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Valerie Macias Committee: IAEA Topic #1: Iran

Country Profile: 1. Republic of Zambia or Northern Rhodesia. 2. Tropical; modified by altitude; rainy season (October to April) 3. a.  The Geopgraphic coordinates (latitude and longitude) are 15 00 S, 30 00 E; Surrounding countries are Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Angola, South Africa, and Tanzana. b. Physical features include the terrain of Zambia, characterized by high plateau along with some hills and mountains; the highest point in Zambia is the Mafinga Hills, the lowest point is the Zambezi River which forms a natural boundary with Zimbabwe. c. The total area of Zambia is 752,614 square kilometer.
 * A. ** ** PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY **

4. The type of government is Republic, the government officials are head of government: President Rupiah BANDA (since 19 August 2008); Vice President George KUNDA (since 14 November 2008) and Forum for Democracy and Development or FDD [Edith NAWAKWI]; Heritage Party or HP [Godfrey MIYANDA]; Movement for Multiparty Democracy or MMD [vacant]; Patriotic Front or PF [Michael SATA]; Party of Unity for Democracy and Development or PUDD [Dan PULE]; Reform Party [Nevers MUMBA]; United Democratic Alliance or UDA (a coalition of RP, ZADECO, PUDD, and ZRP); United Liberal Party or ULP [Sakwiba SIKOTA]; United National Independence Party or UNIP [Tilyenji KAUNDA]; United Party for National Development or UPND [Hakainde HICHILEMA]; Zambia Democratic Congress or ZADECO [Langton SICHONE]; Zambian Republican Party or ZRP [Benjamin MWILA] 5. Capital: Lusaka 6. ACP, AfDB, AU, C, COMESA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINURCAT, MONUC, NAM, OPCW, PCA, SADC, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO 7.    As of 2002, the strength of the armed forces was 21,600; paramilitary forces, consisting of two police battalions, totaled 1,400. The army numbered 20,000 equipped with 30 main battle tanks and 30 light tanks. The air force had 1.600 personnel operating 63 combat aircraft. Zambia provided support to peacekeeping missions in three African regions. 8. English(official language), major vernaculars-Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga, and about 70 other indigenous languages, Ethnic groups-African 98.7%, European 1.1%, other 0.2% and Religion-Christian 50%-75%, Muslim and Hindu 24%-49%, indigenous beliefs 1% 9. The population of Zambia is 11,669,534 since July 2008, the population growth rate is 1.654%, and the population distribution is 0-14 years: 45.4% (male 2,659,572/female 2,634,379), 15-64 years: 52.3% (male 3,045,536/female 3,053,465), and 65 years and over: 2.4% (male 115,662/female 160,920). 10. Some  major cities in Zambia are Broken Hill, Chipata, Fort Jameson, Fot Rosebery, Kabwe, Kasama, Livingstone, Livingstore, Mansa, Maramba, Mbila, Mongu, Mungu, Ndola, Roseberry, Solwezi. 11. The infant mortality rate is 100 deaths out of 1,000 lives and an average life expectancy of 38.49 years for a male and 38.7 years for a female.
 * B. ** ** POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY **
 * C. ** ** CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY **

12. The percentage of teachers and doctors per population is 2%.
13. The total GDP rate for Zambia is $15.23 billion and the GDP per capita is $1,500. 14. 16.7% of land is used for agriculture. 15. Natural resources are copper, cobalt, zinc, lead, coal, emeralds, gold, silver, uranium, and hydropower. 16. The major agricultural products are corn, sorghum, rice, peanuts, sunflower seed, vegetables, flowers, tobacco, cotton, sugarcane, cassava (tapioca), coffee; cattle, goats, pigs, poultry, milk, eggs, hides and some industrial products are copper mining and processing, construction, foodstuffs, beverages, chemicals, textiles, fertilizer, horticulture. 17. Some major exports are copper, cobalt, tobacco, electricity, flowers, and cotton. Some major imports are machinery, transportation equipment, petroleum products, electricity, fertilizer; foodstuffs, and clothing. 18. Zambia’s currency is a Zambia Kwacha, and the exchange rater per US dollar is 0.000195. 19. Exports: $5.632 billion f.o.b. and Imports: $4.423 billion f.o.b.
 * D. ** ** ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY **

**II. Background**
==== Iran, with the help of the United States, started the nuclear program around the 1960's. Iran then joined the all the nuclear countries but didn't need the help of the United States anymore. Iran then started making it's own nuclear weapon but supposedly stopped making them in the year of 2003. Iran still continues the industries of Uranium Enrichment. The UN wants Iran to stop enriching uranium but Iran said that it was for peaceful purposes. The UN asked for help and France, Germany, and the UK came to a resolution for Iran to stop making uranium but Iran has yet not stopped. ====

**III. UN Involvement**
==== The United Nations have been involved with this issue. The UN has made many resolutions for Iran to stop uranium enriching but Iran has not been cooperating. Some organizations the UN has made include International Atomic Energy Agency which is involved with stopping Iran from conducting nuclear tests. IAEA are trying to work with Iran into letting them check their nuclear facilities in order to see if they are in top shaped but Iran has failed to letting the IAEA check, so that must mean they are creating nuclear weapons or have something to hide. The UN is having much trouble with trying to solve this issue but the way Iran is acting, this would not go far. The UN is going to continue working on possible solutions to somehow check Iran and see what they are doing because this is affecting a lot of countries. ====

**IV. Country Policy/ Possible Solutions**
==== My country does not have any background information on this topic but believe that Iran should use nuclear energy safely without the production of nuclear weapons. We believe in keeping peace in the international community. We cannot do much about this issue because we don't have the technology to contain nuclear weapons or do anything about this issue but we would like to work with other countries that believe Iran should not have nuclear weapons because we, as a nation, do not know the harm it will do in the Middle East. We would like to show Iran that there is no need for nuclear weapons and show them the harm it will cause to the world. ====


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