World record performance in Washington DC

Between September 5th and September 15th the first Qatar National Schools Debating Team competed at the World Schools Debating Championships in Washington D.C. For the last 20 years WSDC has been the highest level of debating competition at high school. This year's competition involved 39 countries from around the world. Team Qatar finished 19th, ahead of established debating nations including Germany, Japan and the USA. Their 4 wins in the preliminary stages of the competition was a new record for a team making its debut. Congratulations to all the members of the Team Qatar 2008 for their fantastic achievement... Talal Burshaid Qatar Leadership Academy Tina Niaki Doha College Vartan Shadarevian Doha College Fatima Hijran Al-Bayan Independent School Ayesha Batley Doha College

Team Qatar at the World Schools' Debating Championships 2008 in Washington DC

Watch this space for information about Team Qatar's progress at WSDC 2008 in Washington DC between 5th - 15th September. The team will compete in 8 preliminary rounds against national teams from around the world for a place in the 'knock-out' stages of the competition. Qatar's preliminary rounds will be: Round 0 – Impromptu Debate (Bye Round) - Saturday 5th

PROPOSITION TEAM	OPPOSITION TEAM	VENUE
Qatar	Bangladesh	Hotel

Round 1 – Prepared Debate - Sunday 6th

This house supports military intervention to deliver emergency aid in humanitarian crises.

PROPOSITION TEAM	OPPOSITION TEAM	VENUE
Qatar	Botswana	GMU

Round 2 – Impromptu Debate - Sunday 6th

PROPOSITION TEAM	OPPOSITION TEAM	VENUE
Japan	Qatar	GMU

Round 3 – Prepared Debate - Monday 7th

This house would ban the use of unethically obtained data in scientific research.

PROPOSITION TEAM	OPPOSITION TEAM	VENUE
England	Qatar	GMU

Round 4 – Impromptu Debate - Monday 7th

PROPOSITION TEAM	OPPOSITION TEAM	VENUE
Qatar	Singapore	GMU

Round 5 – Prepared Debate - Tuesday 8th

This house would make the directors of multinational companies personally liable for environmental abuses committed by their companies in the developing world.

PROPOSITION TEAM	OPPOSITION TEAM	VENUE
Zimbabwe	Qatar	GMU

Round 6 – Impromptu Debate - Tuesday 8th

PROPOSITION TEAM	OPPOSITION TEAM	VENUE
Qatar	Montenegro	C

Round 7 – Prepared Debate - Wednesday 9th

This house believes that governments have a duty to bail out failing financial institutions.

Bye: Qatar

Round 8 – Impromptu Debate - Wednesday 9th

PROPOSITION TEAM	OPPOSITION TEAM	VENUE
Wales	Qatar	GMU

We wish the team the very best of luck for the championships.

QatarDebate Blog Launches

This post is the first of a series of blog entries by Andrew and Alex about debating as part of the QatarDebate blog. Each week we will be posting about events in the international debating community and how you can participate in them. Andrew