HL Deb 27 November 1997 vol 583 cc127-8WA
Lord Kennet

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they consider that Israel's bombing of an Iraqi civil nuclear facility in 1981 was unlawful.

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean

The Security Council voted unanimously on 19 June 1981 for a resolution which strongly condemned the attack as a violation of the United Nations charter on the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity of another state.