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  • That it is in the interests of the EU to lift sanctions against the Taliban regime

    Nepal Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships 2021 · ESL Final · 2021-12-28

  • That NATO should vote to expel Turkey.

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    Turkey is a member of NATO the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation a collective defence agreement. In recent years Turkey has deepened its relationship with Russia including purchasing missile systems from them in addition to other acts which have created tensions between Turkey and some other NATO members.

    Nepal Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships 2021 · 4 · 2021-12-28

  • That we as Belarus regret manufacturing the border crisis with Poland.

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    Belarus has artificially created a border crisis with Poland by bringing in a significant number of migrants and asylum seekers – mostly from the Middle East – and taking them to the border with promises of an easy crossing into the European Union. Poland is a member of the European Union while Belarus is not.

    Nepal Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships 2021 · 7 · 2021-12-28

  • As a progressive politician in support of the Palestinian government this house would unconditionally support the LANDBACK movement

    Infoslide

    LANDBACK is a movement that has existed for generations with a long legacy of organizing and sacrifices to get Indigenous Lands back into Indigenous hands. The LANDBACK movement advocates for a transfer of decision-making power over lands to Indigenous communities. The movement does not ask current residents to vacate their houses but maintains that Indigenous governance is possible sustainable and preferred for public lands. These lands include hallmark like Mt. Rushmore.

    Indonesian Varsity English Debate 2022 · 5 · 2021-12-09

  • This house, represented by the Russian government, recognizes the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan and removes it from the list of banned organizations

    Турнир Новичков 2021 · 3 · 2021-11-14

  • As the Biden administration that we will pursue negotiations with Hamas.

    Infoslide

    The Hamas is an Islamist group that controls Gaza the region of Palestine that recently was subject to a large scale airstrike by Israeli forces. They enjoy popular support among Palestinians especially those residing in Gaza. Historically the Hamas has been involved in numerous armed attacks on Israeli forces civilians and property. As a consequence they are designated as a terrorist group by Israel and USA among other nations. The US along with its allies - in particular Egypt - has traditionally negotiated with Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organisation lead by Fateh (a Palestinian political party which governs in the West Bank region of Palestine) in order to implement the two state solution. The USA and its allies recognise the PLO as the legitimate government in Palestine. However over the last decade there has been a decrease in popularity of Fateh and the PLO among Palestinians with its leader Mahmoud Abbas calling off the proposed elections for 2021 (the first elections to be held in Palestine since 2005) as he feared that the elections might lead to Hamas making considerable headway into the West Bank political scene.

    IUBDC National IV 2021 · Open Semis · 2021-11-12

  • In post-conflict states with a single dominant religion this house supports the active involvement of religious institutions in politics

    Infoslide

    Prosperity theology is a religious belief among some Protestant Christians that financial blessing and physical well-being are always the will of God for them and that faith positive speech and donations to religious causes will increase one's material wealth

    HDS KNC 2021 · Novice Final · 2021-11-12

  • This house as the West would allow the Taliban to access all frozen assets meant for the Afgan government

    Infoslide

    Prior to the Taliban’s recent takeover of Afghanistan the Government’s central bank stashed nearly 10 billion dollars in reserve funding abroad. Over 8 billion dollars was stashed in the United States alone. These assets were frozen when the Taliban assumed power in Afghanistan. Taliban officials as well as the U.N. secretary-general’s special representative for Afghanistan have asked for the Central Bank’s money to be released to the Taliban and despite dire economic circumstances in the region the money remains inaccessible.

    Chancellors 2021 · 4 · 2021-10-30

  • This house believes that Western Countries should cease all resistance and start to acknowledge the Taliban as the Legitimate Afghan government

    Infoslide

    In early July 2021 US withdraw its military troops in afghan and short after Taliban millitants retook Afghan’s Capital. Taliban want to establish themselves as legitimate afghan government through making a lot of publicity promising they would be committed through peace process and gives rights to women according to the Sharia Law. Foreign powers such as China Russia Pakistan have acknowledged Taliban as a legitimate government of Afghanistan and shown interest to create diplomatic ties with them.

    Yos Sudarso Debating Championship 2021 · 3 · 2021-10-23

  • This house supports the US policy of negotiating with the Taliban

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    The Taliban is a terrorist organisation which controls a large portion of Afghanistan's territory and which has been at war with the US and the Afghanistani Government for the past 17 years. Recently the United States Government has entered into talks with the Taliban that have at the request of Taliban leaders not included representatives of Afghanistan's Government. There has been discussion that the Taliban is entering these negotiations with the intention of having their leaders removed from international blacklists and their territorial control legitimised.

    Strathclyde President's Cup 2018 · Open Final · 2021-10-20

  • This house believes that it is in the interests of the EU to offer Turkey accession into the union in exchange for a permanent commitment to housing refugees from the Syrian and Iraqi conflicts

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    In 2016 Turkey began accepting refugees from the Syrian and Iraqi conflicts to limit their entry into the EU and taking in refugees who had entered Greece in exchange for fast-tracking negotiations for its potential accession into the EU. In 2020 Turkey stopped policing its border with the EU and has allowed refugees to enter into the EU again.

    Zimbabwe National Trials 2021 · 3 · 2021-10-17

  • This house supports Gulf States intervening in Ethiopia

    Infoslide

    Gulf States refer to Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Tigray is Ethiopia's northernmost region. Bordering Eritrea, it is home to most of the country's estimated 7 million ethnic Tigrayans. In November 2020, the regional government, controlled by the Tigray People's Liberation Front, launched a full-scale siege of a key Ethiopian military base. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ordered a federal offensive against the region, setting off a conflict which has killed thousands of people - many of whom allegedly died as a result of indiscriminate shelling of cities in Tigray by Ethiopian forces, and has seen nearly 60,000 people fleeing to Sudan.

    UADC 2021 · Open Quarters · 2021-10-01

  • This house believes that the Naftali Bennet administration is in the best interest of the Middle East

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    Benjamin Netanyahu was ousted from office by a coalition of rivals earlier this year, ending his 12-year run in power. Israel's new prime minister, Naftali Bennett, was sworn in after a vote of confidence with the narrow margin of 60 votes to 59. Bennett, the far right leader of Yamina party, will be prime minister until September 2023 as part of a power-sharing deal. He will then hand power over to Yair Lapid, head of the centrist Yesh Atid party, for a further two years. The administration is a mix of politicians from the left (Labor), the centre (Lapid), hardline Jewish religious nationalists, and a small Arab Islamist party

    UADC 2021 · Open Quarters · 2021-10-01