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  • This house regrets the dominance in the provision of both political and financial aid of colonial powers to their former colonies.

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    For the purpose of this debate political aid refers to aid in building political systems parties and institutions (eg. constitutions courts etc.). For example the French-dominated Sahel 5 in Africa; Macron's recent post-crisis efforts to intervene in Lebanon; British early constitution-building in Iraq; the institution of the Commonwealth in post British colonial states etc.

    Inner Temple Inter Varsity Debating Competition-2021 · Open Semis · 2021-01-15

  • This house would create UN protectorates in failing states

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    UN protectorates are international administrations established to govern countries or regions in crisis. Examples include the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET). A failing state is a political body that has disintegrated to a point where basic conditions and responsibilities of a sovereign government no longer function properly. Examples include, South Sudan, Somalia and Haiti.

    Uhuru Worlds · School Final · 2021-01-10

  • The hour regrets the mbokodo narrative

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    Mbokodo is a Nguni term for a rock. Over the course of history, the slogan 'You strike a womxn, you strike a rock' has been used to expressed the resilience and strength of womxn, eventually leading to the coining of the term mbokodo as reference to womxn. It alludes to womxn being as solid as rocks.

    Uhuru Worlds · Open Semis · 2021-01-10

  • This house would grant the River Nile environmental personhood, with rights against pollution and mismanagement sued for in national courts by a set of independent trustees.

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    Environmental personhood is a legal device by which a natural resource is given rights and protections that can be enforced against private or state actors by independent trustees.

    Uhuru Worlds · ESL Final · 2021-01-10

  • This house regrets the pervasiveness of colonial determinism in discourse surrounding African development.

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    Colonial determinism refers to the view that postcolonial states are irredeemably influenced by the structures of colonialism, and that these structures are primarily responsible for the economic, political and social contexts these states find themselves in.

    Doxbridge Worlds · Open Octos · 2021-01-02

  • Motion: this house believes that the African Union should actively redirect funding from its military interventions towards humanitarian projects (e.g. food insecurity disease)

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    The African Union is a political economic and humanitarian bloc consisting of 55 states in the African continent. Its military wing is currently engaged in interventions in Somalia Sudan Mali the Central African Republic and Uganda.

    Asia Pacific WSDC 2020 · Open Semis · 2020-12-30

  • This house regrets the pervasiveness of colonial determinism in discourse surrounding African development and politics

    Infoslide

    Colonial determinism refers to the view that postcolonial states are irredeemably influenced by the structures of colonialism and that these structures are primarily responsible for the economic political and social contexts these states find themselves in.

    Bangladesh UADC 2020 · Open Final · 2020-12-10

  • This house as Abiy Ahmed would abandon attempts at creating the proposed Prosperity Party and reinstate the Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF)

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    Ethnic federalism in Ethiopia divides governance along ethnic lines into nine regional states and two multiethnic 'chartered administrations.' The Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) was an ethnic federalist political coalition in Ethiopia. The Prosperity Party was established as a national party and successor to the EPRDF by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and it will run for the first time in the 2021 election.

    Bangladesh UADC 2020 · 6 · 2020-12-10

  • This house as Aby Ahmed would abandon attempts at creating the proposed Prosperity Party and reinstate the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF).

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    Ethnic federalism in Ethiopia divides governance along ethnic lines into nine regional states and two multiethnic “chartered administrations”. The Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) was an ethnic federalist political coalition in Ethiopia. The Prosperity Party was established as a national party and successor to the EPRDF by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and it will run for the first time in the 2021 election.

    Bangladesh UADC 2020 · 6 · 2020-12-10

  • This house believes that regional peace talks should be led by external powers (i.e. six party structure) over in-region alliances and players (e.g. SADC or African Union)

    ILNU Pre UADC · Open Quarters · 2020-12-05

  • This house supports the rise of vaccine diplomacy

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    Vaccine diplomacy is a concept whereby nations provide necessary medial supplies such as masks or vaccines to other nations and, in exchange for these 'donations,' gets acess to the nation in many ways. For example: In September, Zimbabwe gave concessions to Chinese companies to mine for coal in its Hwange National Park, one of Africa’s most precious wildlife reserves aftere China had sent many medical donations and trial versions of their vaccine to many African countries.

    Smart Debates · 2 · 2020-11-29

  • This house regrets Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's military response to Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) aggression

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    Abiy Ahmed is the current Prime Minister of Ethiopia and was preceded by a heavily autocratic government. In his campaign and platform, he strongly advocated for peace in Ethiopia and political stability. He presided over the release of thousands of political prisoners, promised to to amend previous draconion policies and was awarded a Nobel Peace Price for his work in ending Ethiopia's long-running border dispute with neighbouring Eritrea.

    Visayas Debate Open · Open Semis · 2020-11-28

  • This house, as the Transitional Military Council of Sudan, would pay the United States compensation in exchange for being removed from the ‘State Sponsors of Terrorism’ list.

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    The United States maintains a ‘State Sponsors of Terrorism’ List (SSTL). There are only four countries on the list: Syria, (since 1979), Iran (since 1984), Sudan (since 1993) and North Korea (since 2017). Being on the list has a series of consequences: heavy restrictions on aid, limitations on exports to the countries in question (in particular a ban on defence products) and a series of other restrictions. Sudan is on the list due to their alleged funding and support of Al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups, including connections to the bombings of embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998. In 2019 Omar al-Bashir, the long time dictator of Sudan was ousted and replaced with a Transitional Military Council (TMC). Sudan has been heavily hit by the COVID 19 pandemic: 10 million people in Sudan face food shortages and Sudan’s inflation rate has consistently sat at above 100%. this year Mike Pompeo visited Khartoum to indicate support for the new government. Pompeo offered to remove Sudan from the SSTL in exchange for a $330m compensation pay-out directly to the American victims of Al-Qaeda. The initial assessment for the compensation pay-out by American courts was an amount over $10 billion.

    USU IV · 5 · 2020-11-21

  • This house, as Wakanda, would remove the cloaking field

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    Wakanda is a small landlocked country in East-Africa. It has a unique possession of Vibranium, the strongest element on earThis house, which the Wakandans use to develop technology far more advanced than any other in existence and a cloaking field which has allowed them to remain hidden from the rest of the world

    ADU Novice Championships · 3 · 2020-11-12

  • This house as ECOWAS would adopt the Eco as a common currency.

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    The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is a political and economic union consisting of Benin Burkina Faso Cabo Verde Côte d’Ivoire The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Liberia Mali Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone and Togo. In 2019 members of ECOWAS announced plans to create a common currency called the “Eco”. this currency would replace the CFA Franc a common currency already used by the (mostly) francophone ECOWAS countries and the currencies of ECOWAS countries not using the CFA Franc.

    CUSID British Parliamentary Championships 2020 · 3 · 2020-10-28

  • In countries where most citizens have tribal identities, this house believes that legislative bodies should provide significant legislative representation to tribal chiefs

    DAV Debate Open · 3 · 2020-10-17