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  • This house believes that the governments of developing nations should actively encourage slum tourism

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    Slum tourism is a type of tourism that involves visiting impoverished areas - usually through a service provided by tourism agencies. Slum tourism is now becoming increasingly prominent in developing nations, including India, Brazil, Kenya and Indonesia.

    Law Foundation Cup 2024 - Senior Category · Round 5 · 2024-03-01

  • We regret the use of protest tactics and violence in student-led movements.

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    Case Study: In 2015, the #FeesMustFall movement erupted at universities in South Africa, advocating for the cessation of tuition fee increases at universities and calling for government funding support. This student-led movement became intolerant, undisciplined, racially divisive, and coercive, with a certain degree of violence. This caused psychological harm and real loss for some students, along with property damage of 44.25 million US dollars. In 2016, the government announced it would stop raising tuition fees at universities. However, after 2016, the government allowed schools to set their own tuition fee increases, rather than imposing a fee increase cap at 8%.

    Hanoi BP Debate Open 2024 · Round 5 · 2024-02-08

  • This house prefers a world where the ANC had more progressively pursued economic and land reparations during the negotiations in ending the apartheid "

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    Info Slide: The African National Congress (ANC) is the ruling party in South Africa. It has been in power since it negotiated with the governing National Party in 1993 to end apartheid, after 8 decades of struggle. At the time, the ANC prioritised securing legal and political rights, and the first democratic election was held in 1994. Today, South Africa is the most industrialized country in Africa, but also the country with the worst income inequality in the world. Black South Africans own only 4% of private land.

    Sondhis National Debating Championship 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-01-19

  • This house prefers the formation of regional oil cartels to OPEC

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    The Organisation of Oil Exporting Countries (OPEC) is an international oil cartel. It enables the co-operation of leading oil-producing countries in order to collectively influence the global oil market and maximize profit. Countries in OPEC include Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela, Libya, the United Arab Emirates, Algeria, Nigeria, Gabon, Angola, Equatorial Guinea and Congo. Other countries that are not in OPEC also produce oil, such as Ecuador, Indonesia and Qatar.

    Canadian British Parliamentary Debating Championships 2023 · Grand Final · 2023-11-18

  • This house believes that the ECOWAS should seek to pivot towards China over the U.S

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    The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is a regional political and economic bloc of fifteen countries located in West Africa, namely Senegal, Ivory Coast, Ghana etc. The stated goal of ECOWAS is to achieve a so-called “Collective Self-Sufficiency” for its member states by creating a single large trade and economic union. It is considered to be one of the pillar regional blocs of African Economic Community (AEC).

    20th BDC-IUBAT Pre Worlds 2023 · Round 4 · 2023-10-12

  • 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 South Africa, would prioritise investment into renewable energy over traditional forms of electricity

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    The South African electricity grid has experienced frequent daily power outages due to the dominance of "coal mafias", companies that control the majority of coal mines in the country and prioritise exporting high-quality coal over domestic energy needs. There is limited alternative energy infrastructure in South Africa.

    USU IV 2023 · Round 6 · 2023-09-16

  • This house believes that West and Central African countries should abandon the CFA franc in favour of establishing their own independent currencies.* *For the purposes of this debate, Government teams have to defend a separate currency for each individual country.

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    The CFA franc refers to two currencies (that are interchangeable and have the same value) used in eight West African countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo) and six Central African countries (Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon) respectively. Both these currencies have the same fixed peg to the euro, and member countries deposit a significant fraction of their foreign reserves with the French Treasury.

    UCLA Intervarsity Debating Champsionships 2023 · Open Semifinal · 2023-09-16

  • This house believes that the queer movements in the developing world should focus on promoting queer theology over critiquing religion.

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    Queer Theology is an approach to religious belief and practice that explores and affirms the experiences and perspectives of LGBTQ+ individuals within various faith traditions.

    Oragon Debate Cup 2023 · Round 3 · 2023-09-15

  • This house believes that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) should militarily intervene in Niger

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    On July 26, 2023, the democratically elected government of Niger was toppled by a military coup headed by General Tchiani. In response, the Economic Community of West African States threatened to militarily intervene in the country if the coup did not reinstate the democratic government by August 6th. The deadline has since passed, yet the coup shows no signs of returning power to the democratic government.

    Shri Ram Pre-Asian British Parliamentary Debate 2023 · Pre-Quarter Finals · 2023-09-08

  • This house, as ECOWAS, would militarily intervene in Niger

    Infoslide

    On July 26, 2023, the democratically elected government of Niger was toppled by a military coup headed by General Tchiani. In response, the Economic Community of West African States threatened military intervention in the country if the coup did not reinstate the democratic government by August 6th. The deadline has since passed, yet the coup shows no signs of returning power to the democratic government

    National Asians High School Debate Championship 2023 · Round 2 · 2023-08-31