DRAFT OF 18 SEPTEMBER
THE QUEEN'S SPEECH ON THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT
NOVEMBER 1990
MY LORDS AND MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
I look forward to [visiting the United States of America in May and Zimbabwe in October and] being present on
being present on the occasion of Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Zimbabwe next
the
Autumn.
My Government will continue to uphold the purposes and principles of the United Nations.
My Government attaches the highest priority to national security, and to the preservation of international peace with freedom and justice. They will give full support to NATO as the basis for collective Western defence, and will maintain adequate and effective nuclear and conventional forces, They will play a full part in adapting NATO strategy and will take forward work on restructuring our forces to reflect the welcome changes in
Europe.
My Government will work for a balanced and verifiable measures of arms control. They welcome [the prospect of an agreement] on
Conventional Armed Forces in Europe and will be active in
further negotiations on
this, and in the multilateral
negotiations in Geneva on the abolition of chemical weapons.
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