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  • This House, as a country facing a high risk of armed regional conflict, would implement mandatory military service

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    Mandatory military service is the conscription of all eligible citizens, usually those aged between 18-25, into military service for periods ranging from 1-3 years. In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, countries like Latvia have introduced mandatory military service for men, while other countries in close proximity to Russia (Estonia, Romania, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland) have considered doing so.

    McGill BPHS 2023 · Round 1 · 2023-10-20

  • This house as this athlete would accept this offer and move to the country

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    You are an athlete who has been identified as having huge potential in your sport. Unfortunately, you are a citizen of a country that cannot afford to provide the training and facilities you'd need to achieve your potential. Another country has offered you the training and facilities that could make you an Olympian, and potentially an Olympic Champion. The only condition is that you must renounce your current citizenship and become a citizen of this new country

    20th BDC-IUBAT Pre Worlds 2023 · Round 6 · 2023-10-12

  • This house believes that the international scouting movement should remove nationalistic elements from its programs.

    Infoslide

    The World Organisation of Scouting is one of the largest youth organisations in the world, operating in almost every country. Scouting programs often involve nationalistic elements such as opening and closing meetings by saluting a flag and elements of the award scheme that involve learning about and participating in key aspects of national identity (E.g. learning about national symbols or attending ANZAC day ceremonies in Australia).

    Mini Gong Pre-WUDC 2023 · Round 4 · 2023-10-01

  • This house Hopes for the increased prevalence of Pan-Africanism.

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    Pan-Africanism is a diverse socio-political intellectual global movement that argues that peoples of African descent, both in the Diaspora and on the continent, have common interests and should be unified. The ideology was initially led by the first post-independence presidents of many African nations, such as Kwame Nkrumah (Ghana).

    Edinburgh Cup 2023 · Semifinals · 2023-09-30

  • This house, as Bhutan, would cede Doklam to China

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    Bhutan has an ongoing border dispute with China over Doklam, a strategic plateau located at the juncture of Bhutan, China and India. India, with whom Bhutan has longstanding political and military ties and is largely dependent on for trade, supports the position that Doklam is part of Bhutan. China believes the plateau is part of its territory. Doklam (if ceded to China) would provide China with easier access to the Siliguri Corridor, a strategic vulnerability for India.

    UNSW Pro-Am 2023 · Round 2 · 2023-09-25

  • In nascent democracies, This house believes that the state should propagate national identity by centering them around leaders and iconic figures rather than ideologies

    Shri Ram Pre-Asian British Parliamentary Debate 2023 · Round 5 · 2023-09-08

  • This House Predicts that Russia will not have control of most of the occupied and contested Ukrainian territories* by the end of the war *such as the occupied territories in Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts, Crimea, and the strategically significant contested territories (gray areas) such as Robotyne, Antonivskyi bridge, and Kreminna forest

    Black Sea European Universites Debating Championships 2023 · ESL Finals · 2023-08-21

  • This house believes that prominent politicians from southern states (namely, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana) should join/ defect to national parties over regional ones in their own state.

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    The southern region of India has had a convoluted history of representation at the national level, given its entrenched differences in terms of identity, culture, and languages from the northern region of the country. The two national parties of the country, the INC and the BJP, both have their origins in northern India.

    Qaynaat 2023, Women & Gender Sexual Minorities Debate · Round 3 · 2023-08-12

  • This house would cantonise Israel

    Infoslide

    For the purposes of this debate, cantons are administrative divisions between the municipal and federal levels, with autonomous control over a region within a federal republic. Cantons control education, social services, infrastructure, non-federal crime and taxation etc. typically, cantonisation is done according to ethno-social lines.

    Princeton IV 2023 · Grand Final · 2023-08-05

  • In post-conflict states, This house prefers the implementation of Positive Memory Laws over Negative Memory Laws

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    Positive and negative memory laws are legal measures adopted by some countries to regulate the public discourse and historical narrative related to specific events or periods of their history. These laws aim to influence how historical events are remembered and discussed, and they can have significant implications for freedom of speech, historical research, and public memory. Positive Memory Laws: Laws that promote or mandate a particular version of historical events, often focusing on the positive aspects of a nation's history or emphasizing national pride. These laws may aim to protect the country's image, foster patriotism, or prevent the dissemination of information that could be considered harmful to the country's reputation. Negative Memory Laws: Laws that prohibit or penalize the discussion, acknowledgment, or recognition of certain historical events that may be considered controversial or politically sensitive. These laws are typically enacted to suppress discussions related to events that the government wishes to downplay or keep hidden from public scrutiny.

    Drexel Open 2023 · Grand Final · 2023-07-29

  • That the African Union should continue its policy of preservation of colonial era borders instead of recognizing secessionist movements fighting for autonomy. [borders]

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    The Cairo Declaration, released during the meeting of heads of state of the Organisation of African Unity (now African Union) in its first session in 1964, led to the development of an international practice of respecting and sustaining the territorial situation as it existed at independence. This later evolved as the rule of the status quo, which preserved the border arrangements left behind by colonial regimes.

    Krabi Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships 2023 · Round 7 · 2023-07-01