Motions
The 3rd EU-Thailand National Inter-Varsity Debate Championships 2007

Thailand

1. This house would give state universities autonomy.
2. This house believes that corporations in Thailand should be Thai-owned.
3. This house believes that Thaksin should be brought to trial.

Asia

1. This house believes that ASEAN needs a common currency.
2. This house believes that countries have the right to develop nuclear technology.
3. This house believes that ASEAN needs to be reformed.

Social

1. This house is pro-choice when it comes to abortion.
2. This house would trade drugs.
3. This house would increase the age of consent.

Environment/Science

1. This house believes that transgenic technology is the way to go.
2. This house believes that countries should be punished for crimes against the environment.
3. This house would export its waste.

Trade

1. This house would trade for aid.
2. This house believes that national problems are best solved by the private sector.
3. This house believes that WTO is a tool for the rich.

World/Global affairs

1. This house believes that the UN Security Council is a joke.
2. This house believes that extremism deserves political expression.
3. This house believes that the US should come to the table with Iraq and its neighbors.

Entertainment/sports

1. This house would regulate the content of computer games.
2. This house would ban the broadcasting of capital punishment in all media.
3. This house believes that there should be salary caps in professional sports.

EU

1. This house supports free movement of labor within the EU.
2. This house believes that the EU should champion the environment over the economy.
3. This house believes that EU expansion will do more harm than good.

Grand Final

This house believes that Thailand should take the lead in developing ASEAN along the EU model.

2006 motions
(Note: Themes are not arranged in order)

Thailand

1. This house believes we should grant political autonomy to the Southern Provinces.
2. This house believes Thaksinomics is bad for Thailand.
3. This house believes we don’t need Suvanapoom City .

Asia

1. This house believes democracy is not the solution for Asia.
2. This house believes Asia should reject all American Military bases.
3. This house believes the West Bank barrier must fall.

EU

1. This house believes the EU should not allow secret detentions in its borders.
2. This house believes EU should have its own military.
3. This house believes EU should stop its enlargement.

Vice

1. This house believes substance abusers should be denied the right to public health care.
2. This house believes football gambling should be legalized.
3. This house would legalize prostitution.

Environment

1. This house believes we need a new Kyoto protocol.
2. This house believes nuclear is the way to go.
3. This house believes environmental protection should be a condition for aid.

Quarters: Trade

1. This house believes free trade is a rich man gain.
2. This house believes countries should stop trading with Myanmar.
3. This house would Support Bono to cancel Africa’s debts.

 Semis: Rights

1. This house would shut down Guantanamo Bay.
2. This house would support the death penalty
3. This house would legalize the use of performance enhancing drugs in sport.

Rookie Final: Entertainment

1. This house believes we should censor cartoon.
2. This house believes the party should go on.
3. This house believes junk food should not sponsor sport.

Final

This house believes the EU has neglected its relations with Southeast Asia

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Last year's motions

Round 1: Thailand

1. This House believes that one-party rule will be bad for Thailand.
2. This House believes that the South of Thailand will never have peace under Thaksin.
3. This House believes that the 30 baht medical policy should be abolished.

Round 2: Global Politics

1. This House believes that the US war on terror has made the UN irrelevant.
2. This House believes that North Korea is justified in having nuclear weapons.
3. This House believes that religion will prevent any lasting peace in the Middle East.

Round 3: The EU

1. This House believes that the EU should rapidly accept Turkey and Ukraine as its members.
2. This House believes that the EU model should be applied to ASEAN.
3. This House believes Thailand should abandon the US dollar as a foreign reserve currency.

Round 4: Global Economy

1. This House believes that China should never have been allowed into the WTO.
2. This House believes that the developed world should apply free trade principles to the labor market.
3. This House believes that the developed world should forgive third-world debt.

Quarters: Human Rights

1. This House believes that the Guantanamo Bay case is a massive denial of justice
2. This House believes that Thailand has to choose peace and stability over human rights.
3. This House believes that gay marriage is a fundamental human right.

 Semis: The Environment

1. This House believes that the main burden of environmental clean-up should fall on the developed world.
2. This House believes that Thailand should have a one car policy
3. This House believes that Thailand should place a heavy tax on industrial pollution.

Grand Finals: The EU

1. This House believes that EU should have a permanent seat in the UN Security council
2. This House believes that the EU should challenge the American political dominance.
3. This House believes that the EU is more relevant to Thailand’s future than the United States of America.