Resolution 36/98
(December 9, 1981)
The General Assembly,
Recalling its relevant
resolutions on the establishment of a nuclear weapon free zone in the
region of the Middle East,
Recalling also its
resolutions 33/71A of 14 December 1978 on military and nuclear
collaboration with Israel and 34/89 of 11 December 1979 and 35/157 of
12 December 1980 on Israeli nuclear armament,
Alarmed by the increasing
evidence regarding Israel's attempts to acquire nuclear weapons,
Noting with concern that
Israel has persistently refused to adhere to the Treaty on the
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons despite repeated calls by the
General Assembly and the Security Council to place its nuclear
facilities under International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards,
Recalling Security Council
resolution 487 (1981) of 19 June 1981,
Recalling the resolution
adopted on 12 June 1981 by the Board of Governors of the
International Atomic Energy Agency and resolution GC(XXV)/RES/381
adopted on 26 September 1981 by the General Conference of the Agency,
in which the Conference inter alia, considered the Israeli act of
aggression as an attack against the Agency and its safeguards regime,
and decided to suspend the provision of any assistance to Israel,
Recalling its repeated
condemnation of the nuclear collaboration between Israel and South
Africa,
Taking note of the report of
the Secretary-General on Israeli nuclear armament,
1. Expresses its
appreciation to the Secretary-General for his report on Israeli
nuclear armament;
2. Expresses its deep alarm
at the fact that the report has established that Israel has the
technical capability to manufacture nuclear weapons and possesses the
means of delivery of such weapons;
3. Also expresses its deep
concern that Israel has undermined the credibility of the
International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards, in particular by the
bombing of the Iraqi nuclear facilities which were under Agency
safeguards;
4. Reaffirms that Israel's
attack on the Iraqi nuclear facilities and Israel's capability
constitute a serious de-stabilizing factor in an already tense
situation in the Middle East, and a grave danger to international
peace and security;
5. Requests the Security
Council to prohibit all forms of co-operation with Israel in the
nuclear field;
6. Calls upon all States and
other parties and institutions to terminate forthwith all nuclear
collaboration with Israel;
7. Requests the Security
Council to institute effective enforcement action against Israel so
as to prevent it from endangering international peace and security by
its nuclear-weapon capability;
8. Demands that Israel
should renounce, without delay, any possession of nuclear weapons and
place all its nuclear activities under international safeguards;
9. Requests the
Secretary-General to give maximum publicity to the report on Israeli
nuclear armament and to distribute it to Member States, the
specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency and
non-governmental organizations, so that the international community
and public opinion may be fully aware of the danger inherent in
Israel's nuclear capability;
10. Also requests the
Secretary-General to follow closely Israeli military nuclear activity
and to report thereon as appropriate;
11. Further requests the
Secretary-General to transmit the report on Israeli nuclear armament
to the General Assembly at its second special session devoted to
disarmament;
12. Decides to include in
the provisional agenda of its thirty-seventh session the item
entitled "Israeli nuclear armament".
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