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47 entriesjus in bello
The body of law regulating the conduct of parties during Armed Conflict,…
#IBelong Campaign (UNHCR)
A UNHCR-led global campaign launched in 2014 to end statelessness within ten…
$100 Billion Climate Finance Goal
A pledge by developed countries to mobilize $100 billion per year by 2020 to…
1.5°C Pathway
An emissions trajectory that limits global warming to 1.5°C above…
1267 ISIL (Da'esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee
The 1267 Committee is a UN Security Council subsidiary body that designates…
13 Steps disarmament
A 2000 NPT Review Conference roadmap of thirteen practical steps for nuclear…
1373 Counter-Terrorism Committee
The Counter-Terrorism Committee is a UN Security Council subsidiary body…
1533 DRC Sanctions Committee
The 1533 DRC Sanctions Committee is the UN Security Council subsidiary body…
1540 Committee (WMD Non-Proliferation)
The 1540 Committee is a subsidiary body of the UN Security Council that…
1591 Sudan (Darfur) Sanctions Committee
The 1591 Sudan Sanctions Committee is the UN Security Council subsidiary body…
17-Gun Salute
A ceremonial military honor of seventeen artillery rounds rendered to…
1718 DPRK Sanctions Committee
The 1718 Committee is the UN Security Council subsidiary body that oversees…
1737 Iran Sanctions Committee (terminated)
The 1737 Iran Sanctions Committee was a UN Security Council subsidiary body…
19-Gun Salute
A 19-gun salute is a ceremonial military honor rendered to heads of government,…
1951 Refugee Convention
The 1951 UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, which defines who is…
1967 Refugee Protocol
The 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees that removed the 1951…
1970 Libya Sanctions Committee
The 1970 Libya Sanctions Committee is the UN Security Council subsidiary body…
1973 Diplomatic Protection Convention
UN treaty criminalizing attacks on diplomats and other internationally…
1992 Consensus
A contested political formula referring to a 1992 understanding between Beijing…
1992 Consensus
A disputed political formula describing a 1992 understanding between Beijing…
1994 Implementation Agreement
A 1994 UN agreement that modified Part XI of UNCLOS on deep seabed mining,…
1997 Asian Financial Crisis
A regional economic crisis that began in Thailand and spread across East Asia,…
1AC
The 1AC is the first Affirmative Constructive speech presenting the affirmative…
1AR
The First Affirmative Rebuttal, a speech in policy and Lincoln-Douglas debate…
1NC
The First Negative Constructive speech in Policy debate where the negative team…
1NR
The first negative rebuttal in policy debate, given by the second negative…
2008 Global Financial Crisis
A severe worldwide economic crisis triggered by the collapse of the U.S.…
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
A large-scale military invasion of Ukraine launched by the Russian Federation…
2023 Sudan war
Armed conflict that erupted in April 2023 between Sudan's national army (SAF)…
21-gun salute
A ceremonial firing of 21 artillery rounds rendered as the highest national…
2127 Central African Republic Sanctions Committee
The 2127 Central African Republic Sanctions Committee is a UN Security Council…
2140 Yemen Sanctions Committee
The 2140 Yemen Sanctions Committee is a UN Security Council subsidiary body…
2374 Mali Sanctions Committee (terminated)
The 2374 Mali Sanctions Committee was a UN Security Council subsidiary body…
2AC
The Second Affirmative Constructive, the third speech in a policy debate round,…
2AR
The Second Affirmative Rebuttal, the final speech of a policy debate round,…
2AR Crystallization
The final affirmative rebuttal technique of narrowing the round to a few…
2NC
The second negative constructive, the third speech given by the negative team…
2NR
The 2NR is the second negative rebuttal in policy debate, the final speech for…
2NR Collapse
In policy debate, the strategic choice by the second negative rebuttalist to…
360-Degree Feedback
A performance review method in which an employee receives anonymous assessments…
3SI
The Three Seas Initiative (3SI) is a political forum of EU states between the…
5+5 Joint Military Commission Libya
A UN-facilitated Libyan military dialogue with five officers each from the GNA…
64 Actions (NPT)
The 64-point action plan adopted by consensus at the 2010 NPT Review Conference…
751 Somalia Sanctions Committee
The 751 Somalia Sanctions Committee is a UN Security Council subsidiary body…
9/11 Attacks
Terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, in the United States by Al-Qaeda,…
9/11 Commission Report
The official report analyzing the circumstances leading to the September 11,…
Žižek Kritik
A competitive debate argument drawing on Slavoj Žižek's Lacanian-Marxist theory…