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  • This House Opposes the use of Private Military Contractor

    Infoslide

    A Private Military Contractor (PMC) is a private company that provides military and security services to governments, corporations, and organizations. These services include combat support, training, logistics, intelligence gathering, and security for personnel or infrastructure. Examples include, but not limited to,Blackwater (now Academi), Wagner Group, G4S (now part of Allied Universal), etc.

    IIUM Open 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-12-21

  • This House believes that previously colonised nations should prioritise lobbying for systemic reparations, rather than financial reparations

    Infoslide

    Systemic reparations are a form of reparations that seek to change the structure and aims of international organisations in order to advance the causes of affected groups. This could include (but is not limited to) increased votes or power on councils and working groups at organisations like the Security Council, the International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organisation etc. Financial reparations predominantly take the form of direct cash transfers, debt relief or lump sum grants and payments.

    Pre-WUDC Vienna Online Open · Round 1 · 2024-12-21

  • This House would set sail to find the distant land

    Infoslide

    In Ancient Greece, the sea was viewed as the end of the mortal world, belonging only to the Gods and controlled by the God Poseiden. You are a senior Army Officer stationed in a Greek port city during the reign of Alexander the Great. You and your forces have free access to the city's ships, and are curious about the sea and what lies beyond it. You recieve word of a distant land beyond the horizon, populated by other mortals.

    Pre-WUDC Vienna Online Open · Novice Finals · 2024-12-21

  • This House believes that countries should adopt an economic policy of non-retaliation against protectionist measures by emerging economies

    Infoslide

    Protectionism refers to economic policies taken by a country to protect its industries from foreign competition. Sometimes protectionism can attract economic retaliation by foreign countries; this can look like filing a lawsuit against protectionist countries at the World Trade Organisation, and imposing tariffs or sanctions etc.

    Pre-WUDC Vienna Online Open · Round 5 · 2024-12-21

  • This House prefers a world composed of many smaller communes as opposed to a few large empires

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    For the purposes of the debate, a commune refers to a group of people living together and sharing possessions and responsibilities. They have their own governance structures and do not report to or pay taxes to any authority outside of their commune. An empire is a political unit made up of many territories and peoples, usually through conquest. It has a central supreme authority or central government, usually an emperor or empress, exercising political control over subordinate peripheries.

    Pre-WUDC Vienna Online Open · Round 4 · 2024-12-21

  • This house supports the agreement between the US and Panama

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    The Darién Gap is a 60-mile stretch of dense rainforest on the border of Colombia and Panama. It's the only land route connecting Central and South America. It’s made up of mountainous terrain, swamps and rivers. Migrants crossing face threats of physical and sexual violence from criminal groups. In July this year, The United States and Panama made a deal to reduce the number of migrants crossing the Darién gap on their way to the United States. This includes an agreement that the US will pay for the repatriation of migrants who enter Panama illegally, US training of Panamanian personal to screen and deport migrants, and barbed wire fencing throughout the jungle to discourage crossing.

    SSE Riga IV 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-12-14

  • This house supports Western universities terminating Confucius Institutes on their campuses

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    Confucius Institutes (CIs) are educational partnerships between Chinese universities and universities abroad. CIs are funded and arranged by the Chinese Ministry of Education, with the stated aim of promoting Chinese language and culture, supporting international teaching of the Chinese language, and facilitating cultural exchanges. Recently there has been a trend of Western universities (e.g. in the US, Sweden, the Netherlands) closing the CIs on their campuses, citing concerns about potential political influence or limiting academic freedom.

    Asia Pacific WSDC 2024 · Round 1 · 2024-12-14

  • This house believes that the fall of the Assad regime is in the interests of Israel.

    Infoslide

    On December 8th, Syrian rebel fighters captured the Syrian capital of Damascus, toppling the Assad regime that had held power since 1971. In response, President Bashar al-Assad resigned and fled to Russia. There are three major factions that now control territory in Syria: Hay'at Tahrir al- Sham (HTS), the Syrian National Army (SNA), and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). HTS is an Islamist group primarily based in northwestern Syria, and it led the most recent offensive against the Assad regime. The SNA is a Turkish- backed group based in the north. The SDF are a primarily Kurdish militant group in the northeast, historically backed by the United States. HTS has appointed a caretaker government to serve until March 2025.

    Cambridge Mini 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-12-14

  • This house believes that BRICS expansion is in the interests of ASEAN nations

    Infoslide

    BRICS is a group of emerging economies created to coordinate its members’ economic and diplomatic policies, found new financial institutions, and reduce dependence on the U.S. dollar, such as through establishing the New Development Bank (NDB) and Contingent Reserve Arrangement (CRA) as alternatives to Bretton-Woods institutions. BRICS current has 9 member states: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates. BRICS recently offered invitations to 13 nations to become partner countries, including four in ASEAN (Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam).

    Asia Pacific WSDC 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-12-14

  • This house as the Zuni tribe, would reveal to the world its ability to control the weather.

    Infoslide

    The Zuni tribe is a Native American tribe that has been settled for centuries in a small village in New Mexico. It possesses a unique, intransferable skill for performing rituals that allow for weather manipulation – calling for rain, storms, changing the intensity of sunlight, etc. The weather control ritual requires a significant amount of energy from the entire tribe, has limitations regarding frequency (there must be a break for regeneration between performances), and a limited geographical range. Additionally, the knowledge of their ability to control the weather is currently known only to the Zuni tribe.

    Poznań Pro-Am 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-12-07

  • This house would remove veto powers from permanent security council members and redistribute it to historically neutral countries (e.g. Ireland, Switzerland, Panama, etc)

    Infoslide

    The United Nations Security Council is the international body tasked with peace preservation. It has 5 permanent members with veto voting powers: USA, UK, France, Russia, and China

    Diliman Intervarsity 2024 · Novice Finals · 2024-12-07

  • This house supports the deglobalization of the economy.

    Infoslide

    Deglobalization of the economy is a process involving the reduction of economic interdependencies between countries. Elements of this process include, among others, the withdrawal from free trade agreements, an increase in economic protectionism, and the limitation of international investments.

    Poznań Pro-Am 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-12-07