Thank you for your recent letter. I was moved by your kind
workds, by our inspired and dedicated work on behalf of
educating so many young children. Their lives are of paramount
importance to me and therefore I so wish I could accept
your invitation to participate in your conference on 6th-8th
December 2002.
Unfortunately, I regret that I must decline – my
schedule is already terrible heavily and it is impossible
for me to accept any additional commitments.