Resolution 38/9
(November 10, 1983)
The General Assembly,
Having considered 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",
Recalling the relevant resolutions of the
Security Council and the General Assembly,
Taking note of the relevant resolutions of the
International Atomic Energy Agency,
Taking note also with appreciation of the report
of the Secretary-General,
Viewing with deep concern Israel's continued
refusal to comply with those resolutions,
Reiterating its alarm over the information and
evidence regarding the acquisition and development of nuclear weapons by
Israel,
Recalling Article 2, paragraph 4, of the Charter
of the United Nations, which enjoins all Member States to refrain in their
international relations from the threat of use of force against the
territorial integrity or political independence of any State, or in any
other manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations,
Noting that serious radiological effects would
result from an armed attack with conventional weapons on a nuclear
installation, which could also lead to the initiation of radiological
warfare,
1. Reiterates its condemnation of Israel's
continued refusal to implement Security Council resolution 487 (1981),
unanimously adopted by the Council on 19 June 1981,
2. Notes that the statements made so far by
Israel have not removed apprehensions that its threat to repeat its armed
attack against nuclear facilities, as well as any similar action against
such facilities, will continue to endanger the role and activities of the
International Atomic Energy Agency and other international instruments in
the development of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes and in safeguarding
against further proliferation of nuclear weapons;
3. Considers that any threat to attack and
destroy nuclear facilities in Iraq and in other countries constitutes a
violation of the Charter of the United Nations,
4. Reiterates its demand that Israel withdraw
forthwith its threat to attack and destroy nuclear facilities in Iraq and
in other countries;
5. Once again requests the Security Council to
consider the necessary measures to deter Israel from repeating such an
attack on nuclear facilities;
6. Reaffirms its call for the continuation
of the consideration, at the international level, of legal measures to
prohibit armed attacks against nuclear facilities, and threats thereof, as
a contribution to promoting and ensuring the safe development of nuclear
energy for peaceful purposes;
7. Express its deep appreciation to the
Secretary-General and the Group Experts on the Consequences of the Israeli
Armed Attack against the Iraqi Nuclear Installations for their
comprehensive study;
8. Requests the Secretary-General to report to
the General Assembly at its thirty-ninth session on the implementation of
the present resolution;
9. Decides to include in the provisional agenda
of its thirty-ninth session item entitles "Armed Israeli aggression
against the Iraqi nuclear installations 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".
Sources: The United Nations |