AUDC results

Champions: NTU-1

Runners up: ADMU-1

Main Semifinalists:
NUS-2
SMU-2

EforL Champions: BNU-1
EforL Runners up: UMY-1

Overall Best Speaker: Glen Tuazon (ADMU)

EforL Best Speaker: Sohab Sayeed (EWU)
Public Speaking Champion: Philip Binando (DLSU)

Regional Highest Ranking on Tab:
- ADMU-1 (South East Asia)
- ICU-2 (East Asia)
- NLSIU (South Asia)
- Middle East (No Winner)

Motions:

Young Ones
THW allow abortion on the ground of permanent physical deformity.
THBT the government should take away obese children from their parents.
THBT the state should financially support single teenage pregnant mothers.

Malaysia
THW not allow elected MPs to change their political parties.
THW allow unrestricted religious conversion of its citizens.
THBT Malaysian government should end its subsidy on oil.

Bargaining and Concessions
THW give aid to Myanmar in exchange of political concessions from the military junta
THBT it is time for South Africa to cut its aid to Zimbabwe until Mugabe steps down
THW make recognition of an independent Kosovo a precondition for Serbia’s membership into the WTO

Taboo
THW legalize incestuous marriages
THW recognize the choice of identity for those who have undergone sexual reassignment surgery
THBT Non-citizens should not be allowed to be legal prostitutes

Sports
THW have airtime quota on domestic media to promote women’s sports.
THBT players should walk off the field in response to racist hooliganism.
TH should lift the ban on expression of political beliefs by athletes during sporting events.

Economics
THW make economic aid conditional on opening up development tenders to foreign bidders
TH would punish companies’ home for bribing abroad
This house would make eco-labeling mandatory for cross-border trade

Election
This house would restrict aid to troubled democracies unless their election is held under an international body.
This house would ban campaign contribution from foreign entities in national election.
THBT Asian democracies should disallow the succession of close relatives to top political posts

State & Religion
This House would allow use of Sharia Law for Muslim minorities in Britain
THW grant unrestricted access to pilgrimage sites to people of other faiths.
THW impose a quota for female teachers on government subsidized madrasas

Food Security
THW impose a moratorium on the production of Bio-Fuel
THW nationalize the food production
THW not leave food prices in the hands of the market

US Foreign Policy
THBT United States should lift the embargo on Cuba
THBT Lebanon should accept United States’ offer of military aid to fight the Hezbollah
THBT United States should involve Iran in the nation-building of Iraq

Media
THBT Media corporations should be held accountable only to their shareholders
THBT broadcast media organizations in the US should provide equal airtime to competing views on controversial issues.
TH supports full live television coverage of legislative sessions

Bio-Ethics
THW supports surrogacy for profit
THBT private insurance companies should be allowed to access genetic information of its policy applicants
THW ban pharmaceutical companies from giving monetary compensation to clinical trial volunteers

In Times of War
THBT United States should not detain juvenile enemy combatants
THBT conscription of child soldiers by their parents is justified in the war for freedom
THBT in times of war, the state should offer convicts imprisoned for heinous crimes the option to fight for the army in exchange of conditional pardon

Source: AUDC List & e-mail