Resolution 41/12
(October 29, 1986)
The forty first session of the
General Assembly began in mid September. By late October the Assembly began to
adopt the traditional anti-Israel resolutions. In 1986 the pro-Arab majority
began to shrink somewhat. On the following resolution, 86 voted in favor, 5
against and 55 abstained. On operative paragraph 2, the vote was 63 in favor,
41 against and 33 abstained, meaning that 74 nations were not pleased with its
formulations.
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,
Viewing with deep concern Israel's refusal to comply with Security Council resolution 487 (1981) of 19
June 1981,
Concerned that armed attacks on nuclear facilities raise fears about the safety of
present and future nuclear installations,
Aware that all States developing nuclear energy for peaceful purposes need
assurances against armed attacks on nuclear facilities,
1. Calls upon Israel urgently
to place all its nuclear facilities under International Atomic Emergency
Agency safeguards in accordance with resolutions 487 (1981) adopted
unanimously by the Security Council;
2. Considers that Israel has
not yet committed itself not to attack or threaten to attack nuclear
facilities in Iraq or elsewhere, including facilities under International
Atomic Energy Agency safeguards;
3. Reaffirms that Iraq is
entitled to compensation for the damage it has suffered as a result of the
Israeli armed attack on 7 June 198 1;
4. Requests the Conference on
Disarmament to continue negotiations with a view to reaching an immediate
conclusion of the agreement on the prohibition of military attacks on nuclear
facilities as a contribution to promoting and ensuring the safe development of
-nuclear energy for peaceful purposes;
5. Decides to include in the
provisional agenda of its forty-second 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."
Sources: The United Nations |