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Lincoln-Douglas 2025 January/February Topic

Paras Kumar | Dec 01, 2024
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Resolved: The United States ought to become party to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and/or the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

A total of 693 coaches and 2,686 students voted for the resolution. The winning resolution received 38% of the coach vote and 36% of the student vote.

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