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  • This house, as Egypt, would accept the request.

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    It’s 652 BCE. Assyria is the most powerful empire in the world, and is known for its harsh treatment of enemies and territorial expansion. It is currently ruled by Ashurbanipal, a scholar, who was chosen as heir over his older brother Shamash-shum-ukin. As a conciliatory gesture, Shamash-shum-ukin was appointed as king of Babylonia, a vassal state with a history of uprisings against Assyria. Shamash-shum-ukin has declared he is the true king of Assyria and is leading a Babylonian revolt against Ashurbanipal. Egypt is an ancient, proud and wealthy kingdom with lots of agricultural land, and has just gained independence after a successful revolt against Assyria. Shamash-shum-ukin asks Egpyt for assistance in his revolt.

    UNSW Pre-Worlds · Grand Final · 2023-12-09

  • This house believes that feminists in Muslim-majority countries should advocate for the abolition of Sharia Courts rather than for feminist reforms within them (e.g., more female judges/qadi, feminist interpretations of the Quran)

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    Sharia refers to Islamic religious law. Many Muslim-majority countries have dual-legal systems, with Sharia Courts existing alongside secular courts.

    JHU Pre-WUDC 2023 · Round 4 · 2023-11-24

  • 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

  • As the Palestinian Authority, This house would Seek Collaboration with Hamas

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    Palestinian Authority (PA) is a Fatah-controlled governing body that has overseen West Bank territory for Palestine, led by Mahmoud Abbas as the president. PA is also known as the official state of Palestine. Hamas is an organization that is currently governing Gaza strip, led by Ismail Haniyeh. Currently, there is political and territorial split between PA and Hamas.

    Nusantara Overland Varsities English Debate Competition 2023 · Quarterfinals · 2023-10-28

  • This house as the Taliban would allow women in Afghanistan to play sports

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    "Since taking over Afganistan in 2021, the Taliban has banned Women from participating in sports, including representing Afganistan at International Sporting events. In response to this, there has been backlash from International Sporting bodies. For example, the International Cricket Council (ICC), the governing body for cricket, has restricted funding to the Afganistan Cricket Board and has threatened to ban the Afganistan Men's Cricket team from participating in International Cricket events, like the Cricket World Cup, if women's cricket is not permitted in Afganistan. For context, Cricket is the most popular sport in Afganistan and the Afganistan Men's team has made significant progress in the International cricket arena, having qualified to play in the past 3 editions of the Cricket World Cup"

    VITDT Round Robin 2023 · Round 4 · 2023-10-06

  • This house, as Saudi Arabia, would join BRICS

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    BRICS is an acronym that stands for a group of five major emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The BRICS countries are characterized by their significant influence on regional and global affairs, as well as their substantial and fast-growing economies. Recently, a number of countries including Saudi Arabia were invited to officially join the organization.

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

  • This House Predicts that the Judicial Reform will lead to Netanyahu's Exit from Office

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    The Israeli Judicial Reform led by the Netanyahu government seeks to curb the judiciary's influence over lawmaking and public policy by limiting the Supreme Court's power to exercise judicial review and granting the government control over judicial appointments

    Black Sea European Universites Debating Championships 2023 · Round 4 · 2023-08-21

  • This house would refuse to work on the project

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    A consultant is a professional who provides advice and further purposeful activities in an area of specialization. You are a newly employed queer woman who has landed a job in consulting. This oddly happens to be the only job you have been able to find after more than a year of unemployment. You're not broke or unable to make ends meet but you definitely aren't financially secure right now. You are being asked to work on a project dealing with addressing political dissidence in Saudi Arabia and it is the only project available for staffing.

    3UDU Op3n 2023 · Round 5 · 2023-08-07

  • This house would cantonise Israel

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    For the purposes of this debate, cantons are administrative divisions between the municipal and federal levels, with autonomous control over a region within a federal republic. Cantons control education, social services, infrastructure, non-federal crime and taxation etc. typically, cantonisation is done according to ethno-social lines.

    Princeton IV 2023 · Grand Final · 2023-08-05

  • This house would illegally smuggle the Palestinian refugees to safety

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    You are a Palestine legal immigrant in the EU living a quiet life with your family. One day you find several Palestinian refugees washed ashore on the beach. You have the choice to illegally smuggle these refugees to safety or turn a blind eye and leave the refugees as they are. If you choose to smuggle these refugees there is a significant risk but not guaranteed of getting caught for which the punishment is the removal of you and your family’s legal status imprisonment.

    North Luzon Online Debates 2023 · Round 5 · 2023-07-23

  • That, as a (Manchester United) fan who grew up in Manchester, would prefer the Sheikh Thani bid.

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    Manchester United is currently owned by the Glazers family, who are known to take out high amounts of dividends from the club, pile up more debt, and not invest much in club infrastructure. They have announced their interest in selling the club and there are currently two bids: one of Sheikh Jassim Al Thani from Qatar and Sir Jim Ratcliffe from England. Sheikh Jassim Al Thani promises to buy the entire club, get rid of its debts and invest heavily in facilities and player transfers. Sir Jim Ratcliffe wants to buy 51% of the club (while the rest of the shares stay publicly traded in NYSE and partially owned by the Glazers family) and has an experience of owning Nice Football Club in France and is a minority shareholder of Mercedes AMG Petronus Formula One team. He (Sir Jim Ratcliffe) also pledged a fan centric approach to governing the club.

    Krabi Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships 2023 · Round 1 · 2023-07-01

  • That the Biden administration should negotiate with Iran to form a new nuclear deal

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    The 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal (JCPOA) sharply limited Iran’s nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief from major world powers. The deal collapsed in 2018 after Trump withdrew the US from the deal and imposed sanctions on Iran, following which Iran has resumed its nuclear weapons development program. Iran has been reluctant to negotiate with the Biden administration to resuscitate the JCPOA, but has recently signalled that it would be open to a new deal if it allowed current nuclear weapons-related infrastructure to be maintained.

    UNSW Pre-Australs 2023 · Round 2 · 2023-06-25

  • That we oppose the merger of the PGA Tour and LIV Golf

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    LIV Golf is a Golf tour financed by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund that was set up in 2021 to rival the established PGA Tour, offering some players as much as US$150 million to play in the LIV series instead of the PGA Tour. In June 2023, LIV Golf and the PGA Tour announced that they would pool their commercial rights into a new for-profit venture, which will be funded by the Saudi sovereign wealth fund.

    UNSW Pre-Australs 2023 · Round 1 · 2023-06-25