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...least two Prime Ministers from Islamic countries decided, at the last minute, not to attend, and four Middle Eastern nations announced they were boycotting the affair entirely. At the same time, the Vatican made a highly unusual personal attack on the leader of the U.S. delegation, Vice President Al Gore, for his government's prominent role in setting the agenda...
While some Muslim leaders were dropping out, the Vatican's strategy was to have a strong vocal presence at the conference. Last week the Pope's chief spokesman, Joaquin Navarro-Valls, accused Vice President Gore of misrepresenting the U.S. position on abortion. Referring to a recent speech in which Gore stated that "the U.S. has not sought, does not seek and will not seek to establish any international right to abortion," Navarro-Valls said, "The draft document, which has the United States as its principal sponsor, contradicts, in reality, Mr. Gore's statement." To bolster his claim, Navarro-Valls cited...
...unusually personal criticism, Pope John Paul II's spokesman assailed Vice President Al Gore, head of the U.S. delegation to the U.N. Conference on % Population and Development opening this week in Cairo. Papal spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said the conference's draft document, principally sponsored by the U.S., "in reality contradicts Mr. Gore," who pledged that the U.S. will never try to establish a universal right to abortion...
...Gore vs. the Pope...
...VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE, ON THE JOYS OF SUMMER