UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) — A draft resolution on the Boko Haram militant group, operating in Nigeria and neighbouring African countries, has been submitted to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), France's envoy to the UNSC Francois Delattre said Monday.
"The military fight against Boko Haram must continue. In that regard a draft resolution has been introduced by the African members of the Council and intense discussions are ongoing in the view of an adoption as soon as possible," Delattre told journalists.
"On the financial front, as you know there are bilateral channels. There is also the option of a trust fund that would be established," Delattre said.
Nigeria have joined forces with Niger, Chad and Cameroon as the West African nation aims to root out the militant group.
Last week, the Nigerian Armed Forces said that they destroyed the Boko Haram headquarters in the border town of Gwoza, from which the militant group declared a caliphate in August 2014.
Also last week the Human Rights Watch reported that more than 1,000 civilians were killed in Boko Haram attacks since the beginning of 2015.
Boko Haram initiated military operations in Nigeria in 2009 intending to impose their version of Islamic rule. The group, founded in 2002, first opposed Western-style education, and is currently operating on the border of Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon.
