This resolution was the first in the series of resolutions dealing with the Arab-Israeli conflict. What is noticeable is the very large number of countries that abstained (90), or were absent from the vote (19) and the fact that Romania joined Israel and the U.S. in opposing the resolution. Sixty-four states voted in favor, consisting mainly of the Arab, Moslem and Communist nations. All the European and Latin American nations abstained. Text:
The General Assembly,
Bearing in mind its previous resolutions on Israeli nuclear armament, the latest of which is resolution 46/39 of 6 December 1991,
Recalling its resolution 44/108 of 15 December 1989, in which, inter alia, it called for placing all nuclear facilities in the region under International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards, pending the establishment of a nuclear-weapons-free zone in the Middle East,
Recalling also that the Security Council, in its resolution 487 (1981), called upon Israel urgently to place all its nuclear facilities under Agency safeguards,
Taking note of relevant resolutions adopted by the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the latest of which is resolution GC (XXXVI)/RES/601 of 25 September 1992,
Taking into consideration the final document on international security and disarmament adopted by the Tenth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries, held at Jakarta from 1 to 6 September 1992, and in particular its paragraph 52, which relates to Israel's nuclear capabilities,
Deeply alarmed by the information with regard to the continuing production, development and acquisition of nuclear weapons by Israel,
Concerned at the cooperation between Israel and South Africa in the military nuclear fields,
1. Deplores Israel's refusal to renounce possession of nuclear weapons;
2. Urges Israel to accede to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons;
3. Reaffirms that Israel should promptly apply Security Council resolution 487 (1981), in which the Council, inter alia, requested it to place all its nuclear facilities under International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards and to refrain from attacking or threatening to attack nuclear facilities;
4. Calls upon all States and organizations not to cooperate with or give assistance to Israel with the aim of enhancing its nuclear-weapons capability;
5. Requests the International Atomic Energy Agency to inform the Secretary-General of any steps Israel may take to place its nuclear facilities under Agency safeguards;
6. Requests the Secretary-General to follow closely Israeli nuclear activities and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its forty-eighth session;
7. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-eighth session the item entitled "Israeli nuclear armament".