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Paris, May 13: Unesco Tuesday strongly condemned the

abduction of school girls in Nigeria by Islamist outfit

Boko Haram, calling it "unacceptable violation of

human rights", and stressing the need of supporting

education as a force of human dignity.

"The universal right to education is still contested in

some places, and I take this opportunity to condemn the

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some places, and I take this opportunity to condemn the

abduction of more than 270 girls in Nigeria by

extremist groups," Unesco director-general Irina

Bokova said in a statement.

"This is an unacceptable violation of human rights. It is

an attack against the aspirations of these girls. It is an

attack against the future of Nigeria. No belief can

justify this act," she added.

Speaking at the "Global Education for All Meeting" in

Muscat, Bokova said: "Our response to such extremism

is clear."

"We must never relent in providing every girl and boy

with a quality education. We must never tire in

supporting education as a force for human dignity and

sustainable development. This calls for greater

cooperation and coordination among States.

We(Unesco) are determined to support the Nigerian

government to 'bring back our girls'," she added.

Members of the militant group Boko Haram abducted

more than 200 girls from the Government Secondary

boarding school in the town of Chibok, several hundred

km east of Abuja, on the night of April 14. The incident

has drawn international condemnation.

IANS

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