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World Schools Debate December 2024/January 2025 Resolutions

This House Believes That violent protest is an acceptable means to gain independence.
This House Would ban zoos and aquariums designed for public display of wildlife
This House regrets the dominance of the two-party system in American politics.
This House Regrets that many nations, including the United States, are openly defying the UN Declaration of Human Rights by denying asylum and persecuting religious minorities.
This House Would sanction the Orban regime in Hungary for its antidemocratic policies targeting ethnic and religious minorities.
This House Believes That censorship is sometimes justified in our society
This House regrets the NIL policies of American sports.
This House Believes That greater national self-sufficiency is an important component of global climate change resilience.
This House Would require all children to participate in early childhood education programs.
This House Condemns the refusal of the United States to adhere to the decisions of the International Criminal Court.

This House Believes That a universal standard to qualify for asylum needs to be established.
This House Believes That the modern shortcomings of the global economy can be addressed by the adoption of more trade policies.
This House would remove all non-medical exemptions from vaccinations in the name of promoting public health.
This House Believes that the discovery of microplastics in humans is the greatest threat to public health moving forward.
This House Regrets the successes of antidemocratic political groups in Europe, particularly in France, Italy, England, and Germany.
This House Supports the repatriation of all cultural artifacts from foreign museums to their nation of origin.
This House Believes that anthropogenic climate change has passed a point of no return and that mitigation efforts are no longer possible.
This House Would amend the UN Declaration of Human Rights to specifically protect members of the global LGBTQ+ community.
This House Believes that allowing professional athletes to participate in the Olympics violates the spirit of the games.
This House Believes That entities that generate cross border pollution must be held responsible for damages.

This house would require that police departments must reflect racial demographic of the area they police.
This House would set a mandatory retirement age of 70 for federal judges.
This House regrets the NIL policies of American sports.
This House believes that the current cap of 435 members of the House of Representatives needs to be expanded to better represent the growth of the American population.
This House believes that African problems require African solutions.
This House would require national service.
This House believes that the UN has failed in its mission to protect refugees and asylum seekers.
This House Believes That the preservation of indigenous artifacts without supporting cultural practices is ethnocide.
This House regrets attempts to erode free public education.
This House Believes That Machiavelli was correct "It is better to be feared than to be loved."

This House believes AI is good for education.
This House would remove accreditation from universities that cut Humanities and World Languages programs.
This House would restore the two-thirds threshold to confirm federal judges.
This House would end the use of school vouchers to attend private schools.
This House Believes That current "green growth" approaches are not sustainable.
This House Believes That free speech principles need to be updated to accommodate the dynamics of digital media.
This house believes that a tuition price ceiling should be set for all state universities.
This House would invest in a tourist economy.
This House would engage in deep sea mining as soon as possible.
This House Believes That population displacement from climate change should be grounds for asylum.

This House would amend the Constitution to establish a national right to vote that overrides state voting laws.
This house would invest significantly in high speed rail throughout the United States.
This house would censor any federally elected official that espouse misinformation about 2020 election fraud.
This house believes the American Rescue Act failed to achieve its goals.
This house believes climate change can only be solved through government intervention.

This house believes that the “talking filibuster” should be re-introduced in the Senate.
This House would end the use of for-profit prisons by federal and state governments.
This house believes that community college should be fully subsidized.
This House would use a UN peace keeping force to restore order and rebuild Haiti.
This House believes conventional warfare is a justified response to cyber-attacks.
This House would re-instate the Fairness Doctrine to the FCC.

This House would forbid the use of taxpayer money to fund parochial schools.
This House would end the use of for-profit prisons by federal and state governments.
This House would end qualified immunity for law enforcement officers.
This house believes that the American withdrawal from Afghanistan was a mistake.
This House would use antitrust legislation to break up Facebook.
This House believes that private space exploration is more effective than government run programs.

This House would expand the number of Justices on the Supreme Court to 15.
This House would define anti-government white supremacist groups as domestic terrorist organizations.
The house believes that the COVID pandemic was inevitable and could not have been contained.
This House would call on the United Nations to investigate Human Rights abuses on the US-Mexico border.
This house would dissolve the European Union.

This House would place 14-year term limits on federal Judgeships.
This House would require American businesses to be carbon neutral by 2030.
This house regrets the example the United States Presidential race has set for the rest of the world.
This house would reaffirm America’s commitment to the World Health Organization
This House would require that a course on race, racism, and ethnic studies be required for high school graduation
This house believes that US citizens should be allowed to import from foreign nations pharmaceuticals approved by foreign government’s FDA’s.
This house believes that a president cannot break an international treaty signed by a previous president without the consent of both the Senate and the House.

This house believes that qualified immunity for police officers should be eliminated.
This House would eliminate the Department of Homeland Security.
This house regrets the failure of the Trans Pacific Partnership.
This house supports federal mail-in voting.
This House regrets the American trade war with China.
This House would end subsidies for commercial Agribusiness.