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Date Tournament Round Motion
2020-12-05 ILNU Pre UADC 1 THW provide doctors performing life saving procedures immunity from legal action against them
2020-12-05 ILNU Pre UADC 1 THBT novel drugs should be made available to at risk patients before the completion of Phase III Clinical Trials
2020-12-05 ILNU Pre UADC 1 THW implement an anti-vaccination tax on parents who refuse to vaccinate their children
2020-12-05 ILNU Pre UADC 2 THW replace all forms of religious giving (e.g. tithing, zakat) with equal government funding of religious institutions
2020-12-05 ILNU Pre UADC 2 In secular states, THW ban religious leaders from running for public office
2020-12-05 ILNU Pre UADC 2 TH, as the current Dalai Lama, W concede to Gyaincain Norbu as the legitimate Panchen Lama
2020-12-05 ILNU Pre UADC 3 THBT staging live action remakes has done more harm than good to disney's artistic legacy
2020-12-05 ILNU Pre UADC 3 THW legalise grafitti
2020-12-05 ILNU Pre UADC 3 THO the romanticizing of women who buck traditional gender norms in popular media
2020-12-05 ILNU Pre UADC 4 THP the use of zero hour contracts and furloughs rather than layoffs in times of financial crisis
2020-12-05 ILNU Pre UADC 4 THBT companies should pay an unemployment tax for automation
2020-12-05 ILNU Pre UADC 4 THR the introduction of Chinese mobile payments platforms in developing countries.
2020-12-05 ILNU Pre UADC 5 THW ban the contracting of athletes for single games
2020-12-05 ILNU Pre UADC 5 THS state owned enterprises like Gazprom and Emirates sponsoring sports teams
2020-12-05 ILNU Pre UADC 5 THBT players should get a cut of fantasy sports revenue as a performance bonus
2020-12-05 ILNU Pre UADC Open_Octa THR the narrative of the "American Dream"
2020-12-05 ILNU Pre UADC Open_Octa THBT the state should bear all costs of elective sex reassignment surgery
2020-12-05 ILNU Pre UADC Open_Octa That local communities facing economic recession should be allowed to sell the rights over cultural heritage sites
2020-12-05 ILNU Pre UADC Open_Quarter THS the recent wave of Arab states' normalisation of ties with Israel
2020-12-05 ILNU Pre UADC Open_Quarter THBT regional peace talks should be led by external powers (i.e. six party structure) over in-region alliances and players (e.g. SADC or African Union)
2020-12-05 ILNU Pre UADC Open_Quarter THS the agreement to give control of Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijan, with peace-keepers from Russia and Turkey
2020-12-05 ILNU Pre UADC Open_Semi THR the use of language that dismisses activists based on their sacrifice (ie: "protest tourists"; "performative allyship")
2020-12-05 ILNU Pre UADC Open_Semi In countries dominated by conservative political parties, THBT movements should prioritize grassroots organizing (outreach, education, local funding, scholarships, community spaces) as opposed to advocating for political change
2020-12-05 ILNU Pre UADC Open_Semi THR the narrative that professionals working for nonprofits perform a "public service" or "sacrifice"
2020-12-05 ILNU Pre UADC Open_Final THBT incest should be legalized in cases where the familial relationship is not known prior to marriage
2020-12-05 ILNU Pre UADC Open_Final THS an unrestricted right to death for legal adults
2020-12-05 ILNU Pre UADC Open_Final THW require criminal cases in which the defendant is an ethnic or religious minority to be adjudicated by a member of the same identity