General Assembly

Distr. GENERAL  

9 December 1981

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                                                A/RES/36/98
                                                9 December 1981
 
               Israeli nuclear armament
 
               The General Assembly,
 
               Recalling its relevant resolutions on the establishment of a
          nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East region,
 
               Recalling also its resolution 33/71 A of 14 December 1978 on
          military and nuclear collaboration with Israel and its resolutions
          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 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
          destabilizing 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.    Further 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".