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THE QUEEN ́S SPEECH ON THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT

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The Duke of Edinburgh and I look forward to our tour of Caribbean countries next spring. We shall visit France to inaugurate, with the President of the French Republic, the

Channel Tunnel in May; and to attend the ceremonies to mark

the 50th Anniversary of the Normandy Landings, in June. We shall visit Canada to attend the Commonwealth Games in August.

to secure

My Government attach the highest importance to national

security. They will continue to give full support to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. They will work with our allies to continue NATO's adaptation to the changing security environment, and to develop the Western European Union(as a

means of strengthening the European pillar of the alliance and the defence component of the European Union.] My Government

for will work (to promote] full implementation of the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty, as well as the entry into force of the Open Skies Treaty. Britain's minimum independent

nuclear deterrent will be maintained.

for

My Government will work (to ensure] the effective implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention, to prevent the proliferation of biological weapons and other weapons of mass destruction, to promote the indefinite and unconditional extension of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and to

encourage greater international responsibility in conventional arms transfers. They will help the Russian Federation in the task of dismantling surplus nuclear weapons.

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