QUEEN ADDRESSES UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN NEW YORK
Baku, July 7 (AZERTAC). The Queen has called for a united approach to tackle global terrorism during her first speech to the United Nations in New York for 53 years, BBC reports.
She urged all countries to "work together as hard as ever" to fight world problems like climate change in her address to the General Assembly.
The Monarch later laid a wreath at the site of the World Trade Center, destroyed in the 9/11 attacks in 2001.
The trip - her first to New York since 1976 - followed her tour of Canada
Before the Queen spoke, she was welcomed by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who said that in "a churning and changing world", she was "an anchor for our age".
She then took to the stage, wearing a pale grey jacket and skirt decorated with blue-green flowers, and a matching grey hat.
She said she had witnessed "great change" since her last address to the UN in 1957, "much of it for the better".
But she said: "Many important things have not changed - the aims and values that inspired the United Nations charter endure."
The Queen urged all nations to ``work together as hard as ever``
She said the achievements of the UN had been "remarkable", growing from just three overseas missions in 1957 to some 26 now, involving 120,000 staff.
She said, however, that "so much remains to be done", adding: "We are not gathered here to reminisce.
"In tomorrow`s world we must all work together as hard as ever if we are truly to be united nations.
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