SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1985
QUEEN URGES YOUTH TO KNOW OTHERS
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THE QUEEN TODAY URGED YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE COMMONWEALTH TO GET TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND OTHER PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY HAVE DIFFERENT AND INTERESTING CULTURES+.
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DELIVERING HER COMMONWEALTH DAY MESSAGE, SHE SAID: SUCK CONTACTS AMONG YOU, THE YOUTH OF THE COMMONWEALTH, ARE A VITAL ELEMENT IN CREATING UNDERSTANDING AND TOLERANCE BETWEEN DIFFERENT PEOPLES AND COUNTRIES.+
FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF THE QUEEN'S MESSAGE:
IN THIS INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR I AM THINKING PARTICULARLY OF THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD WHO LIVE IN THE FORTY-NI COUNTRIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH, I HOPE THAT TODAY ESPECIALLY THEY WILL BE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THIS REMARKABLE ORGANISATION AND THE CONTRIBUTION IT CAN AND DOES MAKE. IT IS A PARTNERSHIP WHICH PROVIDES ALL OF ITS MEMBERS WITH THE REASSURANCE WHICH COMES FROM BELONGING TO A FAMILY: AND IT PROVIDES EVERY ONE OF THEM WITH HELP TOWARDS MEETING THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. IT IS FOUNDED ON A COMBINATION OF IDEALISM AND REALISM, ON A SPIRIT OF SERVICE AND ON PRACTICAL HELP.
+TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE COMMONWEALTH I WOULD SAY THAT IT IS REWARDING TO GET TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND OTHER PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY HAVE DIFFERENT AND INTERESTING CULTURES. MODERN COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES EACH YEAR WHICH WE SHOULD ALL SEIZE SO AS TO GET TO KNOW ONE
SUCH ANOTHER BETTER, THUS HELPING TO AVOID MISUNDERSTANDINGS. CONTACTS AMONG YOU, THE YOUTH OF THE COMMONWEALTH, ARE A VITAL ELEMENT IN CREATING UNDERSTANDING AND TOLERANCE BETWEEN DIFFERENT PEOPLES AND COUNTRIES.
+ IT IS YOU WHO HAVE THE IMAGINATION, THE ENERGY AND THE ENTHUSIASM TO SEEK OUT NEW AND PRACTICAL WAYS TO SHOW THAT WE CARE ABOUT OTHERS AND THEIR NEEDS. SHOW THAT SORT OF EXAMPLE AND YOU WILL DO MUCH TO ESTABLISH THE COMMONWEALTH AND ITS VALUES IN THE WORLD OF THE FUTURE - YOUR WORLD.
+ SEND TO YOU AND TO ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMONWEALTH
MY BEST WISHES FOR THAT FUTURE IN WHICH WE MUST ALL BELIEVE, SHARE AND SERVE.+
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