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Nigeria and the U.S. are working on a UN Security Council resolution to designate Boko Haram a terrorist organisation, diplomats at the foreign ministry in Abuja have confirmed.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) quotes the sources as saying that the two countries have agreed that the UN should take a quick action to designate Boko Haram a terror. organisation.
A strong indication that the 15-member council would consider the resolution emerged on Friday when the members spoke with one voice in condemning the activities of the group.
The council said it would actively follow the situation of the abducted school girls in Chibok and Warabe, both in Borno, and threatened to use "appropriate measures" against Boko Haram.
The council also noted the attacks by the group since 2009, saying “it had caused large scale devastating loss of life and represent a threat to the stability and peace of West and Central Africa".
A diplomat familiar with the workings of the Security Council told NAN that UN sanctions against Boko Haram meant that all assets and finances traced to the group would be blocked worldwide.
It would also impose travel ban and arms embargo on individuals and entities associated with the Boko Haram organisation.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) quotes the sources as saying that the two countries have agreed that the UN should take a quick action to designate Boko Haram a terror. organisation.
A strong indication that the 15-member council would consider the resolution emerged on Friday when the members spoke with one voice in condemning the activities of the group.
The council said it would actively follow the situation of the abducted school girls in Chibok and Warabe, both in Borno, and threatened to use "appropriate measures" against Boko Haram.
The council also noted the attacks by the group since 2009, saying “it had caused large scale devastating loss of life and represent a threat to the stability and peace of West and Central Africa".
A diplomat familiar with the workings of the Security Council told NAN that UN sanctions against Boko Haram meant that all assets and finances traced to the group would be blocked worldwide.
It would also impose travel ban and arms embargo on individuals and entities associated with the Boko Haram organisation.
