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IL HR1081
Resolution
Status
5/29/2014
Primary Sponsor
LaShawn Ford
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AI Summary
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Affirms that quality education free from intimidation and terror is a universal right and cornerstone of human rights
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Condemns the April 14, 2014 abduction of nearly 300 female students from Chibok Government Girls Secondary School in Borno State, Nigeria by Boko Haram militants
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Notes that kidnapped girls have been forced into marriages with abductors, taken across borders to Cameroon and Chad, with 2 deaths from snakebite and approximately 20 girls ill
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Urges President Obama to exercise all available U.S. power to assist in the release and return of the abducted students
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Directs delivery of a copy of the resolution to President Barack Obama
Legislative Description
URGE POTUS - BOKO HARAM
Last Action
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
5/29/2014