Nigeria: Backing Universal Education, UN Educational Chief Condemns Nigerian Abduction

13 May 2014

Stressing the need to educate all children, the head of the United Nations education agency today condemned the abduction of schoolgirls in Nigeria - calling it "an attack against the aspirations of these girls" - and urged greater cooperation among Member States on educational needs.

"The universal right to education is still contested in some places, and I take this opportunity to condemn the abduction of more than 270 girls in Nigeria by extremist groups," said Irina Bokova, the Director General of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

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