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Debating a controversial issue within a formal public setting, in order to persuade an audience, who may participate in a post-debate discussion and question-answer period, or who may even vote on the debated issue. Typically, a timely central issue serves as the fulcrum for both the speakers and the audience, with speakers presenting opposing sides with the explicit intent of informing and persuading their immediate audience.
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Dalbir S. Sehmby
http://www.thepeoplespeak.org, http://www.idebate.org A comic film about the ramifications of global warming. The UN Foundation's The People Speak (TPS) and the International Debate Education Association (IDEA) are holding a global forum on Climate Change for TPS 2008-2009. Open to all high school s...
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Dalbir S. Sehmby
A brief survey of the time honored problem-solving strategy of banning.
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DOHA Debates
Location: Oxford Union, Oxford University, UK.
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In the first high-ranking Israeli visit to Qatar in more than a decade, Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres spoke to students at a Doha Debates Special event. Peres was questioned on a wide range of issues, including the peace process, Lebanon and relations with Iran. He told the audience that Israel...
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DOHA Debates
In a Doha Debates Special event on the 29th of October, 2006, students from across Doha questioned the Secretary General of the Arab League, Amre Moussa, on the hottest issues facing the Arab world today. Answering a question about Darfur, Sudan, Moussa said the situation was ""bad but should not be...
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During the third Doha Debates Special in March 2006, the head of the UNs nuclear watchdog, Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei, told the world to calm down in the face of mounting international pressure on Iran.
In response to questions from Dohas students, the Director General of the International Ato...
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DOHA Debates
The issue of how to combat extremism and improve relations between the West and Muslim world was the topic of the second Doha Debates Special in February 2006.
The Special was part of the Doha meeting of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations. Four guest speakers, Archbishop Desmon...
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Vote Result: The motion was passed
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DOHA Debates
Vote Result: The motion was passed
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DOHA Debates
Vote Result: The motion was passed
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DOHA Debates
Vote Result: The motion was rejected
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DOHA Debates
Vote Result: The motion was passed
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