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Finish Up the Report!

Finish Up the Report!. Present the ideas to the class . Some signs that the relationship is improving:. In 2003, ceasefire across the Line of Control that divides Indian and Pakistani-administered Kashmir

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Finish Up the Report!

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  1. Finish Up the Report! • Present the ideas to the class

  2. Some signs that the relationship is improving: • In 2003, ceasefire across the Line of Control that divides Indian and Pakistani-administered Kashmir • In 2006, Pakistan said it stopped all funding for militant operations in Kashmir, ignoring protests by some of the more influential groups • In February 2010 India announced an amnesty for fighters from Indian-administered Kashmir, saying they could return from Pakistani territory • Early in 2012, Islamabad (Pakistan) cut by half the administrative funds it issues to groups that still maintain offices in Pakistani-administered Kashmir • At the same time it offered a cash rehabilitation package to former fighters to abandon militancy • http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10537286

  3. Conflicts over Natural Resources

  4. List • Create a list of natural resources around the world that could be causing conflicts

  5. Conflicts over Natural Resources • Combination of global industrial development and population growth has increased pressures on natural resources • Not evenly distributed • Examples:

  6. Gulf War • Natural Resource= Oil • Question: Why did Iraq invade Kuwait in 1990?? • P. 358

  7. Answer • Oil had enriched the economies of Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia • Kuwait= 2 million barrels of oil a day • Iraq= suffered from reduced oil exports- debt of $30 billion AND depressed economy because of war with Iran

  8. Answer • 1990 Saddam Hussein ordered invasion to acquire the oil • CLAIMS= Kuwait artificial state carved by Iraq’s natural coastline • Because of this, Kuwait blocked access to the Gulf coast • Blamed them for holding down cost of oil to produce more • Illegally pumping crude oil from the Ar-Rumaylah oil fields

  9. Result • January 15 1991 • UN told Saddam Hussein to pull out of Kuwait • Hussein ignored the ultimatum • January 16 1991 • Massive air strike was launched • Feb 28 1991 • Resistance had collapsed • Death Toll: 10 000 Iraqi soldiers, 300 Allied

  10. Water Conflicts • WHY? • Other countries not like Canada • US and Mexico: Fight over Colorado River • India and Bangladesh over the Ganges River • China, 21% worlds population only have access to 7% of fresh water • Global warming increasing droughts

  11. Example: The Nile River

  12. Solution • 1959 Nile agreement between the Sudan and Egypt for full control utilization of the Nile waters. This agreement included: • 84 bcm at Aswan High Dam in Egypt • Egypt and Sudan would contract projects that would enhance the flow- share costs • Egypt construct the Aswan High Dam to store annual Nile river water • Sudan Right to construct Rosaries Dam on the Blue Nile for hydroelectric power- until it utilizes its share

  13. Today: Ethiopia and Egypt • “Egypt Rules out War with Ethiopia over Nile River Hydropower Dam” • No plans to go to war!

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