so far so good!! we got Ten team s participating in this tournament! thogh its lesser than wat we had last year, its better beacause all the participants are awesome!! gongratulation 2 DHC and FOOD SCIENCE for making it to the final!!
* This post wil be improved soon!
NOVICE in UiTM Shah Alam.
10:10 PM / Comments (1) / by Anonymous
On 19 to 21 February 2010, UMT had send 2 teams to compete in the National Novice tournament in UiTM Shah Alam. There are 98 teams participating representing almost 50 institution! among this, UMT debaters had gain great experience and knowledge, making new friends by means in the same time improving the debating technique. As the result are ot, one of UMT teams scores to be in rank 25 out of 98 participating teams!while the other team scored rank 60. Great improvement in UMT debating society! the speakers rank are as followed:
shafwan- 57
Aufar- 76
ashraf -120
siva prakash-160
purnima kadarasen- 161
mohd shahmi- 213
congratulation UMT DEBATERS!
HaPpy ChineSe New Year And VAlentine day
4:35 PM / Comments (22) / by Anonymous
HEpi CNY everyone! it seems dat this holiday will be filled up with fun and joy of the year or the tiger! grrr!may our life be prosperous! never the less, heppi valentine day also.. this is the first time we celebrated both occasion on the same date! to all couple out there, love is in the air.....
DebatE workshop PNC 2010
4:35 PM / Comments (0) / by Anonymous
sorry! the updates are late but hey better late than never. hello everyone!! long time?? nah~ but its been a moment or 2.. hehe.. so for those who come to the debate workshop congratulation and thank you! do practice your new knowledge well and dont hesitate to ask! luv~ waney
PNC participants! THEMES for motions are OUT!!
11:20 PM / Comments (0) / by Anonymous
hello debaters!!
good day to you. I'm glad to inform you that the themes for our PNC debate tournament is OUT!!
THEMES
1. Biodiversity
2. Health
3. Sports
4. Social Issues
5. Economy
6. Science and Technology
7. Humor
8. Campus Issues
As we going to go with the real deal to give you the taste of real English debate, motion will be release on the spot!! don't worry we allow you to actually bring a laptop with you for a quick peek on the internet. plus, were organizing a mentor session by which, the university debaters were assigned to assist you guys in understanding debate. Anyway, please attend the workshop that will be held this Friday for more details. Tag your friends along even if they're not debating!! Looking forward to see you guys and for another debating experience to come..
time: 8.00 am
venue: Kompleks kuliah 12
attire: casual and simple
p/s any inquiries please email me @ dgsyazwani@yahoo.com or facebook on http://en-gb.facebook.com/dg.syazwaney
kudos~
waney
Human Rights as agreed in the United Nations and the CDHRI
6:41 AM / Comments (17) / by Unknown
I've been wanting to post this for quite some time, but I had work obligations to attend. Anyhow....
This post will focus on human rights, an issue that is yet to be understood fully by all Malaysians. With the issues that have been ongoing, I think it's more important that everyone establish a clear understanding of this necessity (yes, it is a necessity because the lack of it would only promote injustice).
According to United Nations, human rights is defined as "Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, language, or any other status. We are all equally entitled to our human rights without discrimination. These rights are all interrelated, interdependent and indivisible" (Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights). Simply said, any human that is born into this world have a series of rights that they inherit for their existence. For many years, no correction, for many millenniums the human rights issue has been debated and handled as such that hierarchy system was practiced in history (e.g. caste system in India, class system in the Middle Ages).
With the creation of United Nations, one of the key documents ever made through the institution is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDoHR). You have two choices: either read the full text from the official website (http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml#a1); or, just watch the video below.
The UDoHR is one of the components that makes up the International Bill of Human Rights; while the other components include: i) the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; and ii) the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. It is a fact that Malaysia is just among the few nations that have not sign and ratify both treaties into the nation's legislation. One might assumed that as Malaysia is projecting toward "developed country" status, the government would accept the treaties into our everyday lives. However, this is not the case for the fact that Malaysia is predominantly an Islamic and Malay state, which seems to be in conflicting in accepting UDoHR which other Islamic nations share the same sentiment.
Among the criticisms set on UDoHR is that the Islamic World (particularly members of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference), the UDoHR is biased toward the Judeo-Christian cultures and not to Islam (Universal Human Rights & "Human Rights in Islam" by David G. Littman). Thus, in 1990, the Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam (CDHRI) was established, which can easily be viewed as the Islamic treaty on human rights in accordance to the Shari'ah law. Again, this only applies to the Islamic World and is more biased to Islam that there have been criticisms which states the CDHRI lacking respect towards human rights.
In my opinion, as Malaysia is a signatory to CDHRI and not to other treaties (i.e. The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights), the racial mix in conjunct with cultural and religious elements may not be well saturated within our borders. In effect, this eventually led to misunderstandings (e.g especially the previously-known "the right to use the word Allah" issue). No matter the differences that each human being have in this world, it's a real pity that we cannot achieve utopia where we all can sing, "Why Can't We Be Friends?"
Post COP15.. Leading close to 2012
9:42 PM / Comments (0) / by Unknown
We are into 2010, and for some who have been actively monitoring the progress leading to post Kyoto Protocol forecast, this means that the world has only TWO years left until the mentioned nations in the treaty to achieving the 2012 carbon emission target. To read and view the context of the Kyoto Protocol, just click to the following link: http://unfccc.int/essential_background/kyoto_protocol/items/1678.php. One of the ways to monitor the progress of climate change efforts, is to hold annual meetings called "Conference of Parties (COP)", which is also the time when government agencies and NGOs discussed, with activism occurring outside the venue compound.
About a month ago, nations throughout the earth took part in the Conference of Parties 15 (COP 15) meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark which saw world leaders attending the meeting, including President Barack Obama. It was also due to his presence that many world leaders decided to show up for the meeting.
So exactly what came out of the COP 15? Simple, the answers are: i) Copenhagen Accord; and ii) more disappointments. First, let's have a look as to what have been hoped for during the time of the meeting with this video from Arnold Schwarzenegger, California's Governor (synonymously known as the Governator), who describes what everyone can do in combating climate change.
Such an inspiring speech, makes one feel hopeful and be passionate that the COP 15 will yield great success. Well, unlike all fairy tales, the speech isn't so realistic to reach the minds of the world leaders. This next video is from the Stupid Show, which shows the progess of events that occurred during the COP 15, and also from the same crew who gave you the film, "The Age of Stupid".
Knowing the truth, it's quite evident to see how such agreement (relating to the Copenhagen Accord) can be established without the full consensus (consensus means agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole) of every nations. Sadly, this is the reality of life that is felt despite the false hopes that are at times promised to the concerned individuals.
