QUEEN ELIZABETH II TO ADDRESS TO UNITED NATIONS IN JULY

QUEEN ELIZABETH II WILL BE ADDRESSING THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN 50 YEARS DURING A JULY VISIT TO NEW YORK, THE BRITISH MISSION TO THE WORLD BODY SAID FRIDAY LAST. THE 83 YEAR OLD MONARCH AND HER HUSBAND, PRINCE PHILIP, WILL ARRIVE IN NEW YORK ON 6.JULY AFTER MAKING A NINE-DAY VISIT TO CANADA AND LEAVE LATER THE SAME DAY, IT SAID IN THE STATEMENT. THE LAST TIME THE MONARCH, WHO HAS BEEN ON THE THRONE FOR 58 YEARS ADDRESSED THE UNITED NATIONS ASSEMBLY WAS IN 1957. SHE IS ADDRESSING THE BODY IN HER CAPACITY AS THE HEAD OF STATE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND 15 OTHER UN MEMBER STATES: ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, AUSTRALIA, THE BAHAMAS, BARBADOS, BELIZE, CANADA, GRENADA, JAMAICA, NEW ZEALAND, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS, SAINT LUCIA, SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, THE SOLOMON ISLANDS AND TUVALU. SHE IS ALSO HEAD OF THE COMMONWEALTH, AN ASSOCIATION OF 54 COUNTRIES, MOSTLY FORMER BRITISH COLONIES.