A/HRC/S-23/2 I. Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council at its twenty-third special session S-23/1 Atrocities committed by the terrorist group Boko Haram and its effects on human rights in the affected States The Human Rights Council, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other relevant international human rights instruments, Reaffirming that all States have the responsibility to promote and protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms enshrined in the Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Human Rights and other relevant international human rights instruments to which they are a party, Recalling the mandate of the Human Rights Council as set out in General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006, Stressing the importance of all resolutions adopted by the General Assembly on measures to eliminate international terrorism, including resolutions 42/159 of 7 December 1987, 46/51 of 9 December 1991, 49/60 of 9 December 1994, 60/288 of 8 September 2006, 68/119 of 16 December 2013, 68/178 of 18 December 2013 and 69/127 of 18 December 2014, and reaffirming the commitments resulting from the United Nations Global CounterTerrorism Strategy and its four pillars, Recalling previous resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights on human rights and terrorism and the resolutions of the Human Rights Council on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, and Council resolution 18/10 of 29 September 2011 on human rights and issues relating to hostage-taking by terrorists, Recalling also Security Council resolutions 1269 (1999) of 19 October 1999, 1368 (2001) of 12 September 2001, 1373 (2001) of 28 September 2001 and 2133 (2014) of 27 January 2014, the Convention on the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism adopted by the Organization of African Unity on 14 July 1999, the solemn declaration adopted on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Organization of African Unity / African Union, in 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 January 2015, 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, 3