6th+Legal+Egypt

Patrick Nguyen Period 0 1/20/09 Country:Egypt

A. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY 1. Egypt 2. Dry, Arid 3. map a. 27 00 North 30 00 East b. Oasis, Rivers (Nile River), the Red Sea, Deserts c. 1,001,450 Sq Km

B. POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY 4. Republic, president, cabinet 5. Cairo  6. ABEDA, ACCT, AfDB, AFESD, AMF, AU, BSEC (observer), CAEU, COMESA, EBRD, FAO, G-15, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt (signatory), ICRM,IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, LAS, MIGA, MINURCAT, MINURSO, MONUC, NAM, OAPEC, OAS (observer), OIC, OIF, OSCE (partner), PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNOMIG, UNRWA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO 7. 1,700,000  C.  CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY 8. Speaks in Arabic, but understands English and French. major religions are Islamic 9. 81,713,520  10.  Cairo 11. 28.36/1000 infant mortality rate. 71.85 Years life expectancy 12. 10 %    D.  ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY 13. $5,500 per Capita 14. 2.92 % of the land is arable. 15. petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, manganese, limestone, gypsum, talc, asbestos, lead, zinctextiles, food processing, 16.tourism, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, hydrocarbons, construction, cement, metals, light manufactures 17. oils, electricity 18. Egyptian Pounds 19. Export 500 million kWH imports; 200 million kWH 20. Egypt does not try to find women traffickers __**Censorship**__ II. Background: (20 points) a. the practice of censoring b. Movies, Internet, Books, and TV shows often use censorship to protect the citizens or to take advantage of them c. Some believe the government are censoring some ideas d. 2600 websites shut down due to censorship III. UN Involvement: (25 points) a. [|http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7048848.stm - 300,000] http://www.unhcr.org/publ/PUBL/4444d3c211.html b. UNESCO, CPJ c. UN believe censorship is right, but they believe censorship should not be overused d. UNESCO CPJ IV. Country Policy/Possible Solutions: (35 points) a. Has not done much b. Censorship is something we don't do to our citizens c. Signed some treaties d. More freedom of speech to the people e. Give more freedom to the citizens

__**Right of Refugees**__ II. Background (20 points) a. the laws and rules of the refugees b. When a country is having a war refugees often go to other countries to avoid the disaster. Although they do that, the refugee camps are often unfair, making refugees work and forcing them to live there c. Some believe that the government wants the unequal fairness d.Some people are forced to live here III. Un Involvement: (25 points) http://www.amnesty.org/en/refugees-and-migrants http://www.hrea.org/index.php?base_id=153 b. IRO, UNHCR c. The UN believe that refugees needs rights, but countries sometimes don't follow the laws and abuse refugees d. IRO, UNHCR

IV. Country Policy/Possible Solutions: (35 points) a. Egypt has not done much since refugees in Egypt are uncommon b. Egypt does would not abuse refugees c. Signed some treaties d. Making new laws to ensure the rights of refugees e. Enforcing laws so that refugee abusers cannot abuse their power