1.) If you do not have your Country Profile (and by "you" I mean Anne), please post it immediately. .
2.) If you are not signed up for "The Wire" sign up immediately.
3.) Check out today's edition of "The Wire."
After number three and before number 4.) Watch the videos from last week.
4.) Take notes about the History of Iran.
5.) Begin researching Position Papers (Look at your previous Position Papers for an idea of what to do).
* Answer these questions...
a.) What is the IAEA?
b.) What does the IAEA do?
c.) How does the IAEA do this?
d.) What are some problems with the IAEA (is it effective or ineffective)?
e.) What is your country's relationship with the IAEA (are you cooperative or uncooperative)?
f.) What is your countries' history with developing, using, and trading nuclear weapons and nuclear technology (such as muclear power plants)?
g.) How will your country respond to Iran's attempt to develop nuclear weapons?
Hint: Each point for arguments shold be backed up by a source which you have cited and I strongly suggest that you do not use newspaper articles. I suggest you use reports by military organizations and the IAEA. Also, pictures will help a lot this time around. Try to make things visual
*** STARTING TODAY, YOUR GRADE (and your argument during caucus time and in Security Council meetings) WILL SUFFER IF YOU DO NOT CITE SOURCES!
Enjoy,
Mr. Gibson
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Country Profile-- Iran
Country Profile
Physical Geography
- Official Name of Country: Islamic Republic of Iran
- Climate: mostly arid or semiarid. Subtropical along the Caspian Coast.
- Map
- Absolute Location: 32 00N, 53 00E
- Relative location: In the Middle East, between Iraq and Pakistan.
- Absolute Location: 32 00N, 53 00E
Political Geography
- Type of government: Theocratic Republic.
- Major political parties: Islamic Iran Participation Front (IIPF), Executives of Construction Party (Kargozaran), Solidarity Party, Islamic Labor Party, Mardom Salari, Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization (MIRO), and Militant Clerics Society (Ruhaniyun);
- Capital: Tehran
- International Organization participation: CP, ECO, 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, MIGA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, OPEC, PCA, SAARC (observer), SCO (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNITAR, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)
- Size of armed forces: males age 16-49: 20,212,275
Females age 16-49: 19,638,751 (2008 EST.)
Cultural Geography
- Official language: no official language.
- other languages spoken: Persian and Persian dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%, Balochi 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%, other 2%
- ethnic composition: Persian 51%, Azeri 24%, Gilaki and Mazandarani 8%, Kurd 7%, Arab 3%, Lur 2%, Baloch 2%, Turkmen 2%, other 1%
- major religions: Muslim 98% (Shia 89%, Sunni 9%), other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i) 2%
- Population: 66,429,284 (July 2009 est.)
- Population growth: 0.883% (2009EST)
- Infant mortality rate and average life expectancy: 35.78 deaths / 1000live births. 71.1 average expectancy age.
- Population growth: 0.883% (2009EST)
Economic Geography
- GDP (Gross Domestic Product): 843.7 billion
- Percent of arable land used for agriculture: 9.78%
- Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, coal, chromium, copper, iron ore, lead, manganese, zinc, sulfur
- Major agricultural and industrial products: wheat, rice, sugar beets, sugar cane, fruits, nuts, cotton; dairy products, wool; caviar. Petroleum, fertilizers, textiles, food processing, armaments
- Major exports: petroleum 80%, chemical and petrochemical products, fruits and nuts, carpets
- Major imports: industrial raw materials and intermediate goods, capital goods, foodstuffs and other consumer goods, technical services
- Currency (include exchange rate vs. TWD)9142.8 Iranian Rials(IRR) per US dollar
- Balance of trade: 335.2 billion (2008 EST.)
- Historical events (Timeline format from 1980 to present; give your teacher 10 major events):
- Currency (include exchange rate vs. TWD)9142.8 Iranian Rials(IRR) per US dollar
1220 - Invasion by Mongol forces of Genghis Khan.
1639 - Treaty of Qasr-e Shirin (or Treaty of Zuhab) ends about 150 years of war against Ottoman Empire.
1914-1918 - Iran declares neutrality but is scene of heavy fighting during World War I.
1935 - Formerly known as Persia, Iran is adopted as the country's official name.
1980 22 September - Start of Iran-Iraq war which lasts for eight years.
1988 July - Iran accepts a ceasefire agreement with Iraq following negotiations in Geneva under the aegis of the UN.
1990 September - Iran and Iraq resume diplomatic ties.
2002 September - Russian technicians begin construction of Iran's first nuclear reactor at Bushehr despite strong objections from US.
2003 September - UN nuclear watchdog, IAEA, gives Tehran weeks to prove it is not pursuing an atomic weapons programme.
2004 June - Iran is rebuked by the IAEA for failing to fully cooperate with an inquiry into its nuclear activities.
2006 January - Iran breaks IAEA seals at its Natanz nuclear research facility.
2007 May - IAEA says Iran could develop a nuclear weapon in three to eight years if it so chooses.
References: CIA world factbook
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ir.html
BBC Time Line- Iran http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/country_profiles/806268.stm
Country Profile-United States
Physical Geography
Official Name of Country: United States of America
Climate: mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest
Absolute Location: 38 00 N, 97 00 W
Relative location: North America, bordering both the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean, between Canada and Mexico
Political Geography
Type of government: Constitution-based federal republic; strong democratic tradition
Major political parties: Democratic Party, Green Party, Libertarian Party, Republican Party
Capital: Washington D.C.
International Organization participation: ADB, AfDB, ANZUS, APEC, Arctic Council, ARF, ASEA, Australia Group, BIS, BSEC, CBSS, CE, CERN, CP, EAPC, EBRD, FAO, G-20, G-5, G-7, G-8, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINUSTAH, NAFTA, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS, OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, PIF, SAARC, SECI, SPC, UN, UN Security Council, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNITAR, UNMIL, UNOMIG, UNRWA, UNTSO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
Cultural Geography
Official language: English
Other languages spoken: Spanish, French
Ethnic composition: White 79.96%, Black 12.85%, Asian 4.43%
Major religions: Protestant 51.3%, Roman Catholic 23.9%
Population: 307,212,123
Population growth rate: 0.975%
Major cities: Washington D.C, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Miami, Detroit, New Orleans, Chicago, Memphis, Houston, Dallas, Oklahoma City, Denver, Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle
Infant mortality rate: 6.26 deaths/1,000 live births
Average life expectancy: 78.11 years
Economic Geography
GDP: $14.44 trillion
Major exports: agricultural products 9.2%, industrial supplies 26.8%, capital goods 49.0%, consumer goods 15.0%
Major imports: agricultural products 4.9%, industrial supplies 32.9%, capital goods 30.4%, consumer goods 31.8%
Currency: 32.36NT: $1
Balance of trade: Export: $4.132 trillion
References:
CIA World factbook:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ug.html
Official Name of Country: United States of America
Climate: mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest
Absolute Location: 38 00 N, 97 00 W
Relative location: North America, bordering both the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean, between Canada and Mexico
Political Geography
Type of government: Constitution-based federal republic; strong democratic tradition
Major political parties: Democratic Party, Green Party, Libertarian Party, Republican Party
Capital: Washington D.C.
International Organization participation: ADB, AfDB, ANZUS, APEC, Arctic Council, ARF, ASEA, Australia Group, BIS, BSEC, CBSS, CE, CERN, CP, EAPC, EBRD, FAO, G-20, G-5, G-7, G-8, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINUSTAH, NAFTA, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS, OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, PIF, SAARC, SECI, SPC, UN, UN Security Council, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNITAR, UNMIL, UNOMIG, UNRWA, UNTSO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
Cultural Geography
Official language: English
Other languages spoken: Spanish, French
Ethnic composition: White 79.96%, Black 12.85%, Asian 4.43%
Major religions: Protestant 51.3%, Roman Catholic 23.9%
Population: 307,212,123
Population growth rate: 0.975%
Major cities: Washington D.C, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Miami, Detroit, New Orleans, Chicago, Memphis, Houston, Dallas, Oklahoma City, Denver, Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle
Infant mortality rate: 6.26 deaths/1,000 live births
Average life expectancy: 78.11 years
Economic Geography
GDP: $14.44 trillion
Major exports: agricultural products 9.2%, industrial supplies 26.8%, capital goods 49.0%, consumer goods 15.0%
Major imports: agricultural products 4.9%, industrial supplies 32.9%, capital goods 30.4%, consumer goods 31.8%
Currency: 32.36NT: $1
Balance of trade: Export: $4.132 trillion
References:
CIA World factbook:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ug.html
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Uganda country profile, Tina
Country Profile: Uganda
- Official country name: Republic of Uganda
Physical Geography
- Climate: tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August); semiarid in northeast
Map
- Location: Eastern Africa, west of Kenya
1 00 N, 32 00 E
- Border countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo 765 km, Kenya 933 km, Rwanda 169 km, Sudan 435 km, Tanzania 396 km
- total: 241,038 sq km
- land: 197,100 sq km
- water: 43,938 sq km
Political Geography
- Type of government: republic
- Major political parties: Conservative Party or CP [Ken LUKYAMUZI]; Democratic Party or DP [Kizito SSEBAANA]; Forum for Democratic Change or FDC [Kizza BESIGYE]; Justice Forum or JEEMA [Muhammad Kibirige MAYANJA]; National Resistance Movement or NRM [Yoweri MUSEVENI]; Peoples Progressive Party or PPP [Bidandi SSALI]; Ugandan People's Congress or UPC [Miria OBOTE]
- Capital: Kampala
- International Organization participation: ACP, AfDB, AU, C, COMESA, EAC, EADB, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINURCAT, NAM, OIC, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
Cultural Geography
- Official language: English
- Other languages spoken: Ganda or Luganda (most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages, preferred for native language publications in the capital and may be taught in school), other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic
- Population: 32,369,558
- Age structure:
0-14 years: 50% (male 8,152,830/female 8,034,366)
15-64 years: 47.9% (male 7,789,209/female 7,703,143)
65 years and over: 2.1% (male 286,693/female 403,317)
- Age structure:
- Population growth rate: 2.692%
- Major(large) cities:
- Infant mortality rate: 64.82 deaths/1,000 live births
- Average life expectancy: 52.72 years
- Religion: Roman Catholic 41.9%, Protestant 42% (Anglican 35.9%, Pentecostal 4.6%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.5%), Muslim 12.1%, other 3.1%, none 0.9%
Economic Geography
- GDP: $40.08 billion
- Percent of arable land used for agriculture:
- Natural resources: copper, cobalt, hydropower, limestone, salt, arable land, gold
- Currency: Ugandan shillings (UGX) per US dollar - 1,658.1
Historical events:
1500 - Bito dynasties of Buganda, Bunyoro and Ankole founded by Nilotic-speaking immigrants from present-day southeastern Sudan.
British influence
1877 - Members of the British Missionary Society arrive in Buganda.
1890 - Britain and Germany sign treaty giving Britain rights to what was to become Uganda.
1894 - Uganda becomes a British protectorate.
1958 - Uganda given internal self-government.
1962 - Uganda becomes independent with Milton Obote as prime minister and with Buganda enjoying considerable autonomy.
1963 - Uganda becomes a republic with Mutesa as president.
1967 - New constitution vests considerable power in the president and divides Buganda into four districts.
Idi Amin years
1976 - Idi Amin declares himself president for life and claims parts of Kenya.
Milton Obote becomes president after elections.
1985 - Obote deposed in military coup and is replaced by Tito Okello.
1986 - National Resistance Army rebels take Kampala and install Yoweri Museveni as president.
Beginnings of recovery
2001 January - East African Community (EAC) inaugurated in Arusha, Tanzania, laying groundwork for common East African passport, flag, economic and monetary integration. Members are Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya.
Campaign against rebels
2002 March - Sudan, Uganda sign agreement aimed at containing Ugandan rebel group, Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), active along common border. Kony they have kidnapped thousands of children and displaced many civilians.
2002 December - Peace deal signed with Uganda National Rescue Front (UNRF) rebels after more than five years of negotiations.
2006 November - Government rejects a United Nations report accusing the army of using indiscriminate and excessive force in its campaign to disarm tribal warriors in the lawless northeastern region of Karamoja.
The UN World Food Programme says it will have to halve food handouts to more than 1 million people displaced by war in the north.
2009 February - Opposition criticises appointment of president's wife Janet Museveni as minister for Karamoja region. President says no one else wanted the job.
References:
CAI World factbook:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ug.html
BBC Timeline Uganda:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/country_profiles/1069181.stm
Friday, November 20, 2009
Country Profile of China
Country Profile of China
Country Profile by Sabrina Su
Physical Geography
1. Official Name: People's Republic of China
2. Climate: extremely diverse; tropical in south to subarctic in north
3. Map
1. Absolute location: 35 00 N, 105 00 E
2. Relative location: Eastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and South China Sea, between North Korea and Vietnam
Political Geography
1. Type of government: Communist state
2. Capital: Beijing
3. International Organization participation: ADB, AfDB (nonregional member), APEC, APT, Arctic Council (observer), ARF, ASEAN (dialogue partner), BIS, CDB, EAS, FAO, G-20, G-24 (observer), G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, LAIA (observer), MIGA, MINURSO, MONUC, NAM (observer), NSG, OAS (observer), OPCW, PCA, PIF (partner), SAARC (observer), SCO, SICA (observer), UN, UN Security Council, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNITAR, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNMIT, UNOCI, UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
4. Size of armed forces:
Cultural Geography
1. Official language: Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghainese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages (see Ethnic groups entry)
2. Ethnic group: Han Chinese 91.5%, Zhuang, Manchu, Hui, Miao, Uyghur, Tujia, Yi, Mongol, Tibetan, Buyi, Dong, Yao, Korean, and other nationalities 8.5% (2000 census)
3. major religions: Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Christian 3%-4%, Muslim 1%-2%
note: officially atheist (2002 est.)
4. Population: 1,338,612,968 (July 2009 est.)
5. Population growth rate: 0.655% (2009 est.)
6. Population distribution: 0-14 years: 19.8% (male 140,877,745/female 124,290,090) 15-64 years: 72.1% (male 495,724,889/female 469,182,087)
65 years and over: 8.1% (male 51,774,115/female 56,764,042) (2009 est.)
7. Major cities: Beijing (Capital of China), Shanghai, Chongqing, Tianjin, Guangdong
8. Infant mortality rate: 20.25 deaths/1,000 live births
9. Average life expectancy: male:71.61 years, female: 75.52 years (2009 est.)
10. Teachers and doctors per population:
Economic Geography1 . GNP (Gross National Product) : 2. GDP (Gross Domestic Product): $4.327 trillion (2008 est.)
3. Percent of arable land used for agriculture:
4. Natural resources: natural gas, oil
5. Major agricultural products: rice, wheat, potatoes, corn, peanuts, tea, millet, barley, apples, cotton, oilseed, pork, fish.
6. Industrial products: mining and ore processing, iron, steel, aluminum, and other metals, coal; machine building; armaments; textiles and apparel; petroleum; cement; chemicals; fertilizers; consumer products, including footwear, toys, and electronics; food processing; transportation equipment, including automobiles, rail cars and locomotives, ships, and aircraft; telecommunications equipment, commercial space launch vehicles, satellites
7. Major exports: electrical and other machinery, including data processing equipment, apparel, textiles, iron and steel, optical and medical equipment.
8. Imports: electrical and other machinery, oil and mineral fuels, optical and medical equipment, metal ores, plastics, organic chemicals
9. Currency: Renminbi yuan (RMB) per Taiwan Dollar- 4.74247 (2009 est.)
10. Balance of trade: Renminbi yuan (RMB) per US dollar - 6.9385 (2008 est.)
11. Historical events:
1986-90 - China's "Open-door policy" opens the country to foreign investment and encourages development of a market economy and private sector.
1989 - Troops open fire on demonstrators who have camped for weeks in Tiananmen Square initially to demand the posthumous rehabilitation of former CCP General Secretary Hu Yaobang, who was forced to resign in 1987. The official death toll is 200. International outrage leads to sanctions.
1989 - Jiang Zemin takes over as Chinese Communist Party general secretary from Zhao Ziyang, who refused to support martial law during the Tiananmen demonstrations.
Stockmarkets open in Shanghai and Shenzhen.
1992 - Russia and China sign declaration restoring friendly ties.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) ranks China's economy as third largest in the world after the US and Japan.
1997 - Deng Xiaoping dies, aged 92. Rioting erupts in Yining, Xinjiang and on day of Deng's funeral Xinjiang separatists plant three bombs on buses in Urumqi, Xinjiang, killing nine and injuring 74.
Hong Kong reverts to Chinese control.
2001
November - China joins the World Trade Organisation
2002 November - Vice-President Hu Jintao is named head of the ruling Communist Party, replacing Jiang Zemin, the outgoing president. Jiang is re-elected head of the influential Central Military Commission, which oversees the armed forces.
2003 March - National People's Congress elects Hu Jintao as president. He replaces Jiang Zemin, who steps down after 10 years in the post.
2007 October - China launches its first moon orbiter.
2008 January - The worst snowstorms in decades are reported to have affected up to 100 million people.
2008 May - A massive earthquake hits Sichuan province, killing tens of thousands.
2008 August - Beijing hosts Olympic Games.
Hua Guofeng, who succeeded Mao Zedong for a short period in 1976, dies in Beijing aged 87
Reference: x-rates.com, CIA World Fact book, BBC News
Country Profile by Sabrina Su
Physical Geography
1. Official Name: People's Republic of China
2. Climate: extremely diverse; tropical in south to subarctic in north
3. Map
1. Absolute location: 35 00 N, 105 00 E
2. Relative location: Eastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and South China Sea, between North Korea and Vietnam
Political Geography
1. Type of government: Communist state
2. Capital: Beijing
3. International Organization participation: ADB, AfDB (nonregional member), APEC, APT, Arctic Council (observer), ARF, ASEAN (dialogue partner), BIS, CDB, EAS, FAO, G-20, G-24 (observer), G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, LAIA (observer), MIGA, MINURSO, MONUC, NAM (observer), NSG, OAS (observer), OPCW, PCA, PIF (partner), SAARC (observer), SCO, SICA (observer), UN, UN Security Council, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNITAR, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNMIT, UNOCI, UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
4. Size of armed forces:
Cultural Geography
1. Official language: Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghainese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages (see Ethnic groups entry)
2. Ethnic group: Han Chinese 91.5%, Zhuang, Manchu, Hui, Miao, Uyghur, Tujia, Yi, Mongol, Tibetan, Buyi, Dong, Yao, Korean, and other nationalities 8.5% (2000 census)
3. major religions: Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Christian 3%-4%, Muslim 1%-2%
note: officially atheist (2002 est.)
4. Population: 1,338,612,968 (July 2009 est.)
5. Population growth rate: 0.655% (2009 est.)
6. Population distribution: 0-14 years: 19.8% (male 140,877,745/female 124,290,090) 15-64 years: 72.1% (male 495,724,889/female 469,182,087)
65 years and over: 8.1% (male 51,774,115/female 56,764,042) (2009 est.)
7. Major cities: Beijing (Capital of China), Shanghai, Chongqing, Tianjin, Guangdong
8. Infant mortality rate: 20.25 deaths/1,000 live births
9. Average life expectancy: male:71.61 years, female: 75.52 years (2009 est.)
10. Teachers and doctors per population:
Economic Geography1 . GNP (Gross National Product) : 2. GDP (Gross Domestic Product): $4.327 trillion (2008 est.)
3. Percent of arable land used for agriculture:
4. Natural resources: natural gas, oil
5. Major agricultural products: rice, wheat, potatoes, corn, peanuts, tea, millet, barley, apples, cotton, oilseed, pork, fish.
6. Industrial products: mining and ore processing, iron, steel, aluminum, and other metals, coal; machine building; armaments; textiles and apparel; petroleum; cement; chemicals; fertilizers; consumer products, including footwear, toys, and electronics; food processing; transportation equipment, including automobiles, rail cars and locomotives, ships, and aircraft; telecommunications equipment, commercial space launch vehicles, satellites
7. Major exports: electrical and other machinery, including data processing equipment, apparel, textiles, iron and steel, optical and medical equipment.
8. Imports: electrical and other machinery, oil and mineral fuels, optical and medical equipment, metal ores, plastics, organic chemicals
9. Currency: Renminbi yuan (RMB) per Taiwan Dollar- 4.74247 (2009 est.)
10. Balance of trade: Renminbi yuan (RMB) per US dollar - 6.9385 (2008 est.)
11. Historical events:
1986-90 - China's "Open-door policy" opens the country to foreign investment and encourages development of a market economy and private sector.
1989 - Troops open fire on demonstrators who have camped for weeks in Tiananmen Square initially to demand the posthumous rehabilitation of former CCP General Secretary Hu Yaobang, who was forced to resign in 1987. The official death toll is 200. International outrage leads to sanctions.
1989 - Jiang Zemin takes over as Chinese Communist Party general secretary from Zhao Ziyang, who refused to support martial law during the Tiananmen demonstrations.
Stockmarkets open in Shanghai and Shenzhen.
1992 - Russia and China sign declaration restoring friendly ties.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) ranks China's economy as third largest in the world after the US and Japan.
1997 - Deng Xiaoping dies, aged 92. Rioting erupts in Yining, Xinjiang and on day of Deng's funeral Xinjiang separatists plant three bombs on buses in Urumqi, Xinjiang, killing nine and injuring 74.
Hong Kong reverts to Chinese control.
2001
November - China joins the World Trade Organisation
2002 November - Vice-President Hu Jintao is named head of the ruling Communist Party, replacing Jiang Zemin, the outgoing president. Jiang is re-elected head of the influential Central Military Commission, which oversees the armed forces.
2003 March - National People's Congress elects Hu Jintao as president. He replaces Jiang Zemin, who steps down after 10 years in the post.
2007 October - China launches its first moon orbiter.
2008 January - The worst snowstorms in decades are reported to have affected up to 100 million people.
2008 May - A massive earthquake hits Sichuan province, killing tens of thousands.
2008 August - Beijing hosts Olympic Games.
Hua Guofeng, who succeeded Mao Zedong for a short period in 1976, dies in Beijing aged 87
Reference: x-rates.com, CIA World Fact book, BBC News
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Sources of Information
- Nuclear Forces Guide
- http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/
- History of South Africa, Taiwan, Brazil, Argentina, and South Korea's Nuclear Programs
- Video of Israeli plant at
- Questions
- Who is Mordechai Vanunu?
- QUESTIONS: Who helped Pakistan develop nuclear weapons? HINT: They are on the Security Council.
- Who is Mordechai Vanunu?
- Pictures of "Smiling Buddha"
- http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/
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position paper of Cote d'Ivoire
Cote d'Ivoire Position Paper
Roger Lin and Joseph Hsieh
Influenza A (H1N1) virus is a subtype of influenza A virus and the most common cause of influenza (flu) in humans. Some strains of H1N1 are endemic in humans and cause a small fraction of all influenza-like illness and a small fraction of all seasonal influenza. H1N1 strains caused a few percent all human flu infections in 2004-2005[1]. Other strains of H1N1 are endemic in pigs (swine influenza) and in birds (avian influenza).
In June 2009, World Health Organization declared that flu due to a new strain of swine-origin H1N1 was responsible for the 2009 flu pandemic. This strain is often called swine flu by the public media.
Two cases of A/H1N1 flu have been diagnosed in Cote d'Ivoire, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.
The confirmation came after the World Heath Organization (WHO) analyzed the two suspected cases reported several days ago and found them positive,
Two women were tested positive for A/H1N1 virus after they were suspected of suffering from the pandemic on June 19,
Roger Lin and Joseph Hsieh
Influenza A (H1N1) virus is a subtype of influenza A virus and the most common cause of influenza (flu) in humans. Some strains of H1N1 are endemic in humans and cause a small fraction of all influenza-like illness and a small fraction of all seasonal influenza. H1N1 strains caused a few percent all human flu infections in 2004-2005[1]. Other strains of H1N1 are endemic in pigs (swine influenza) and in birds (avian influenza).
In June 2009, World Health Organization declared that flu due to a new strain of swine-origin H1N1 was responsible for the 2009 flu pandemic. This strain is often called swine flu by the public media.
Two cases of A/H1N1 flu have been diagnosed in Cote d'Ivoire, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.
The confirmation came after the World Heath Organization (WHO) analyzed the two suspected cases reported several days ago and found them positive,
Two women were tested positive for A/H1N1 virus after they were suspected of suffering from the pandemic on June 19,
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