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  • This house believes that development organizations should prioritize sector specialization over country specialization.

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    In international development, non-governmental organizations that receive development aid may pursue "sector specialization", focusing on one specific sector (such as healthcare, education, or job training) and implementing similar projects across multiple countries. On the other hand, "country specialization" is a strategy whereby the organization engages across multiple sectors simultaneously but operates within a specific country.

    Hit-U Intervarsity 2025 · ラウンド4 · 2025-11-01

  • This house supports the partition of Sudan

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    Sudan is currently in a state of civil war between two factions - the official military forces of Sudan (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). After a military offensive, the SAF has taken control of Sudan's capital Khartoum away from the RSF. The RSF remains in control of parts of the south of the country and nearly all of the large western region of Darfur. The RSF has unilaterally declared its own rival government.

    Prague Open 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-11-01

  • This House Opposes the recent West African coups

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    Since 2020, several countries in the Sahel region of West Africa including Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Chad have experienced military coups. These events have often followed public dissatisfaction with civilian governments due to economic hardship, the perceived failure to combat Islamist insurgencies, and French military, economic, and political influence. These new juntas have distanced themselves from France and have formed closer connections with Turkey, Russia, and The Wagner Group.

    Unity Cup 2025 · Semifinal · 2025-10-25

  • This house would implement a cultural dividend

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    A "cultural dividend" is a significant tax on the revenue of works that reference a culture the artist is not an immediate and direct member of. The cultural dividend would be paid to the culture's country of origin. For example, a white designer being inspired by traditional Malay batik prints would pay cultural dividends to Malaysia; Colombian born-and-raised singer Shakira who draws on her Lebanese heritage in her music would pay cultural dividends to Lebanon.

    Malaysia Pre-WUDC 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-10-18

  • This house supports the reforms by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to ease international trade in the rupee

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    As of October 2025, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced a series of reforms to ease and facilitate international trade in the rupee. These reforms include: (i) easing the process for foreign banks to open an SVRA*, (ii) allowing SVRA account surpluses to be invested into corporate and government bonds, (iii) allowing authorised dealer banks in India to lend in rupees to neighbouring countries, (iv) establishing a transparent reference rate for currencies of India's major trading partners, and (iv) easing regulatory burdens for non-resident Indian entities looking to establish business in India. *A special rupee vostro account (SVRA) is an account held by an Indian bank on behalf of a foreign correspondent bank. The SVRA stores the foreign bank's rupee balances for the purposes of settling international trade transactions.

    Malaysia Pre-WUDC 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-10-18

  • This house support Serbia to join EU

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    Serbia, a country that struggles with corruption and a high unemployment rate, has aspired to join the EU for many years. To do so, it would need to align with EU foreign policy, including imposing sanctions on Russia and facing strong pressure to improve relations with Kosovo. Historically, Serbia has maintained close ties with Russia and China.

    Autumn Tournament 2025 · 準決勝 · 2025-10-18

  • This house believes that extra-terrestrial territories outside the Earth and its moon should be designated as terra nullius

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    Terra nullius (Latin for “land belonging to no one”) is an old doctrine in international law which asserts that any unclaimed territory may be acquired through two key elements: animus occupandi (or “intention to occupy”) and corpus possesionis (or “actual physical occupation”)

    Cebu Debate Open · Round 3 · 2025-10-17

  • This house supports school curricula prioritizing transnational narratives over national ones.

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    National narratives are educational approaches that structure the teaching of history with a focus on the events, processes, and characters of a single nation. Transnational narratives are approaches that organize the teaching of history based on phenomena that transcend national borders, such as economic exchanges, migrations, regional conflicts, international cooperation, and social transformations on a global scale.

    Curitiba Week of British Parliamentary 2025 · Rodada 3 · 2025-10-17