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Resolved: When in conflict, the United Nations should prioritize global poverty reduction over environmental protection.

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METADEBATE

• POVERTY IS COMPLICATED AND CAN BE DEFINED IN DIFFERENT WAYS
  
• MORE STUDY NEEDED TO UNDERSTAND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN RESOLUTIONAL TERMS
  

PRO EVIDENCE

• GLOBAL POVERTY SIGNIFICANT
  
• GLOBAL POVERTY INCREASING
  
• GLOBAL RICH-POOR GAP INCREASING
  
• POVERTY REDUCTION REQUIRES COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTIONS
  
• POVERTY REDUCTION REQUIRES DEVELOPMENT
  
• POVERTY REDUCTION REQUIRES THE USE OF FOSSIL FUELS
  
• SHOULD PRIORITIZE POVERTY
  
• SHOULD PRIORITIZE POVERTY: SHEER SIZE OF PROBLEM DEMANDS
  
• SHOULD PRIORITIZE POVERTY: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT HIJACKED BY ENVIRONMENTAL CAUSES
  
• SHOULD PRIORITIZE POVERTY: POVERTY CAUSES ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
  
• SHOULD PRIORITIZE POVERTY: ONLY A SMALL COST IS REQUIRED
  
• POVERTY CAUSES TERRORISM
  
• POVERTY HURTS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
  
• POVERTY CAUSES DEATH
  
• ENVIRONMENTAL FOCUS MAKES PEOPLE EVER POORER
  

CON EVIDENCE

• INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS MAKING PROGRESS ON GLOBAL POVERTY
  
• DEVELOPING WORLD MAKING PROGRESS ON GLOBAL POVERTY
  
• ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITY KEY
  
• ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITY KEY: ENVIRONMENTAL FOCUS WILL SAVE MILLIONS
  
• ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITY KEY: SOLVING ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION KEY TO SOLVING POVERTY
  
• ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITY KEY: WITHOUT A FOCUS ON THE ENVIRONMENT, ANY POVERTY REDUCTION IS TEMPORARY
  
• ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITY KEY: PRIORITIZING POVERTY CERTAINLY TRADES OFF WITH THE ENVIRONMENT
  
• ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITY KEY: TIMEFRAME DEMANDS CON
  
• ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITY KEY: DEVELOPING WORLD IMPACTED MOST BY CLIMATE CHANCE
  
• BALANCING INTERESTS KEY: RESOLUTION FORCES A FALSE CHOICE DEMANDING A CON BALLOT
  
• BALANCING INTERESTS KEY: ENVIRONMENT AND POVERTY ADVOCATES JOINING FORCES
  
• BALANCING INTERESTS KEY: MINDING BOTH INTERESTS IS KEY TO MEETING EITHER NEED
  
• BALANCING INTERESTS KEY: FOCUSING ON BOTH WILL SOLVE POVERTY
  
• BALANCING INTERESTS KEY: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE PROVES IT IS POSSIBLE
  
• DEVELOPMENT FOCUS BAD
  
• A/T: POVERTY CAUSES TERRORISM