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Pre-released Motion #1:

Zambia 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.
Kenya Defence Forces begin gradual withdrawal from Somalia
Experts are raising concerns over the gradual withdrawal of the African Union peacekeeping mission, AMISOM. The mission is due to hand over security to local forces, but there are concerns they are not ready.

Pre-released Motion #2:

Social media platforms should require everyone to use their real names while online

Suggested Readings:

Gov clarifies identity checks for social media as law is passed
World-first regime to start in Australia.
Scrubbing the net: The content moderators - The Listening Post
Many social media users assume that content moderation is automated, that when an inappropriate image or video is uploaded to the net a computer removes it – whereas, in reality, there are reportedly more than 150,000 content moderators working today.

Pre-released Motion #3:

Charities should be banned from using graphic images of people suffering in their campaigns

Suggested Readings:

Have charity shock ads lost their power to disturb?
Images such as Barnardos’ heroin baby have come to define charity advertising – but now some agencies are trying a more subtle tack
The Dress: are social memes and shock tactics the future of charity marketing?
After the social media storm generated by #TheDress, Kirsty Marrins takes a look at how some charities reacted to it and asks if it’s part of a wider trend

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