Tournament: Columbia | Round: 3 | Opponent: Harrison | Judge:
The origin of government is based on individuals coming together to centralize power under a sovereign to provide protections to its citizens. Governments are thus obligated to the public good so it derives its authority from fulfilling its obligations.

WEST  
(Robin West. "Rights, Capabilities, and the Good Society." Fordham Law Review Vol. 69 Issue

The function of the state is to create a legislative system to preserve the wellbeing of its citizens.
LOCKE 

Since the resolution is a question of what developing countries should do, the resolution begs the question of state action since the actors specified by the resolution are states. State policy-making entails utilitarianism because states cannot act on means-based standards such as deontology- they are over demanding.
WOLLER

Armed violence is associated with a number of processes relating to the extraction of resources
DOWNEY  

It is empirically proven that the use of armed violence had been used with the extraction of resources, in developing countries
DOWNEY 2
(Liam Downey Eric Bonds and Katherine Clark Professor of Sociology University of Arizona Professor of Anthropology University of Colorado “Natural Resource Extraction, Armed Violence, and Environmental Degradation”)

Increased armed violence leads to an increased death toll and injury count, which in turn puts more pressure on the already shaky economy of a developing country
UNDP
(“Armed Violence in Asia and the Pacific: An Overview of the Causes, Costs, and Consequences”)

Increased armed violence also leads to increased displacement as empirically proven, and displacement hurts the economy of the hosts, adds to the violence, and lowers the living quality of citizens

UNDP 2 

Resource extraction of coal is increasing over the world
CER NEWS DESK
CER News Desk, Guest blogger / December 19, 2012. http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Energy-Voices/2012/1219/Coal-on-the-rise-as-developing-nations-seek-cheap-fuel

Coal produces immense amounts of carbon dioxide, which in turn pollutes the air and is a main contributor to global warming
KUNKREJA (Rinkesh Kukreja InterGlobe Technologies “Causes of Global Warming”)

AND Global warming impacts will become irreversible
G.A ASSOCIATION 

The brink is now, warming will be an existential threat this century.
MAZO 10

. Warming causes extinction.
TICKELL 8 

Warming in developing countries causes famine, disease, and resource wars – empirically proven, and the impact is systemic. I control probability.
LEAN 

Food crises trigger global wars.
HUME 08

Tournament: Needham | Round: 2 | Opponent: Shrewsbury NK | Judge:
V- Justice
VC- Protecting Least Well Off

Reaching just and moral principles requires placing oneself behind a Veil of Ignorance.
RAWLS 1
Rawls, John (Prof @ Harvard). A Theory of Justice. Revised ed. Cambridge: Harvard U Press, 1974.

It seems reasonable
By their prejudices 

Only the original position respects the will of all people in society.
RAWLS 2
Rawls, John (Prof @ Harvard). A Theory of Justice. Revised ed. Cambridge: Harvard U Press, 1974.

No society can
That are fair

In choosing a more just society from under the veil of ignorance, a person would look at the state from the standpoint of the least advantaged person, and then choose the society that would advance their interests, that’s the maximin solution
RAWLS 3  
Rawls, John (Prof @ Harvard). A Theory of Justice. Revised ed. Cambridge: Harvard U Press, 1974.
 
One can work
Fullest possible degree

PLAN TEXT: Nongovernmental organizations should stop engaging in the use of political
conditions when giving humanitarian aid to foreign countries. 

MCCOSKEY 09 clarifies the plan text, showing that the plan is a shift from the status quo.

Mccoskey, Suzanne. "NGOs in the Aid Community: Do Funding Source or Economic Conditioning Matter to Decisions of Country or Activity Involvement?" The Journal of Humanitarian Assistance. Tufts University, 23 Feb. 2009. Web. 2 Mar. 2014. http://sites.tufts.edu/jha/archives/381

The rise of
recognition of poverty

Political conditions placed by NGO makes aid counterproductive
CHONG 02
Daniel Chong - Professor of political science at Rollins College, Florida.

NGOs have less
rendering conditionality problematic

Counter productivity is empirically proved in Afghanistan
CURTIS 01
A University Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Emmanuel College

Current humanitarian aid
Negative humanitarian consequences 

Effective Humanitarian Aid is key to solving poverty
MILIBAND 14
British Labour Party Politician Masters from MIT- Kennedy Scholar

UN has declared
Out of poverty

Contention 2 Aid conditionality is a new form of imperialism; the net benefit is solvency for poverty.
CHYZHKOVA 11
Anne Chyzhkova: Coordinator at United Nations System in Guinea-Bissau.Anna Chyzhkova (2011) “Unit 3: Neo-Liberalism and Governance: Good and Good Enough Governance.” 

Neo-liberalism proponents, financial
Manage a nation

Imperialism diverts attention from solving poverty
Driessen 04
Anne Chyzhkova: Coordinator at United Nations System in Guinea-Bissau.Anna Chyzhkova (2011) “Unit 3: Neo-Liberalism and Governance: Good and Good Enough Governance.” 

Imperialism perpetuates poverty
On poor citizens 

Aid conditionality violates basic rights
SPHERE 13
The Sphere Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response Humanitarian Response Center

The Humanitarian Charter
Right to assistance

International Rule of Law constitutes the protection of basic rights
UNRL
United Nations Rule of Law maintained by the Rule of Law Unit in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General. “What is rule of law”

The concept of
In international life

International Rule of Law solves for poverty
UNRL 2
United Nations Rule of Law maintained by the Rule of Law Unit in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General. “What is rule of law”

Rule of law
And environmental degradation 

Thus, aid conditionality violates International Rule of Law. The only way to solve for poverty is by respecting the rule of law, thus to solve for poverty, we must respect the rule of law and stop aid conditionality

Solvency for poverty is necessary, Ongoing global poverty outweighs nuclear war- only my evidence is comparative
Spina 2000
Stephanie Urso, Ph.D. candidate in social/personality psychology at the Graduate School of the City University of New York, Smoke and Mirrors: The Hidden Context of Violence in Schools and Society, p. 201

11 millions deaths
Of every decade