QUEEN ELIZABETH IS PREPARING TO DELIVER ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SPEECHES OF HER 58 YEAR OLD REIGN IN NEW YORK EARLY NEXT MONTH. SHE IS EXPECTED TO APPEAL FOR WORLD UNITY AND WORLD PEACE WHEN SHE ADDRESSES THE 192 MEMBER GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY AT THE END OF HER TOUR OF CANADA. ACCORDING TO SENIOR ROYAL SOURCES, THE QUEEN, WHO ARRIVES IN CANADA TOMORROW, IS HOPEFUL THAT HER SPEECH OF 6.JULY WILL BE REMEMBERED AS ONE OF THE HIGH-POINTS OF HER REIGN. THE QUEEN, WHO WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH FOR HER VISITS TO CANADA AND NEW YORK, LAST ADDRESSED THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY FIVE YEARS AFTER ACCEDING TO THE THRONE FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF HER FATHER, GEORGE VI. THE QUEEN WAS 31 YEARS OLD WHEN SHE DELIVERED THE SPEECH ON 21.OCTOBER.1957. THE QUEEN'S SPEECH WILL FOLLOW A NINE-DAY TOUR OF CANADA. SHE WILL ADDRESS THE UNITED NATIONS IN HER CAPACITY AS HEAD OF STATE OF 16 UN MEMBER STATES. THE SUMMER TOUR WILL BE THE QUEEN'S 24th OFFICIAL VISIT TO CANADA. SHE AND PRINCE PHILIP LAST VISITED CANADA IN 2005. STEPHEN HARPER, THE CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER, SAID: 'IT IS ALWAYS A HIGH HONOR TO HOST A ROYAL VISIT. THIS VISIT BY THE QUEEN AND THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH WILL BE A CELEBRATION OF OUR SHARED HERITAGE AND VALUES, WHICH ARE ENDURING SOURCES OF PRIDE FOR MILLIONS OF CANADIANS.'
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