Resolution 36/27
(November 13, 1981)
The General Assembly
Having considered the item entitled "Armed
Israeli aggression against the Iraqi nuclear installation and its
grave consequences for the established international system
concerning the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, the non-proliferation
of nuclear weapons and international peace and security",
Expressing its deep alarm
over the unprecedented Israeli act of aggression
against the Iraqi nuclear installations on
7 June 1981, which created a grave threat
to -international peace and security,
Recalling its resolution 33/71 A of 14 December
1978 concerning military and nuclear collaboration with Israel and
its resolution of 34 / 89 of I I December 1979 on Israeli nuclear
armament,
Further recalling Security Council resolution 487
(1981) of 19 June 1981 and noting with concern Israel's refusal to
comply with the said resolution,
Taking note of the resolution adopted on 12 June
1981 by the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy
Agency and of resolution GC(XXV)/RES/381 adopted on 26 September 1981
by the General Council of the Agency, in which the Conference, inter
alia considered that the Israeli act of aggression constituted an
attack against the Agency and its safeguards regime and decided to
suspend the provision of any assistance to Israel,
Fully aware of the fact that Iraq, being a party
to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, has
subscribed to the International Atomic Energy safeguards regime, and
that the Agency has testified that these safeguards have been
satisfactorily applied,
Noting with concern that Israel has refused to
adhere to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons,
and, in spite of repeated calls, including that of the Security
Council, to place its nuclear facilities under International Atomic
Energy Agency safeguards,
Alarmed by the increasing information and evidence
regarding Israel's activities aiming at the acquisition and
development of nuclear weapons,
Gravely concerned over the misuse by Israel, in
committing its acts of aggression against Arab countries, of aircraft
and weapons supplied by the United States of America,
Condemning the Israeli threats to repeat such
attacks on nuclear installations if and when it deems it necessary,
Affirming the inalienable sovereign right of all
States to develop technological and nuclear programs for peaceful
purposes, in accordance with the internationally accepted objectives
of preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons,
1. Strongly condemns Israel for its premeditated
and unprecedented act of aggression in violation of the Charter of
the United Nations, and the norms of international conduct, which
constitute a new and dangerous escalation in the threat to
international peace and security;
2. Issues a solemn warning to Israel to cease its
threats and the commission of such armed attacks against nuclear
facilities;
3. Reiterates its call to all States to cease
forthwith any provision to Israel of arms and related material of all
types which enable it to commit acts of aggression against other
States;
4. Requests the Security Council to investigate
Israel's nuclear activities and the collaboration of other States and
parties in those activities;
5. Reiterates its request to the Security Council
to institute effective enforcement action to prevent Israel from
further endangering international peace and security through its acts
of aggression and continued policies of expansion, occupation and
annexation;
6. Demands that Israel, in view of its
international responsibility for its act of aggression, pay prompt
and adequate compensation for the material damage and loss of life
suffered as a result of the said act;
7. Requests the Secretary-General to keep Member
States and the Security Council informed of the progress towards the
implementation of the present resolution and to submit a report to
the General Assembly at its thirty-seventh session;
8. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of
its thirty-seventh session the item entitled "Armed Israeli
aggression against the Iraqi nuclear installations and its grave
consequences for the established international system concerning the
peaceful uses of nuclear energy, the non-proliferation of nuclear
weapons and international peace and security."
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