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Underscoring that such acts of violence target civilians, in particular women, children and the elderly,

Expressing grave concern at the continued threat that terrorism poses to international peace and security,

Bearing in mind that the self-proclaimed Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) (also known as Daesh)

has accepted Boko Haram’s pledge of allegiance,

Considering the scope and spread of the abuses committed by Boko Haram and ISIL, which is steadily

expanding into new territory in Iraq and the Syrian Arab Republic,

Bearing in mind that Nigeria, Chad, Niger, Cameroon and Benin decided to mobilize 8,700 men in early

February to fight Boko Haram,

Considering that ISIL’s ideology has inspired terrorist attacks in other parts of the world, for example

Brussels, Paris, Sydney and most recently Tunis, and that those attacks are clearly aimed at undermining

democracy and hampering intercultural dialogue and exchange by sowing terror,

Gravely concerned by the systematic looting andcultural destruction wrought by ISIL and deplored by

UNESCO, which refers to “cultural cleansing”,

Noting that all anti-terrorist measures must comply with international law, notably human rights law, refugee

law and humanitarian law,

Recalling all relevant United Nations resolutions, notably those adopted by the Security Council, on

terrorism and organized transborder crime, and condemning all forms of financing of terrorism

Recalling relevant IPU resolutions on terrorism, including the declaration adopted by the Ninth Meeting of

Women Speakers of Parliament,

1. Condemns in the strongest possible terms all inhuman and terrorist acts andthe steady escalation in

violence;

2. Requests parliaments to use legislative channels to contribute to the implementation of relevant UN

Security Council resolutions;

3. Invites all parliaments vigorously and unanimously to condemn the acts committed by ISIL and Boko

Haram;

4. Calls for the development of avenues of cooperation between State security and intelligence agencies in

order to facilitate the exchange of information between States;

5.Invites parliaments to pressure their respective governments to prosecute any person or organization

helping to finance ISIL or Boko Haram, in accordance with UN Security Council resolutions 2161 (2014) and

2170 (2014);

6. Requests that any person having helped to commit war crimes or crimes against humanity in the name of

those organizations be brought to justice;

7. Also requests that particular attention be paid to women and children in countries in which terrorist

organizations like ISIL and Boko Haram are active;

8. Condemns the deliberate destruction and systematic looting of cultural property and asks that those

responsible be held accountable and brought to justice;

9. Calls on parliaments to draw up a common strategy on citizens joining the ranks of such organizations

and proposes that techniques for exchanging information between States be developed for that purpose;