[eDebate] potential/emerging 2007-8 high school debate resolutions

[Stefan Bauschard]

These are the topic areas/resolutions that will go to the wording 
committee.  The wording committee will use these wordings as guidelines, 
and will come down to one resolution per area.  This will be done 
tomorrow (Saturday).

 

Please post any thoughts/comments in the topic blog -- Planet Debate -- 
Stefan's Blog -- Topic Meeting

 

Five will be selected from this list to go to voters.

 

*Africa***

 

The USFG should substantially increase its public health assistance to 
Sub-Saharan Africa.

 

G*lobalization*

 

The USFG should establish a policy liberalizing international trade in 
agriculture

 

The United States federal government should establish a policy 
(substantially) increasing trade between the United States and one or 
more of the following (list to be limited, maybe): Iran, Syria, North 
Korea, Venezuela, Cuba.  (Will probably exclude Cuba due to concerns 
related to debating this in Florida).  Need to check on solvency 
evidence for Venezuela.

 

*Latin America* (the presenter here: Jeff Stutzman of Indiana, prefers 
the "economic freedom" topic, yet the paper did not define the whole 
term "economic freedom" -- is there a good definition for this 
contextual phrase. Questions: Doesn't the Bush administration now do its 
utmost to promote "economic freedom" in Latin America if that means 
lowering trade barriers and increasing the range of action of private 
corporations? If so, where is the inherency?

 

Resolved: The United States federal government should increase its 
economic assistance to one or more countries in Latin America.

 

Resolved: The United States federal government should establish an 
economic policy to substantially increase market liberalization in Latin 
America.

 

Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially 
increase its support of economic freedom in Latin America.

 

Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially 
change its economic policy to one or more of the following countries: 
Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Mexico, Chile, Venezuela.

 

 

*Water*

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 The United States federal government should establish a foreign policy 
substantially increasing its support for water resources management in 
Africa and/or the Middle East.

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The possibility of adding Asia is included.

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*International Women's Rights*

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Trying to narrow it down

 

Wording very rough

 

Increasing women's economic (or a different type of) rights in a 
geographic area (like Middle East)

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*Pandemics*

 

The United States Federal Government should establish a foreign policy 
substantially decreasing the virulence of a human pandemic.

 

*Central Asia***

 

1. Resolved: Resolved: That the United States federal government should 
substantially change its foreign policy towards one or more of the 
following countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, 
Tajikistan, Uzbekistan.

 

 

2. Should substantially increase development assistance towards one or 
more of the following nations:  Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, 
Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan.

 

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