General Assembly

Distr. GENERAL  

10 November 1983

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                                                   A/RES/38/9
                                                   10 November 1983
                                                   Meeting no. 9
 
 
       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
 
     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 or 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.   Expresses its deep appreciation to the Secretary-General and the
Group of 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 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".