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  • This house, as Japan, would support closing all U.S. military bases on Japanese territory.

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    The U.S. has maintained a significant military presence in Japan since 1951. There have been numerous crimes committed by U.S. soldiers on and around American bases in Japan. For example, in May, 2018, an American military contractor was arrested for the murder of a 20-year-old Japanese woman. Motion: TH,

    USUDC 2019 · Novice Quarters · 2019-04-13

  • This house, as the BJP, would reinstate Articles 370 and 35(A) of the Indian Constitution.

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    Article 370 allows the Indian-administered region jurisdiction to make its own laws in all matters except finance, defense, foreign affairs and communications. It established a separate constitution and a separate flag and denied property rights in the region to the outsiders. Article 35(A) permits the local legislature in Indian-administered Kashmir to define permanent residents of the region. It forbids outsiders from permanently settling, buying land, holding local government jobs or winning education scholarships in the region. The article, referred to as the Permanent Residents Law, also bars female residents of Jammu and Kashmir from property rights in the event that they marry a person from outside the state. The provision also extends to such women's children

    LUMS Asians' Debate Open · 2 · 2019-04-10

  • This house regrets the annual glorification of past wars.

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    https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uYiQNldFtyXNzZ6gkK1fCdUGuLOehzIA/view?usp=sharing

    2019 Northern Junior Debate Tournament · 5 · 2019-04-03

  • Assuming the Sudanese civilians manage to take power from the military That the new civilian government should revert to its pre-1970 flag.

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    The current flag of Sudan was adopted on 20 May 1970. The flag is based on the Arab Liberation Flag shared by Egypt Iraq Syria and Yemen that uses a subset of the Pan-Arab colours symbolising a shift towards Pan-Arabism. Prior to the 1969 military coup of Gaafar Nimeiry a blue-yellow-green tricolour design was used. The colours of the flag represented the River Nile (blue) the Sahara (yellow) and farmlands (green). They were chosen as they were neutral between ethnic groups and political parties.

    the 2019 Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championship · 3 · 2019-01-01

  • That India should remove Articles 35A and 370 of the Indian Constitution.

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    Section 35A of the Indian Constitution gives special protections to the legislature of Indian-controlled Kashmir. Specifically it allows the legislature of that state to define who is a resident of the state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and prevent non-residents of the state from acquiring land within the state or settling there. Section 370 of the Constitution gives the state full autonomy from the central government on all issues other than defence foreign affairs and communications. Together these two sections make Kashmir functionally autonomous. J&K is the only Muslim-majority state in India.

    the 2019 Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championship · 7 · 2019-01-01

  • This house would make all mega-cities separate city-states from their original countries.

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    According to the United Nations, an urban area with more than 10 million inhabitants is considered a megacity (Bombay, Beijing, New York, Mexico City, London...). A city-state is an independent sovereign state whose territory and population is comprised mostly of a single city (Monaco Singapore San Marino etc).

    I BP CEU · 5 · 2018-12-05