A summit of the Group of 15 nations of the Non-Aligned Conference, whichdiscusses economic issues, was to be held in New Delhi in 1993 when ShriNarasimha Rao was the Prime Minister. The administration of Mr Bill Clinton,then in office, mounted an exercise through President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt tosabotage this summit. Some leaders of member-countries, including Mr Mubarak,informed Shri Rao that they would not be able to attend the summit due todomestic preoccupation. The real reason was the US pressure not to attend. Thesummit had to be postponed since it would not have had the minimum quorumof 12. It was held next year after reducing the quorum requirement to fiveheads of state or government and three deputy heads. This came to be known asthe five plus three formula.