noel2ecosoc09

Committee: ECOSOC Topic: Poverty in Eastern Europe Noël Hong Period 3

**4.** type of government, names of government officials, and political parties - republic; chief of state, President Rupiah Banda; 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] **10.** major cities – Lusaka, Solwezi, Mufulira, Kitwe, Ndola, Mongu, Kapiri, Kabwe, Livingstone, Mpulungu, Kasame, Chipata, Mposhi **13.** GNP or GDP (total and per capita) - $11.16 billion. Per capita: $1,400
 * A. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY**
 * 1.** official name of country - Republic of Zambia
 * 2.** climate (major types of climate, rainfall, vegetation) - tropical, rainy season from October to April
 * 3.** map-
 * a.** location absolute (latitude and longitude) and relative (in relation to physical features and other nations) - 15 00 S, 30 00 E, Southern Africa, east of Angola, borders Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
 * b.** physical features (what would one see in the country in the way of mountains, deserts, plains, major rivers, coast lines, etc.) - it is landlocked, the Zambezi forms a natural riverine boundary with Zimbabwe
 * c.** in the map key state the size of the country in square mi/km - 752, 614 sq km
 * B. POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY**
 * 5.** capital - Lusaka
 * 6.** international organization affiliations - 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.** size of armed forces – 22,000
 * C. CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY**
 * 8.** official language, other languages spoken, ethnic composition and major religions – Official language, English. Other languages, Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga. Ethnicities: African 98.7%, European 1.1%, Other .2%. Religions: Christian 50-75%, Muslim and Hindu 24%-49%, and indigenous beliefs 1%
 * 9.** population, population growth rate, and population distribution – Population: 11,669,543. Population growth rate: 1.654%. Population distribution: ??????????
 * 11.** infant mortality rate and average life expectancy – 100.96 deaths/1,000 live births. Life expectancy: 38.59 years
 * 12.** teachers and doctors per population – doctors: one doctor per 14, 000 people. Teachers: one teacher per 1,500
 * D. ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY**
 * 14.** % of land that is arable used for agriculture
 * 15.** natural resources
 * 16.** major agricultural and industrial products
 * 17.** major exports and imports
 * 18.** currency (include current exchange rate)
 * 19.** balance of trade (include amounts in US current of total exports and imports)
 * 20.** historical events (time line format only since 1980)