Zambia

Country: Zambia Committee: 6th legal Name: Ryan Winters Country Profile: A. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY 1. Zambia 2. Tropical; with a rainy season between October and April. 3.

a. Zambia ’s location is in Southern Africa which is east of Angola. b. 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.  c.  Zambia is 752,614 sq km.  B.  POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY 4. Zambia is part of the republic; the name of the government is The Republic of Zambia. 5. Lusaka 6. Some of Zambia’s international organization participants are:  ACP, AfDB, AU, C, COMESA, FAO and that’s just naming a few. 7. Has a military must be 18 to join 16 by parent consent. C. CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY 8. English is the official language; some other languages spoken are Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga, and about 70 other languages. 9. population; 11,669,534, population growth rate; 1.654%, and population distribution. 10. Ndola, Kitwe, Chingloa, Mufulira, Kabwe, Livingstone, Chipata, Lundazi, Mongu all are towns. 11. Infant mortality rate; 100.96 deaths Average life expectancy rate; 38.59 years. 12. teachers and doctors per population in Zambia. D. ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY 13. $1,400 per capital 14. 6.3% of land is used for agriculture. 15. Copper, cobalt, zinc, lead, coal, emeralds, gold, silver, uranium, and hydropower. 16. Corn, sorghum, rice, peanuts, sunflower seeds, vegetables, flowers, tobacco, cotton, sugarcane, tapioca, coffee; cattle, goats, pigs, poultry, milk, eggs, hides industries; copper mining and processing, construction, foodstuffs, beverages, chemicals, textiles, fertilizer, horticulture. 17. Major exports and imports; Electricity, Oil, Natural gas, Exports; 4.594 billion Imports; 3,611 billion. 18. Zambian kwacha(ZMK) per us dollar- 3,990.2. 19. The balance of trade is $4.5 billion in Zambia 20. In the early 19th century Africa had invasions in the south. The Shaka of the Zulu, and Nguni clan, set about creating a centralized militaristic state. Three of these groups were to make a forceful impact on Zambia, 1500 km to the north of the Zulu heartland in eastern South Africa. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/za.html II. Background: A. Refugees are people that lose their homes forever by fleeing from dangerous places in their countries. B. Many of the refugees are forced to live in refugee camps. In these camps the conditions are horrible. Some refugees are being discriminated against in jobs and schools. They are denied health care because of their international state. C. Zambia has a tradition of hosting refugees that flee civil and political strife from all over the reigon. Right now Zambia hosts at present about 260,000 refuges. Most of them come from Angola. They are distributed to camps along the borders. d. **1980** Zambia witnessed the advent of the Stuctural Adjustment (SAP). Food riots began as a result of lifting subsides on maize meal. The Zambian Government made a retreat and revert to its familiar domain of controls. Zambia held the world Confrence on Social Development in Copenhagen. The President of Zambia announced that poverty levels in Zambia must be reduced from then prevailing level of 70 percent to 50 percent by 2004. November the Zambian Government appointed the ministry of community development and Social Services. The average growth rate over more than a decade was close to nil and the human condition deteriorated in terms of every standard indicator. Money- metric incidence of poverty rose from 60 percent in 1980 to 73 percent in 1998. the draft NPRAP was presented at a national Consesus Building workshop in November. Refinments were then made to draft and the Cabinet readied the revised NPRAP in January for approval.
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http://www.uneca.org/prsp/docs/prsp_final/Zambia.PDF III. UN Involvement: (25 points) http://www.un.org/events/pressday/2006/pressrelease_4.html http://www.uneca.org/aisi/nici/Zambis/zambia.htm b. 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 c. The UN has given a lot of aid to Zambia. The UNHCR and WFP are in charge of assistance to refugees in Zambia. Elementary economic and social; rights have been occasionally denied to be in the refugee population. This results sometimes in riots in some refugee locations. d. UNCHR, IRO, and WFP IV. Country Policy/Possible Solutions: (35 points) a. Zambia has their own refugee policy of open borders combined with restrictions on fundamental human rights of the refugees. This policy may still be in its early stages but it makes local integration as a durable solution impossible. Some Zambian hosted refugees have been in the country for over 20 years and the legal rights and opportunities have not ameliorated since the day of their arrival. b. Africa has and had a history of refugees. A lot of the countries have refugees due to the upheaval in the area. Most of the surrounding countries accept refugees. But, Africa is having a tough time helping refugees beyond what they already do. c.  The UN has always been involved with refugees all over the world. One of the main focuses concerning refugees is making an international understanding on what rights refugees’ posses. d. Zambia would support the UNHCR and the IRO to help escort refugees to safe environments and help make their rights publically known. e. Zambia has not proposed any solutions yet but we are helping refugees and having a hard time beyond what we can do. http://www.jrs.net/jrs/zmb/policy.htm