WSDC Motions
WSDC Motions
WSDC Motions
Year
2013
2012
2011
Venue
Antalya
Cape Town
Dundee
Round
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8
Octo
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Semi
Final
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Semi
Final
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P
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Motion
THBT important decisions about childrens health should be made by medical professionals and not by their parents
THBT the media should be prevented by law from intruding the lives of public figures
TH supports greater US military presence in East Asia
THW allow prisoners to choose death over life sentence
THW cease the exploitation of resources in the Arctic Region
THW require government schools to teach religious studies
TH supports sovereign debt default as a legitimate economic strategy for countries
THW require university students to work in their country of origin for a number of years after graduation
THW cut welfare support on compulsive gamblers
THBT social movements in democratic countries should drive social change through the courts rather than the legislature
THBT the government should pay house wives and house husbands for their work
THBT Turkey is better off outside the EU
THW ban alcohol
THBT newly democratised Arab nations should not allow religious parties to participate in elections
THW allow single parents to raise their children behind bars
THBT developing nations should place limits on internal rural-urban migration
THBT the police should use racial profiling to fight crime
THBT the feminist movement should seek a ban on pornography
THW make voting compulsory
THBT states should enshrine legally actionable socio-economic rights
THBT governments should create schools which teach in indigenous languages
THBT gay rights organisations should out gay public figures
TH supports 100% inheritance tax
TH regrets South Africa's decision to use the Truth and Reconciliation Commission rather than prosecuting
perpetrators of crimes committed under Apartheid.
THW offer dictators immunity in return for leaving power
THW allow free distribution of music on the internet
THBT Universal Primary Education is a misallocation of resources for the developing world
THW make voting in national elections mandatory
THW legalise the sale of human organs
THW stop sending humans into space
THBT women can only achieve equality under a secular system of government
THW penalise sporting teams for the poor behaviour of their fans
THW abandon nuclear energy
TH supports free immigration
THBT every region should have the right to independent statehood if a majority of its members wish
THBT autocracy is doomed in the age of Facebook
2010
2009
2008
Doha
Athens
Washington DC
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Octo
Qtr
Semi
Final
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2
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Final
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Qtr
Semi
Final
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
2007
2006
2005
Seoul
Cardiff
Calgary
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Zero
Octo
Qtr
Semi
Final
1
2
3
4
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7
8
Octo
Qtr
Semi
Final
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Zero
Octo
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Final
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P
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P
THW make the development of clean industry a condition for receiving non-emergency aid
THW ban the use of models who are below a healthy weight
THBT Holocaust denial should be a crime
THBT governments should not place limits in the areas which scientists may research
THBT the United States should withdraw from its military bases in Asia
THW legalise all drugs
THBT free trade harms the developing world
THW limit media reporting of terrorist atrocities
THW execute war criminals
THW force organizations to place more women in senior positions
THW privatize public utilities companies
THW partition Iraq
THW abolish the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
THW place a worldwide ban on the use of civil nuclear energy.
THBT full-time students should take part in compulsory charity work
THBT captured terrorists should be treated as prisoners of war
THW place a worldwide ban on tobacco advertising
TH supports the international trading of pollution quotas
THW ban abortion except in cases where the mothers health is at risk
THBT Internet search engines should boycott China until it allows its citizens unrestricted access to the Web
THBT the War on Terror has been counter-productive
THBT governments should subsidise the traditional arts of minority cultures
THBT governments should subsidise the traditional arts of minority cultures
THBT first-time offenders who commit non-violent crimes should not be sent to jail
THBT democracy is the best system of government for every nation
THBT the costs of space exploration outweigh the benefits
THBT censorship does more harm than good
THBT political parties should receive state funding
THBT civil marriage should be open to homosexual couples
THW use affirmative action in response to historical injustice
THW not give development aid to non-democratic governments
THBT education policy should be the responsibility of local authorities
THW not give development aid to non-democratic governments
THW ban the use of human embryos in scientific research
THBT national security should take precedence over individual rights
THBT the first priority of criminal justice should be rehabilitation, not retribution
TH believes in regional trading blocs rather than global free trade
THBT the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council should not have veto power
2004
2003
2002
Stuttgart
Lima, Peru
Singapore
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5
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Zero
Octo
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Semi
Final
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2
3
4
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7
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Zero
Octo
Qtr
Semi
Final
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2
3
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5
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8
Octo
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Semi
Final
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
2001
Johannesburg
2000
Pittsburgh, PA
1999
London
1998
Jerusalem
1997
Bermuda
1996
1995
1994
Canberra
Cardiff
New Zealand
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Octo
Qtr
Semi
Final
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3
4
5
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8
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5
Final
1/6
3/8
Final
1/3
2/7
5
P
P
P
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P
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P
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P
1993
1992
1991
1990
1988
Medicine Hat
London
Edinburgh
Winnipeg
Canberra