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SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1991

QUEEN'S COMMONWEALTH DAY MESSAGE

FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF THE QUEEN'S COMMONWEALTH DAY MESSAGE, WHICH IS EMBARGOED UNTIL 0001 HOURS TOMORROW (MONDAY, MARCH 11):

CELEBRATIONS DRAW ATTENTION "BACH YEAR, THE COMMONWEALTH DAY TO THE MULTI-NATION, MULTI-RACE AND MULTI-FAITH NATURE OF THIS UNIQUE PRACTICAL ORGANISATION. BUT WE SHOULD ALSO BE LOOKING AT WAYS TO MAKE USE OF THESE ADVANTAGES. I THEREFORE WELCOME THE IDEA THAT THIS YEAR THE THEME OF THE CELEBRATIONS SHOULD BE 'SCIENCE IN THE COMMONWEALTH'.

UNCOVERED

BY SCIENTISTS NOT AFFECTED DISCOVERIES INFLUENCE ON

"THE LAWS OF NATURE, WHICH HAVE BEEN OF ALL NATIONS, ARE VALID EVERYWHERE ON EARTH. THEY ARE BY POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR RACIAL DIFFERENCES. SCIENTIFIC AFFECT ALL OUR LIVES AND THEY ALREADY HAVE AN IMPORTANT THE NATURAL WORLD.

HAS

HILL

HUMAN MORK

CLIMB "BUT WITH SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS, AS WE

ONE

ANOTHER HAS MADE HAS A WAY OF COMING INTO VIEW. FOR EXAMPLE, MEDICAL SCIENCE

ΤΟ LIVE IT POSSIBLE FOR MORE CHILDREN TO SURVIVE AND FOR MORE ADULTS

ACHIEVEMENT BUT IT HEALTHIER AND LONGER LIVES. THIS IS THE POSITIVE

RESULTED ALSO

IN AN ALARMING GROWTH

THE IN

WORLD 'B POPULATION. AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE TO PRODUCE FOOD, AND INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE HAS BROUGHT A HIGHER STANDARD OF LIVING AND INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURAL TO MANY PEOPLE. BUT THE PROCESSES OF PRODUCTION ARE USING UP MORE AND MORE OF THE WORLD'S LIMITED NATURAL

TO USING SCIENCE RESOURCES. WE ARE NOW LOOKING FOR WAYS OF OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND NOT DESTROY IT. IF WE SUCCEED, WE SURE THAT THERE WILL BE ANOTHER HILL TO CLIMB.

PROTECT CAN BE

IT 18 IT IS OF

"SCIENCE THEREFORE POSES A SERIOUS DILEMMA. IN ITSELF, NEITHER GOOD NOR BAD; THE PROBLEMS ARE ONLY CREATED BY THE WAY

SCIENTISTS USED. THE CHALLENGE TO

TODAY IS TO BRING BENEFITS

AT THE SAME TIME SCIENCE TO THE LESS PROSPEROUS COMMUNITIES WHILST SAFEGUARDING THE NATURAL

TO WORLD.

DO THIS SUCCESSFULLY AND UNDERSTANDING

SCIENTISTS

WILL NEED

POPULATION AS A WHOLE.

ENCOURAGEMENT

OUR

OF

THE

TRIED CHANNELS

OF ENABLE ALSO TO

"THE COMMONWEALTH, WITH ITS MANY WELL COMMUNICATION AND CONSULTATION, IS UNIQUELY PLACED NOT ONLY TO MEMBER COUNTRIES TO KEEP ABREAST OF SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES, BUT HELP THEM BENEFIT FROM THEIR PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS. I BELIEVE THAT OF THE COMMONWEALTH TRADITION OF QUIET CO-OPERATION AND ITS ADVANTAGE COMMON LANGUAGE CAN MAKE A SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF SCIENCE WHEREVER IT IS MOST NEEDED FOR THE SAKE OF HUMAN WELFARE AS WELL AS FOR THE LONG-TERM HEALTH OF OUR PLANET."

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