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Lauren Engstrom Period 3 Country Profile Country Profile A. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY 1. official name of country: Zambia 2. climate: tropical, modified by altitude, rainy season from October to April 3. map: a.  location: Southern Africa, some border countries are Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe b. physical features: Some of Zambia’s physical features are the high plateaus with some hills, mountains and the Zambezi River 15 00 S, and 30 00 E.  (what would one see in the country in the way of mountains, deserts, plains, major rivers, coast lines, etc.)  c.  752,614 sq. km  B. POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY 4. type of government: republic names of government officials: President Rupiah BANDA, Vice President George KUNA political parties: 5. capital: Lusaka 6. international organization affiliations: 7. size of armed forces C. CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY 8. official language: English other languages spoken: Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga, etc. ethnic composition: 98.7% African, 1.1% European 0.2% other major religions: 50%-75% Christian, 24%-49% Muslim and Hindu, 1% indiginous 9. population: 11,669,534 population growth rate: 1.654% in 2008 (estimated) population distribution: 10. major cities: Lusaka, Livingstone, Ndola, Kitwe 11. infant mortality rate: 100.96 death out of 1,000 live births average life expectancy: 38.59 years 38.49 years for males 38.7 years for females 12. teachers and doctors per population D. ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY 13. GDP: $16.1 billion estimated 2007 14. % of land that is arable used for agriculture: 6.3% 15. natural resources: Copper, cobalt, zinc, lead, coal, emeralds, gold, silver, uranium, and hydropower. 16. major agricultural products: corn, sorghum, rice, peanuts, sunflower seeds, vegetables, flowers, tobacco, cotton, sugarcane, cassava (tapioca), coffee, cattle, goats, pigs, poultry, milk, eggs, hides. industrial products: copper mining and processing, construction, foodstuffs, beverages, chemicals, textiles, fertilizer, horticulture. 17. major exports: copper/cobalt 64%, cobalt, electricity, tobacco, flowers, cotton. Major imports: machinery, transportation equipment, petroleum products, electricity, fertilizer, foodstuffs, clothing. 18. currency: Zambian kwacha (ZMK), ZMK per US dollar- 3,990.2 19. balance of trade:  $4.5 billion 20. historical events (time line format only since 1980) __https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/za.html __ Anti-Semitism II. Background: Anti-Semitism is the discrimination, prejudice, or hostility towards Jews. This unique issue of hatred, intoleration, and persecution has been around almost since the beginning of this religion in 70 AD, but the most well known case of anti-Semitism was during World War ll, in Germany’s holocaust. The Holocaust was the most deathly attempt to extinguish a religion in which over 6 million innocent Jewish men, women and children were murdered. The Holocaust was not the only event where people discriminated against Jews. Two thousand years ago, the Romans forced them out of there home land Israel. From there they had to find new lands and homes. In there new homelands they experienced Anti-Semitism from Christians and Romans due to implausible reasons. They were blamed for the Black Death (the plague) and the death of Jesus, which were both very unreasonable. In Zambia we do not feel the need for such unwanted hatred. We Africans have been discriminated against and believe that this is an unnecessary appliance of hostility. Our neighbor ally Pakistan, has been treated unjustly by Israel so we of course do not believe there actions are prudent, but we still uphold our tradition of not discriminating against people of a different belief or race. Human beings are human beings no matter the color of there skin. III. UN Involvement: The idea of Anti-Semitism has infatuated the world’s nations for many years. Many conventions, meetings, and committees have been set up by the Untied Nations in their effort to bring this terrible worldwide disease to an end. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights says, “disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind.” After that Declaration was made in 1948 the General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. There is also a National Commission of Human Rights and European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia which were combined and named the Fundamental Rights Agencies. Their fight to ensure fair rights to people of the Jewish faith has been very productive. There have also been attempts by the United Nations to stop Anti-Semitism on the internet. They have created a system of monitoring that tries to keep the Internet free of racial discrimination. This committee also works making this situation aware of through ads and educating the population of the terrible actions taking place. The UN Resolution of 3379, which states that Zionism is a form of Anti-Semitism, and is hoping to find a resolution to this problem IV. Country Policy/Possible Solutions: Zambia does not directly believe in the discrimination of any people of any faith or culture. We do not deny that multiple people throughout our country have there biases though. Our strong ally Pakistan has been dealing with issues between Israel for a while so it is difficult for us to say we fully support Israel and all their beliefs. Regardless, the discrimination towards any one is unacceptable and a stance needs to made. Zambia would be comfortable offering aid and assistance to countries dealing with an issue of any type of racism. An awareness campaign should be immediately instated, and education to our youth about the dangers of discrimination would also be prudent. Our children are our future and putting effort into making that future a bright one for all races and religions is a necessary step that we should make. Although, we need to consider that this issue is not simply going to resolve itself over night. No matter how hard we strive to extinguish this hate, there will still be people with biases, but even a small impact is important. Banning together as a united front is mandatory for the success of this issue.  __http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/anti-semitism __ __http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/asemit.htm __ __[|http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2004/issue2/0204p48.asp#] __ __http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2004/issue4/0404p34.html __ __http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2004.sgsm9375.doc.htm __ __<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; color: blue;">http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2004/hr4773.doc.htm __ <span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; color: blue;">