Pre-released Motion #1:
Angola should join Kenya's intervention in Haiti
Suggested Readings:
- Kenyan special forces police to arrive in Haiti to help combat gang violence
- An advance group of Kenyan officers, part of a larger UN-backed ‘support mission’ to stabilize Haiti, landed in Port-au-Prince
- ‘The gangs are in charge’: Haiti’s outgunned police fight a desperate rear defence
- With violent insurrectionists in charge of 80% of the capital, Haiti’s police cling to their mission in the face of deadly odds
- Haiti Is Collapsing: Here's Why
- Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital of 2.8 million people where over 300 gangs battle relentlessly for control of the city... Haiti is on the edge of collapse, grappling with crippling overlapping catastrophes.
- What Kenya’s proposed mission to Haiti says about Nairobi’s foreign policy
- Kenya, under President William Ruto, is reorienting its foreign policy approach to Africa and its diaspora, seeking to be a leader on the continent and across the Global South. Its proposed mission to Haiti emphasizes this keen interest.
Pre-released Motion #2:
Foreign Aid in Africa has done more harm than good
Suggested Readings:
- Does foreign aid always help the poor?
- Nobel Prize-winning economist Angus Deaton argues that foreign aid aims to help poor nations, it can inadvertently harm them by undermining governmental accountability and fostering dependency.
- Managing Aid Exit and Transformation - Botswana Country Case Study
- The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency: Botswana has at times been the largest aid recipient of all developing countries on a per capita basis. Since then, Botswana has transitioned from a dependent aid recipient to middle-income status with a relatively small aid portfolio. This document discusses that transition.
- USAID Success Stories
- USAID is among the worlds largest drivers of international donor aid, with an annual budget of over $42 billion for foreign assistance. This link outlines some of their success stories.
- Oxfam's Record in Haiti
- This article from the World Economic Forum discusses the behaviour of aid workers in Haiti and the urgent need for reform.
- Understanding Global Aid: A Look at Official Development Assistance (ODA)
- This webpage is from the ONE Campaign, an organization focused on global development. It provides information on Official Development Assistance (ODA), also known as international aid. The page offers data on how much aid is given, where it goes, and what it's spent on. You'll find statistics on how much aid rich countries donate and how that compares to a UN target of 0.7% of their national income.
