Dear Banjo,

The conference was held in Cairo in 1994. The Vatican tried to make an alliance with Islamic representatives but was not successful. I read that they were trying to make such an alliance but was not aware that it was not a success. The Islamic representatives supported abortion in some cases. There are many references one can google.

I was not aware of the Iranian birth rate. I am on a limited public access terminal & will be in PNG until the 17th of this month. When I get back we can discuss it further either on or off the net.