Resolution 36/87

                                                9 December 1981

          Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the

          Middle East

                                      A

               The General Assembly,

               Recalling its resolutions 3263 (XXIX) of 9 December 1974, 3474

          (XXX) of 11 December 1975, 31/71 of 10 December 1976, 32/82 of 12

          December 1977, 33/64 of 14 December 1978, 34/77 of 11 December 1979

          and 35/147 of 12 December 1980 on the establishment of a

          nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East,

               1.     Requests the Secretary-General to transmit General

          Assembly resolution 35/147 to the General Assembly at its second

          special session devoted to disarmament;

               2.     Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its

          thirty-seventh session the item entitled "Establishment of a

          nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East".

                                      B

               The General Assembly,

               Recalling its resolutions concerning the establishment of a

          nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East,

               Recalling also the recommendations in the Final Document of the

          Tenth Special Session of the General Assembly for the establishment

          of such a zone in the Middle East consistent with paragraphs 60 to

          63, in particular paragraph 63 (d) thereof,

               Recalling further Security Council resolution 487 (1981) of 19

          June 1981,

               Taking into consideration 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,

               Recalling further the report of the Secretary-General

          concerning Israeli nuclear armament,

               Realizing that adherence to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation

          of Nuclear Weapons by all Parties of the region will be conducive to

          a speedy establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone,

               Deeply concerned that the future of the Treaty on the

          Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in the region has been gravely

          endangered by the attack carried out by Israel, which is not a party

          to the Treaty, on the nuclear installations of Iraq, which is a

          party to that Treaty,

               1.     Considers that the Israeli military attack on the Iraqi

          nuclear installations adversely affects the prospects of the

          establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region;

               2.     Declares that it is imperative, in this respect, that

          Israel place forthwith all its nuclear facilities under

          International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards;

               3.     Requests the Secretary-General to transmit the present

          resolution to the General Assembly at its second special session

          devoted to disarmament.

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