Croatia+Bio+Chemical

Allison Walters Period 0 DISC Bio Chemical

Country Profile: (20 points, minus one point for each sub-point missing) A. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY 1. Republic of Croatia 2Mediterranean and continental; predominant with hot summer and cold winters, along coast mild winters and dry summers. 3. Map

a. 45 10 N, 15 30 E. Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic sea, between Herzegovina and Bosnia and Solvenia. b. Diverse, has flat plains, low mountains and highlands near coastline. c. 56,542sq km; Land: 56,414sq km; Water:128sq km B. POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY 4. Croatian Democratic Congress of Slavonia and Baranja or HDSSB, Vladimir Sisljagic; Croatian Democratic Union, Ivo Sander; Croatian Party of the Right, Anto Djapic; Croatian Peasant Party, Josip Friscic; Croatian Pensioner Party, Silvano Hrelfa; Croatian People’s Party, Radimir Cacic; Croatian Social Liberal Party, Djurdja Adlesic; Independent Democratic Serb Party, Vojislav Stanimirovic; Istrian Democratic Assembly, Ivan Jakovcic; Social Democratic Party of Croatia, Zoran Milanovic. 5. Capital: Zagreb 6. ACCT (observer) Australia Group, BIS, BSEC(observer), CE CEI,EAPC,ABRD, FAO, IIADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol,IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINURSO, MINUSTAH, NAM(observer), NSG, OAS (observer), OIF(observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, PFP, SECI, UN, UN Security Council(temporary), UNCTAD, UNDOF, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNMOGIP, UNOCI, UNOMIG, UNWTO, UPU WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC. 7. 1,081,135, but 856,946 are technically fit for military service .  C. CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY 8.Croatian, Serbian, Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German. Croat, Serb, Bosniak, Hugarian, Slovene, Czek, and Roma. 9. 4,491,543; -0.043%, uneven population distribution. 10. Rijeka, Pula, Omisalj, Sisak, Osijec, Vukovar, Zadar, Dinara, Sibenik, Split, Ploce, Dubrovnik, Zagreb. 11. infant mortality rate and average life expectancy Infant: 6.49 deaths/1,000 live births. Avrage life expectancy Total: 75.13 years. 12. About 15 % D. ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY 13.$16,900. 14. 25.82% 15. Oil, some coal, bauxite, low-grade iron ore, calcium, gypsum, natural asphalt, mica, clays hydropower, salt, silica 17. Export:Transport equipment, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs, fuels Imports: Machinery, transport and electrical equipment, chemicals, fuels and lubricants, foodstuffs. 18. currency (include current exchange rate)Kuna, $63.95 Billion 19. 6.61 billion. 20. April 22 was Croatia's first free election since World War II. 
 * 16.** major agricultural and industrial products
 * World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/hr.html

Chemical and Biological weapons are a dangerous, painful and effective weapon. They are dropped in containers that seep gas on impact and infect and damage surrounding organisms. The Germans were the people who introduced biological and chemical weapons. During WWI they were used as an effective way to take out relatively large portions of an army. By the end of WWI the British and French were using them as well. There are 17 gasses used that all fall into three main categories: Tear gasses (used for defence of crowd control), blistering gasses (cause blisters and burns lungs throat and eyes), and asphyxiants (chokes enemy). Anthrax is a popular and extremely dangerous biological weapon that has been on the rise lately. The spores are dangerous and once contracted is difficult, if at all possible to remove. Anthrax primarily affects animals, not humans. Iraq has been most recently using the weapon.

The UN has striven to decrease the damage and usage of these weapons. The UN CTC called upon nations to "evaluate ways in which they can enhance the effectiveness of their counter terrorism realted programs, including establishing dialogue and exchange of information with each other and with other revelant international actors." This quote was from the Vienna Declaration which was adopted on March 12 2004 by the CTC. The OPCW is a highly effectice comittee that makes sure that the CWC (Chemical Weapons Convention) goes smoothley. They are attempting to prevent another uprisal of these weapons. They are encouraging parties to destroy their stockpiles and strive to ensure safety.

Croatia has signed NPT and encourages other countries to join. " Let me stress that Croatia supports each of the three, equally important, pillars on which the NPT is based." Croatia feels that we need to promote non-violence, we are currently cracking down on crime in our country. We may be a small country, but we have a lot to offer such as funding and soldiers. We have donated soldiers to the UN before and we will continue to promote such things. We believe that we need to tighten security for dangerous weapons and they should not be tolerated. "We agree with the proposal that the Additional Protocol should be required as a condition of nuclear supply to nonnuclear weapon states, as well as with a principle of non-cooperation with states that are not in compliance with their IAEA Safeguards Agreements." Croatia is a peaceful country that wishes no harm to others. "Croatia is ready and willing to enter into the relevant and international arms control regimes

We have not used biological or chemical weapons recently and do not plan on using them in the future. Croatia would like to help the UN in any way possible. Croatia has joined most comittees that we believe will help to better the world. We need to work with WHO to warn people about the rising threat of Biological and Chemical weapons. The health concerns caused by these weapons is a serious matter and we need to notify people about it. We propose that we send peacekeepers to all the countries spreading the news of the dangers.

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