A/HRC/RES/S-23/1 May 2013, and the decision on Boko Haram adopted by the African Union Peace and Security Council on 23 May 2014, Recalling further the statements by the President of the Security Council S/PRST/2014/17, made on 27 August 2014, and S/PRST/2015/4, made on 19 January 2015, Welcoming the declaration of the African Union on Boko Haram, adopted on 31 January 2015 at the twenty-fourth ordinary session of the Assembly of African Union Heads of State and Government, Welcoming also the conclusions of the meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs and of Defence on Boko Haram, of 20 January2015, in Niamey, Welcoming further the Yaoundé Declaration of States members of the Council for Peace and Security in Central Africa, on the fight against the terrorist group Boko Haram, of 16 February 2015, Recalling the need to strengthen international, regional and subregional cooperation to efficiently prevent and counter terrorism and the conditions conducive to terrorism, including by strengthening the national capacity of the States concerned, Reaffirming also that the promotion and protection of human rights for all and the rule of law are essential to the fight against terrorism, and recognizing that effective counter-terrorism measures and the protection of human rights are not conflicting goals but are complementary and mutually reinforcing, Expressing concern at the continuing increase in incidents of kidnapping and hostage-taking by terrorists and their impact on the realization and enjoyment of human rights, Noting with deep concern that the activities of Boko Haram significantly disrupt the socioeconomic life of the populations in the north-eastern part of Nigeria and neighbouring areas of the Lake Chad Basin, in northern Cameroon, in Chad and the extreme east of the Niger, Strongly condemning the heinous terrorist activities of Boko Haram, which endanger the peace, security and stability of the entire region, Reaffirming that terrorism cannot and should not be associated with any religion, nationality civilization or ethnic group, Deeply concerned by the continued atrocities and abuses of international human rights law and violations of international humanitarian law committed by the terrorist organisation called Boko Haram, including those involving the targeting of civilians, including children, school girls, women, minority religious and ethnic groups, educational institutions, market places public transport, as well as the recruitment and use of children, sexual and gender based violence, the destruction and confiscation of public and private property, and the use of minors and forced recruitment of female suicide bombers, including children and female suicide bombers, Emphasizing that, by committing these terrorist acts, Boko Haram gravely abuses human rights and violates international humanitarian law, radically hindering the full enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the areas where these attacks take place, Strongly condemning and also rejecting the cowardly abduction by Boko Haram, on 14 April 2014, of more than 200 girls from a school in the city of Chibok in the Borno State of Nigeria, whose fate remains unknown, as well as other subsequent abductions, and demands the immediate and unconditional release of the high school girls and other abductees and expresses its solidarity with their families, 2