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IL HR1081

Resolution

Status

Passed

5/29/2014

Primary Sponsor

LaShawn Ford

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Origin

House of Representatives

98th General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Affirms that quality education free from intimidation and terror is a universal right and cornerstone of human rights

  • 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

  • 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

  • Urges President Obama to exercise all available U.S. power to assist in the release and return of the abducted students

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Judiciary5/19/2014
Rules5/8/2014

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