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past ippf champions

2022-23 Champion:
Potomac Oak, Rockville, Maryland

Runner-Up:

The Hockaday School, Dallas, Texas

Topic:

"Resolved: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an effective model for international cooperation."

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2020-21 Champion:

Slovak National Team, Bratislava, Slovakia

 

Runner-Up:
Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland

 

Topic:

"Resolved: The benefits of artificial intelligence outweigh the harms."

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2019-20 Co-Champions: 

Due to COVID-19, the IPPF was forced to cancel the 2020 IPPF Finals. The IPPF is pleased to recognize the following teams as co-champions:

Amity Regional High School, Woodbridge, Connecticut
Hathaway Brown School, Shaker Heights, Ohio
Hobby School of Ulaanbaatar, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Ladue Horton Watkins High School, Saint Louis, Missouri

Mountain House High School, Mountain House, California
University High School, Tucson, Arizona

Whitmer High School, Toledo, Ohio

​Woodward Academy, College Park, Georgia

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Topic:

"Resolved: When in conflict, a nation's self-interest should outweigh its international commitments to migrants."

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2018-19 Champion:

Notre Dame High School, Sherman Oaks, California

Runner-Up:
Jasper High School, Plano, Texas

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Topic:

"Resolved: U.S. abdication of international leadership creates dangerous global instability."

 

2017-18 Champion:
LEAF Academy, Bratislava, Slovakia

Runner-Up:
William Mason High School, Mason, Ohio

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Topic: 

“Resolved: International climate accords for greenhouse gas emissions should adopt binding enforcement mechanisms.”

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2016-17 Champion:
Westfield Academy, West Hartford, Connecticut

Runner-Up:
Beijing ENREACH, Beijing, China

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Topic: 

“Resolved: The obligation to provide safe haven for refugees should outweigh a government's right to control its borders.”

 

2015-16 Champion:
Plano Senior High School, Plano, Texas

 

Runner-Up:

East Ridge High School, Woodbury, Minnesota

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Topic:

"Resolved: Genetically modified organisms are essential to global food security." 

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2014-15 Champion:

St. Mark's School of Texas, Dallas, Texas

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Runner-Up:

St. Paul Academy and Summit School, St. Paul, Minnesota

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Topic:
"Resolved: Mass surveillance is not a justified method of governmental intelligence gathering."

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2013-14 Champion:

Hamilton High School, Chandler, Arizona

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Runner-Up:
Hathaway Brown School, Shaker Heights, Ohio

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Topic: 
"Resolved: As a last resort, unilateral military force is justified to minimize nuclear weapons proliferation."

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2012-13 Champion:
Shanley High School, Fargo, North Dakota

Runner-Up:
Hamilton High School, Chandler, Arizona

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Topic: 
"Resolved: Adaptation should be the most urgent response to climate change."

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2011-12 Champion:

Team Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic

Runner-Up: 
Lakewood High School, Lakewood, Colorado

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Topic: 
"Resolved: Human missions should be a significant focus of space exploration."

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2010-11 Champion:
Plano Senior High School, Plano, Texas

Runner-Up:

Notre Dame High School, Sherman Oaks, California

Topic:
"Resolved: NATO military operations are not justified."

 

2009-10 Champion:

Ministry of Education, Singapore

Runner-Up:
Henry Clay High School, Lexington, Kentucky

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Topic:

"Resolved: The United Nations should substantially increase humanitarian assistance for persons living in poverty."

 

2008-09 Champion:
Bellaire High School, Bellaire, Texas

Runner-Up:
Plano Senior HIgh School, Plano, Texas

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Topic: 
"Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase alternative energy incentives."

 

2007-08 Champion:
Bellaire High School, Bellaire, Texas

 

Runner-Up:

Colleyville Heritage High School, Colleyville, Texas

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Topic:

"Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its AIDS/HIV public health assistance to Sub-Saharan Africa."

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2006-07 Champion:

Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida

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Runner-Up:

Bellaire High School, Bellaire, Texas

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Topic:
"Resolved: The United States federal government should establish a policy substantially increasing the number of persons serving in one of the following national service programs: Peace Corps or Armed Forces."

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2005-06 Champion:

Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida

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Runner-Up:
Plano Senior High School, Plano, Texas

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Topic: 
"Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially limit its ability to detain individuals without charge."

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2004-05 Champion:
Greenhill School, Addison, Texas

Runner-Up:
Highland Park High School, Dallas, Texas

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Topic: 
"Resolved: That the United States federal government should establish a foreign policy substantially increasing its support of United Nations peacekeeping operations in the Middle East."

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2003-04 Champion:
Westminster Schools, Atlanta, Georgia

Runner-Up: 
Highland Park High School, Dallas, Texas

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Topic: 
"Resolved: That the United States federal government should establish an ocean policy substantially increasing protection of marine natural resources."

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2002-03 Champion:
East Carteret High School, Beaufort, North Carolina


Runner-Up:

Carmel High School, Atlanta, Georgia

Topic:
"Resolved: That the United States federal government should substantially increase public health services for mental health care in the United States."

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2001-02 Champion:

Woodward Academy, College Park, Georgia

Runner-Up:
Perry High School, Massillon, Ohio

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