ECOSOC+Canada+2

ECOSOC Canada Eradication of extreme poverty in Eastern Europe

ECOSOC- Canada Illegal Organ Traficking

Kathryn Reuter

A. Physical Geography

1. Canada 2. climate: South- subartic North- artic 3.
 * [[image:https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/maps/ca-map.gif caption="Map of Canada"]] ||
 * Map of Canada ||

key: Area- 9,984,670 square miles

a. Absolute location- Lat: 60 00 W Long: 95 00 W Relative location- north of the United States of America b. Physical features- plains, mountians in east, lowlands in southeast

B. Political Geography Canada consists of a constitutional monarchy as well as a parliamentary democracy and federation. political parties and leaders are as follows: Bloc Quebecois [Gilles DUCEPPE]; Conservative Party of Canada [Stephen HARPER] (a merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party); Green Party [Elizabeth MAY]; Liberal Party [Michael GNATIEFF]; New Democratic Party [Jack LAYTON] Canada's capitol is Ottawa. Canada is affiliated with the following: ACCT, ADB (nonregional members), AfDB (nonregional members), APEC, Arctic Council, ARF, ASEAN (dialogue partner), Australia Group, BIS, C, CDB, CE (observer), EAPC, EBRD, ESA (cooperating state), FAO, G-20, G-7, G-8, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINUSTAH, MONUC, NAFTA, NAM (guest), NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS, OECD, OIF, OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, PIF (partner), SECI (observer), UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNDOF, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNMIS, UNRWA, UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO,and ZC. The Canadian Armed Forces includes 62,000 individuals, not including the 25,000 Reservists.  C. Cultural Geography  The official languages of Canada are English and French. The Canadian people are 28% British isles origin, 23% French origin, 15% other European, 15% Amerindian, 32% Mixed Background or Other. Major Religions include Roman Catholic, Protestant, Anglican, Babtist, lutheran, muslim, and other christian. Canada's population stands at 33,212,696 with a growth rate of 0.83%. major cities include Dawson, Whitehorse, Vancouver, Victoria, Montreal, Churchill, Edmonton, Calgary, Regina, Quebec, Winnipeg, Thunder Bay, Goderich, Toronto, Halifax, Hamilton, Igalluit, St. John's, Saint John, and Sept-Lies. the infant mortality rate in Canada is 5.08 deaths per 1,000 live births. life expectancy at birth is 81.16 years. there are approximatley 2.2 doctors per thousand population in Canada.  D. Economic Geography Canada's total GDP is $1.271 trillion while per capita is $38,600. the percent of land that is arable used for agriculture constitutes 4.57%. Canada's natural resources include iron ore, nickel, zinc,copper, gold, lead, molybdenum, potash, diamonds, silver, fish, timber, wildlife, coal, petroleum, natural gas, and hydropower. Canada's major agriculture products are wheat, barley, oilseed, tobacco, fruits, vegetables, dairy products, forest products, and fish. major industrial products include transportation equipment, chemicals, processed and unprocessed minerals, food products, wood and paper products, fish products, petroleum and natural gas. major exports are motor vehicles and parts, industrial materials, aircraft, telecommunications equipment, chemicals, plastics, fertilizers, wood, pulp, timber, crude petroleum, natural gas, electricity, and aluminum. major imports aremachinery and equipment, motor vehicles and parts, crude oil, chemicals, electricity, and aluminum. currency is the Canadian dollar with and exchange rate of 1.0724 per u.s dollar. II. Background in recent years, the numbers of people living in poverty in Eastern Europe are growing, with an estimated 100 million people, 50 million of those are children. these numbers have ben growing since nineteen-eighty due to economic difficulties, external indebtedness, and mismanagment. the by products of these high poverty rates are those of any impoversed nation. III. UN Involvement the united nations new millenium goals include the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger. although the un recognizes the issue of poverty in eastern europe, their efforts are concentrated o areas of paricaular needs best served by the capacity of the orginazation. meaning areas of higher poverty, such as sub-saharan africa, with forty-four percent of people living on less than a dollar a day. IV. Country Policy/ Possible Solutions