafter amended (the "CHARTER"):

                                   ARTICLE I

     The undersigned, Ronald E. Robison, whose address is 1221 Avenue of the
Americas, New York, New York 10020, being at least eighteen (18) years of age,
does hereby form a corporation under the General Laws of the State of Maryland.

                                   ARTICLE II

     The name of the corporation (hereinafter called the "CORPORATION") is
Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Fund, Inc.

                                  ARTICLE III

     The Corporation was formed for the following purposes:

          (1) To act as a closed-end investment company of the management type
registered as such with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and to engage in any lawful business
or other activity for which a corporation may be organized under the general
laws of the State of Maryland now or hereafter in force.

          (2) To hold, invest and reinvest its assets in securities and other
investments or to hold all or part of its assets in each.

          (3) To issue and sell shares of its capital stock in such amounts and
on such terms and conditions and for such purposes and for such amount or kind
of consideration as may now or hereafter be permitted by law.

          (4) To enter into management, supervisory, advisory, administrative,
underwriting and other contracts and otherwise do business with other
corporations, and subsidiaries or affiliates thereof, or any other firm or
organization, notwithstanding that the Board of Directors of the Corporation may
be composed in part of officers, directors or employees of such corporation,
firm or organization and, in the absence of fraud, the Corporation and such
corporation, firm or organization may deal freely with each other and neither
such management, supervisory, advisory, administrative or underwriting contract
nor any other contract or transaction between the Corporation and such
corporation, firm or organization shall be invalidated or in any way affected
thereby.



          (5) To do any and all additional acts and exercise any and all
additional powers or rights as may be necessary, incidental, appropriate or
desirable for the accomplishment of all or any of the foregoing purposes.

     The Corporation shall be authorized to exercise and generally to enjoy all
of the powers, rights and privileges granted to, or conferred upon, corporations
by the General Laws of the State of Maryland now or hereafter in force.

                                   ARTICLE IV

     The post office address of the place at which the principal office of the
Corporation in the State of Maryland is located is c/o The Corporation Trust
Incorporated, 300 East Lombard Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202.

     The name of the Corporation's resident agent is The Corporation Trust
Incorporated, and its post office address is 300 East Lombard Street, Baltimore,
Maryland 21202. Said resident agent is a corporation of the State of Maryland.

                                   ARTICLE V

     Section 1. (1) The total number of shares of capital stock that the
Corporation has authority to issue is 150,000,000 shares of capital stock of the
par value of $0.01 cash per share, having an aggregate par value of $1,500,000,
and initially consisting of (i) 100,000,000 shares of common stock (the "COMMON
STOCK"), and (ii) 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock (the "PREFERRED STOCK").

          (2) The following is a description of the preferences, conversion and
other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends,
qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption of the Common Stock of the
Corporation:

               (a) Each share of Common Stock shall have one vote, and, except
as otherwise provided in respect of any class of stock which may be classified
or reclassified, the exclusive voting power for all purposes shall be vested in
the holders of the Common Stock;

               (b) Subject to the provisions of law and any preferences of any
class of stock hereafter classified or reclassified, dividends, including
dividends payable in shares of another class of the Corporation's stock, may be
paid on the Common Stock of the Corporation at such times and in such amounts as
the Board of Directors may deem advisable; and

               (c) In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, the holders of the Common
Stock shall be entitled, after payment or provision for payment of the debts and
other liabilities of the Corporation and the amount to which the holders of any
class of stock hereafter classified or reclassified having a preference on
distribution in the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation
shall be entitled, together with the holders of any other class of stock which
may be classified or reclassified not having a preference on distributions in
the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, to share ratably
in the remaining net assets of the Corporation.

          (3) The Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more
classes or series, each having such designation, number of shares, preferences,
conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to
dividends, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption as may be set
by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 2 of this Article V.


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     Section 2. (1) Without the assent or vote of the stockholders, the Board of
Directors shall have the authority by resolution to classify and reclassify any
authorized but unissued shares of capital stock from time to time by setting or
changing in any one or more respects the preferences, conversion or other
rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends, qualifications
or terms or conditions of redemption of the capital stock.

          (2) The foregoing powers of the Board of Directors to classify and
reclassify any of the shares of capital stock shall include, without limitation,
subject to the provisions of the Charter, authority to classify or reclassify
any unissued shares of such stock into one or more classes or series of
preferred stock, preference stock, specials stock or other stock, and to divide
and classify shares of any such class or series into one or more classes or
series of such class or series, by determining, fixing, or altering one or more
of the following:

               (a) The distinctive designation of such class or series and the
number of shares to constitute such class or series; provided that, unless
otherwise prohibited by the terms of such or any other class or series, the
number of shares of any class or series may be decreased by the Board of
Directors in connection with any classification or reclassification of unissued
shares and the number of shares of such class or series may be increased by the
Board of Directors in connection with any such classification or
reclassification, and any shares of any class or series which have been
redeemed, purchased, otherwise acquired or converted into shares of Common Stock
or any other class or series shall become part of the authorized capital stock
and be subject to classification reclassification as provided in this
subparagraph;

               (b) Whether or not and, if so, the rates, amounts and times at
which, and the conditions under which, dividends shall be payable on shares of
such class or series, whether any such dividends shall rank senior or junior to
or on a parity with the dividends payable on any other class or series of stock,
and the status of any such dividends as cumulative, cumulative to a limited
extent or non-cumulative and as participating or non-participating;

               (c) Whether or not shares of such class or series shall have
voting rights, in addition to any voting rights provided by law and, if so, the
terms of such voting rights;

               (d) Whether or not shares of such class or series shall have
conversion or exchange privileges and, if so, the terms and conditions thereof,
including provisions for adjustment of the conversion or exchange rate in such
events or at such times as the Board of Directors shall determine;

               (e) Whether or not shares of such class or series shall be
subject to redemption and, if so, the terms and conditions of such redemption,
including the date or dates upon or after which they shall be redeemable and the
amount per share payable in case of redemption, which amount may vary under
different conditions and at different redemption dates; and whether or not there
shall be any sinking fund or purchase account in respect thereof, and if so, the
terms thereof;

               (f) The rights of the holders of shares of such class or series
upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up the affairs of, or upon any
distribution of the assets of, the Corporation, which rights may vary depending
upon whether such liquidation, dissolution or winding up is voluntary or
involuntary and, if voluntary, may vary at different dates, and whether such
rights shall rank senior or junior to or on a par with such rights of any other
class or series of stock;

               (g) Whether or not there shall be any limitations applicable,
while shares of such class or series are outstanding, upon the payment of
dividends or making of distributions on, or the acquisition of, or the use of
moneys for purchase or redemption of, any stock of the Corporation, or upon


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any other action of the Corporation, including action under this subparagraph,
and, if so, the terms and conditions thereof; and

               (h) Any other preferences, rights, restrictions, including
restrictions on transferability, and qualifications of shares of such class or
series, not inconsistent with law and the Charter of the Corporation.

          (3) For the purposes hereof and of any articles supplementary to the
Charter providing for the classification or reclassification of any shares of
capital stock or of any other charter document of the Corporation (unless
otherwise provided in any such articles or document), any class or series of
stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to rank:

               (a) prior to another class or series either as to dividends or
upon liquidation, if the holders of such class or series shall be entitled to
the receipt of dividends or of amounts distributable on liquidation, dissolution
or winding up, as the case may be, in preference or priority to holders of such
other class or series;

               (b) on a parity with another class or series either as to
dividends or upon liquidation, whether or not the dividend rates, dividend
payment dates or redemption or liquidation price per share thereof be different
from these of such others, if the holders of such class or series of stock shall
be entitled to receipt of dividends or amounts distributable upon liquidation,
dissolution or winding up, as the case may be, in preparation to their
respective dividend rates or redemption or liquidation prices, without
preference or priority over the holders of such other class or series; and

               (c) junior to another class or series either as to dividends or
upon liquidation, if the rights of the holders of such class or series shall be
subject or subordinate to the rights of the holders of such other class or
series in respect of the receipt of dividends or the amounts distributable upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up, as the case may be.

          (4) The provisions of Section 2 of this Article V may not be amended,
altered or repealed except by vote of three-fourths of the shares of capital
stock of the Corporation outstanding and entitled to vote thereupon.

     Section 3. The presence in person or by proxy of the holders of record of a
majority of the aggregate number of shares of capital stock issued and
outstanding and entitled to vote thereat shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of any business at all meetings of the stockholders except as
otherwise provided by law or in the Charter.

     Section 4. Notwithstanding any provision of the General Laws of the State
of Maryland requiring action to be taken or authorized by the affirmative vote
of the holders of a designated proportion greater than a majority of the shares
of capital stock of the Corporation outstanding and entitled to vote thereupon,
such action shall, except as otherwise provided in the Charter, be valid and
effective if taken or authorized by the affirmative vote of the holders of a
majority of the total number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation
outstanding and entitled to vote thereupon voting together as a single class.

     Section 5. No holder of shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall,
as such holder, have any preemptive right to purchase or subscribe for any part
of any new or additional issue of stock of any class, or of rights or options to
purchase any stock, or of securities convertible into, or carrying rights or
options to purchase, stock of any class, whether new or thereafter authorized or
whether issued for money, for a consideration other than money or by way of a
dividend or otherwise, and all such rights are


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hereby waived by each holder of capital stock and of any other class of stock or
securities which may hereafter be created.

     Section 6. All persons who shall acquire capital stock in the Corporation
shall acquire the same subject to the provisions of the Charter and the Bylaws.

     Section 7. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this
Section 7 of this Article V, the affirmative vote of at least three-fourths of
the shares of capital stock of the Corporation outstanding and entitled to vote
thereupon voting together as a single class shall be necessary to authorize any
of the following actions:

               (a) the conversion of the Corporation to an "open-end company" or
any amendment to the Charter to make the Corporation's common stock a
"redeemable security" (as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act
of 1940);

               (b) the merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into
any other company (including, without limitation, a partnership, corporation,
joint venture, business trust, common law trust or any other business
organization) or share exchange in which the Corporation is not the successor
corporation;

               (c) the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation
notwithstanding any other provision in the Charter;

               (d) any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or
other disposition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Corporation other than in the ordinary
course of the Corporation's business;

               (e) a change in the nature of the business of the Corporation
such that it would cease to be an investment company registered under the
Investment Company Act of 1940; or

               (f) the issuance or transfer by the Corporation (in one
transaction or a series of transactions) of any securities of the Corporation to
any other person in exchange for cash, securities or other property having an
aggregate fair market value of $1,000,000 or more excluding (i) sales of any
securities of the Corporation in connection with a public offering thereof, (ii)
issuances of any securities of the Corporation pursuant to a dividend
reinvestment plan adopted by the Corporation or pursuant to a stock dividend and
(iii) issuances of any securities of the Corporation upon the exercise of any
stock subscription rights distributed by the Corporation.

          (2) If the Board of Directors approves, by a vote of at least seventy
percent of the entire Board of Directors, any action listed in subsection (1) of
this Section 7 of this Article V other than the action described in clause
(1)(f), the affirmative vote of only a majority of the shares of capital stock
of the Corporation outstanding and entitled to vote thereupon voting together as
a single class shall be necessary to authorize such action. If the Board of
Directors approves, by a vote of at least seventy percent of the entire Board of
Directors, an action described in clause (1)(f) of this Section 7 of this
Article V, no shareholder vote shall be required to authorize such action.

          (3) The provisions of this Section 7 of this Article V may not be
amended, altered or repealed except by the approval of at least three-fourths of
the shares of capital stock of the Corporation outstanding and entitled to vote
thereupon voting together as a single class.


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     Section 8. Holders of shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall not
be entitled to exercise any rights of an objecting stockholder providing
provided for under Title 3, Subtitle 2 of the Maryland General Corporation Law
(the "MGCL") unless the Board of Directors, upon the affirmative vote of a
majority of the entire Board of Directors, shall determine that such rights
apply, with respect to all or any classes or series of stock, to one or more
transactions occurring after the date of such determination in connection with
which holders of such shares would otherwise be entitled to exercise such
rights.

                                   ARTICLE VI

     The initial number of directors of the Corporation is ten (10), and the
names of the directors who shall act as such until the first annual meeting of
stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualify are Frank
L. Bowman, Michael Bozic, Kathleen A. Dennis, James F. Higgins, Dr. Manuel H.
Johnson, Joseph J. Kearns, Michael F. Klein, Michael E. Nugent, W. Allen Reed
and Fergus Reid.

     The Bylaws of the Corporation may fix the number of directors at a number
other than ten and may authorize the Board of Directors, by the vote of a
majority of the entire Board of Directors, to increase or decrease the number of
directors within a limit specified in the Bylaws, provided that in no case shall
the number of directors be less than the number prescribed by law, and to fill
the vacancies created by any such increase in the number of directors. Unless
otherwise provided by the Bylaws of the Corporation, the directors of the
Corporation need not be stockholders.

     The Bylaws of the Corporation may also divide the directors of the
Corporation into classes and provide for the term of office of each class, as
permitted by Maryland law.

     A director may be removed, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote
of at least two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast by the stockholders of
the Corporation generally the election of directors.

     The provisions of this Article VI may not be amended, altered or repealed
except by a vote of three-fourths of the shares of capital stock of the
Corporation outstanding and entitled to vote thereupon, voting as a single
class.

                                  ARTICLE VII

     Section 1. All corporate powers and authority of the Corporation (except as
at the time otherwise provided by statute, by the Charter or by the Bylaws)
shall be vested in and exercised by the Board of Directors.

     Section 2. The Board of Directors shall have the sole power to adopt, alter
or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation except to the extent that the Bylaws
otherwise provide. The provisions of this Section 2 of this Article VII may not
be amended, altered or repealed except by vote of three-fourths of the shares of
capital stock of the corporation outstanding and entitled to vote thereupon
voting together as a single class.

     Section 3. The Board of Directors shall have the power from time to time to
determine whether and to what extent, and at what times and places and under
what conditions and regulations, the accounts and books of the Corporation
(other than the stock ledger) or any of them shall be open to the inspection of
stockholders; and no stockholder shall have any right to inspect any account,
book or document of the Corporation except to the extent permitted by statute or
the Bylaws.


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     Section 4. The Board of Directors shall have the power to determine, as
provided herein, or if a provision is not made herein, in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles, what constitutes net income, total
assets and the net asset value of the shares of capital stock of the
Corporation.

     Section 5. The Board of Directors shall have the power to distribute
dividends from the funds legally available therefor in such amounts, if any, and
in such manner to the stockholders of record as of such date as the Board of
Directors may determine.

     Section 6. Without the assent or vote of the stockholders, the Board of
Directors shall have the power to authorize the issuance from time to time of
shares of the capital stock of any class of the Corporation, whether new or
hereafter authorized, and securities convertible into shares of capital stock of
the Corporation of any class or classes, whether now or hereafter authorized,
for such consideration as the Board of Directors may deem advisable. To the
extent permitted by Maryland law, the Board of Directors, with the approval of a
majority of the entire Board of Directors, and without any action by the
stockholders of the Corporation, may amend the Charter from time to time to
increase or decrease the aggregate number of shares of stock or the number of
shares of stock of any class or series that the Corporation has authority to
issue.

     Section 7. Without the assent or vote of the stockholders, the Board of
Directors shall have the power to authorize and issue obligations of the
Corporation, secured or unsecured, as the Board of Directors may determine, and
to authorize and cause to be executed mortgages and liens upon the real or
personal property of the Corporation.

     Section 8. The provisions of Sections 6 and 7 of this Article VII may not
be amended, altered or repealed except by vote of three-fourths of the shares of
capital stock of the Corporation outstanding and entitled to vote thereupon
voting together as a single class.

                                  ARTICLE VIII

     Section 1. To the fullest extent permitted by Maryland statutory or
decisional law, subject to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended, no director or officer of the Corporation shall be personally
liable to the Corporation or its security holders for money damages. This
limitation on liability applies to events occurring at the time a person serves
as a director or officer of the Corporation whether or not such person is a
director or officer at the time of any proceeding in which such liability is
asserted. No amendment of the Charter or repeal of any provision hereof shall
limit or eliminate the benefits provided to directors and officers under this
provision in connection with any act or omission that occurred prior to such
amendment or repeal.

     Section 2. The Corporation shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted
by law (including the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) as currently
in effect or as the same may hereafter be amended, any person made or threatened
to be made a party to any action, suit or proceeding, whether criminal, civil,
administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person or such
person's testator or intestate is or was a director or officer of the
Corporation or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, serves or served
at the request of the Corporation any other enterprises as a director, officer,
trustee, employee or agent. To the fullest extent permitted by law (including
the Investment Company Act of 1940) as currently in effect or as the same way
hereafter be amended, expenses incurred by any such person in defending any such
action, suit or proceeding shall be paid or reimbursed in advance of final
disposition of a proceeding (without requiring a preliminary determination of
the ultimate entitlement to indemnification) by the Corporation promptly upon
receipt by it of (i) a written undertaking by or on behalf of such person to
repay such expenses if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not
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to be indemnified by the Corporation and (ii) a written affirmation by the
person of the person's good faith belief that the standard of conduct necessary
for indemnification by the Corporation has been met. The rights provided to any
person by this Section 2 of this Article VIII shall be enforceable against the
Corporation by such person who shall be presumed to have relied upon it in
serving or continuing to serve as a director or officer as provided above. The
Corporation shall have the power, with the approval of the Board of Directors,
to provide indemnification and advancement of expenses to any employee or agent
of the Corporation. No amendment of this Section 2 of this Article VIII shall
impair the rights of any person arising at any time with respect to events
occurring prior to such amendment. For purposes of this Section 2 of this
Article VIII, the term "Corporation" shall include any predecessor of the
Corporation and any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a
constituent) absorbed by the Corporation in a consolidation or merger; the term
"other enterprise" shall include any corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust or employee benefit plan; service "at the request of the Corporation"
shall include services as a director, officer, employee or agent of the
Corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such person with
respect to an employee benefit plan, the participants or beneficiaries; any
excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan shall
be deemed to be indemnifiable expenses; and action by a person with respect to
any employee benefit plan which such person reasonably believes to be in the
interest of the participants and beneficiaries of such plan shall be deemed to
be action not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation. The provisions
of this Section 2 of this Article VIII shall be in addition to the other
provisions of this Article VIII.

     Section 3. Each section and portion thereof of this Article VIII shall be
deemed severable from the remainder, and the invalidity of any such section or
portion shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this Article.

     Section 4. The provisions of this Article VIII may not be amended, altered
or repealed except by a vote of three-fourths of the shares of capital stock of
the Corporation outstanding and entitled to vote thereon, voting as a single
class.

                                   ARTICLE IX

     The duration of the Corporation shall be perpetual.

                                   ARTICLE X

     From time to time, any of the provisions of the Charter may be amended,
altered or repealed (including any amendment, alteration or repeal that changes
the terms or contract rights of any of the outstanding stock by classification,
reclassification or otherwise), and other provisions that may, under the
statutes of the State of Maryland at the time in force, be lawfully contained in
the Charter may be added or inserted (including any addition or insertion that
changes the terms or contract rights of any of the outstanding stock by
classification, reclassification or otherwise), upon the vote of the holders of
a majority of the shares of capital stock of the Corporation outstanding and
entitled to vote thereupon; provided that, if the Charter specifically so
provides, any such amendment, alteration, repeal, addition or insertion may be
effected only upon the vote of three-fourths of the shares of capital stock of
the Corporation outstanding and entitled to vote thereupon. The provisions of
the prior sentence may not be amended, altered or repealed except by vote of
three-fourths of the shares of capital stock of the Corporation outstanding and
entitled to vote thereupon. All rights at any time conferred upon the
stockholders of the Corporation by the Charter are subject to the provisions of
this Article X.

     THIRD: The amendment to and restatement of the Charter as hereinabove set
forth have been duly approved by a majority of the entire Board of Directors in
accordance with Sections 2-603(c)


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and 2-609 of the MGCL, as amended from time to time, there being no stock of the
Corporation outstanding or subscribed for and entitled to be voted thereon.

     FOURTH: The current address of the principal office of the Corporation is
as set forth in Article IV of the foregoing amendment and restatement of the
Charter.

     FIFTH: The name and address of the Corporation's current resident agent is
as set forth in Article IV of the foregoing amendment and restatement of the
Charter.

     SIXTH: The number of directors of the Corporation and the names of those
currently in office are as set forth in Article VI of the foregoing amendment
and restatement of the Charter.

     SEVENTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation had
authority to issue immediately prior to the foregoing amendment and restatement
of the Charter was 10,000,000 shares, each having a par value of $0.01, all of
one class designated as Common Stock. The aggregate par value of all shares of
stock having par value was $100,000.00.

     EIGHTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation has
authority to issue pursuant to the foregoing amendment and restatement of the
Charter is 150,000,000 shares, each having a par value of $0.01, initially
consisting of (i) 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock, and (ii) 50,000,000 shares
of Preferred Stock. The aggregate par value of all shares of stock having par
value is $1,500,000.00.

     NINTH: The undersigned President acknowledges these Articles of Amendment
and Restatement to be the corporate act of the Corporation and as to all matters
or facts required to be verified under oath, the undersigned President
acknowledges that to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, these
matters and facts are true in all material respects and that this statement is
made under the penalties for perjury.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these Articles of Amendment
and Restatement to be signed in its name and on its behalf by its President and
attested to by its Secretary on this 20th day of February, 2007.

ATTEST:                                 MORGAN STANLEY EMERGING MARKETS DOMESTIC
                                        DEBT FUND, INC.


/s/ Mary E. Mullin                      By: /s/ Ronald E. Robison         (SEAL)
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Name: Mary E. Mullin                    Name: Ronald E. Robison
Title: Secretary                        Title: President