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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, Quality education that is free from intimidation 
3and terror is a universal right that is of vital importance to 
4human society and a cornerstone of human rights; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, On April 14, 2014, Boko Haram militants attacked 
6the Chibok Government Girls Secondary School in Borno State, 
7Nigeria and abducted almost 300 female students from the 
8campus; the terrorists subsequently drove them away from Chibok 
9in pickup trucks into the Sambisa Forest; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, For the past 3 weeks, the Nigerian military has 
11sought these militants and their captives, with little apparent 
12success; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, Some of the kidnapped girls have been forced into 
14"marriage" with their Boko Haram abductors, while others have 
15been taken across borders to Cameroon and Chad; two of the 
16girls have died from snakebite and about 20 other girls are 
17ill; and

  
 
18    WHEREAS, The United States government has issued a 
19statement of concern over the fate of the missing students, but 
20sterner action may be required to free the students from their 
21captors and assert the freedom of education for all; therefore, 
 
 
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2    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
3NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
4we urge President Obama to do everything in America's power to 
5assist for the release and return of the young ladies abducted 
6by Boko Haram militants; and be it further
  
 
7    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
8delivered to President Barack Obama.