UT MARA Australs 2007 Motions

UT MARA Australs 2007 Motions

ROUND 1: DEMOCRACY
1. That presidential democracies should change to parliamentary democracies
2. That the media should be required to cap political advertising by
candidates and parties during elections
3. That Tonga should abandon its absolute monarchy

ROUND 2: BIOETHICS
1. That the West should not recognize clinical trials conducted in the Third
World
2. That governments should abolish patent protection and instead establish a
fund that guarantees payments for the development of new medicines for Third
World diseases
3. That we should have a moratorium on genetically modified foods until they
are proven to be safe

ROUND 3: MALAYSIA … TRULY ASIA
1. That segregating universities on the basis of ethnicity should be
abolished
2. That all Malaysians should come under the same civil code
3. That Malaysia should abolish compulsory national service

ROUND 4: The Dismal Science
1. That governments in the Third World should reclaim ownership of basic
services
2. That the WTO should enforce fair trade instead of free trade
3. That growth in happiness, not growth in GDP, should be the measure of
success in developed countries

ROUND 5: LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
1. That new citizens should be required to pass a language and values test
2. That we should strive to prevent endangered languages from becoming
extinct
3. That the membership of the United Nations Security Council should
represent the world's major 'civilizations'

ROUND 6: SECURITY IN ASIA PACIFIC
1. That we should lift trade sanctions on North Korea as soon as it shuts
and seals its nuclear facilities.
2. That Sri Lanka should grant the Tamils statehood.
3. That Australia should recruit soldiers from Pacific Island States


ROUND 7: THE NANNY STATE
1. That democratic states should adopt Singapore's law regarding oral sex
2. That the state should compel the parents of obese children to sponsor a
child in the Third World
3. That 'emo' youths should be placed in state care

ROUND 7: THE GREATEST MARKET FAILURE IN HISTORY
1. That we should use biofuels as the solution to 'peak oil'
2. That the developed world should institute a policy of zero population
growth
3. That we should abandon the Kyoto Protocol in favour of the Asia-Pacific
Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (AP6)


ROUND 8: MIDDLE EAST
1. The West Bank should become a part of Jordan
2. That the West should overtly support pro-democracy movements in Middle
Eastern states
3. That only 'soft power' can achieve America's goal of democratisation in
the Middle East

OCTO FINALS: LABOUR
1. That host countries of guest workers should pay a tax to the country of
origin
2. That the Members-States should grant free movement of labour in EU
3. That South America should cease coca eradication programs

ESL Semi-Final: HEALTH AND EDUCATION
1. That the United States should establish a system of universal health care
2. That religious schools should be forced to teach comprehensive sex
education
3. That Southeast Asian Governments should provide condoms in prisons

WOMEN'S DEBATE
1. That the election of Hillary Clinton would be good for women

QUARTER FINALS: WHATS COLD IS HOT AGAIN
1. That we should suspend Russia's G8 membership pending democratic reforms
2. That NATO should support the unilateral declaration of Kosovo's
independence
3. That the US should accept Putin's request to modify its plans for missile
defense

SEMI FINAL: SIZE DOES MATTER
1. That male circumcision should be banned
2. That we should decriminalize prostitution in Southeast Asia
3. That cock fighting should be banned

ESL FINAL: GENDER
1. That we should legalise abortion in Southeast Asia
2. That there should be gender quotas for Executive positions in Fortune 500
companies
3. That doctors should be required to report suspected cases of domestic
violence

Grand Final: Mental Health
1. That governments should pay for treatments that seek to 'normalise'
autism