A/CONF.171/13 English Page 120 Chapter II ATTENDANCE AND ORGANIZATION OF WORK A. Date and place of the Conference 1. The International Conference on Population and Development was held at Cairo from 5 to 13 September 1994, in conformity with General Assembly resolutions 47/176 of 22 December 1992 and 48/186 of 21 December 1993. During that period the Conference held 14 plenary meetings. B. Pre-Conference consultations 2. Pre-Conference consultations open to all States invited to participate in the Conference were held at Cairo on 3 and 4 September 1994 to consider a number of procedural and organizational matters. These and other informal consultations were conducted under the chairmanship of His Excellency Mr. Mohamed Adel Elsafty, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt. The report on the consultations (A/CONF.171/L.2) was submitted to the Conference and the recommendations contained in it were accepted as the basis for the organization of the Conference’s work. C. Attendance 3. The following States and regional economic integration organization were represented at the Conference: Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Botswana Brazil Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Cook Islands Costa Rica Côte d’Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic /...