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Reference ID	Created	Released	Classification	Origin
08STATE563	2008-01-03 18:47	2011-08-26 00:00	UNCLASSIFIED	Secretary of State

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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 04 STATE 000563 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS, STATE INFO DINT 
FOR AMBASSADORS AND DCMS FROM SECRETARY RICE 
WHITE HOUSE FOR NSC AND CEQ 
ROME -- PLEASE PASS TO EMBASSY VATICAN 
BRIDGETOWN: INVITATION IS FOR FOUR COUNTRIES -- BARBADOS/ANTIGUA 
AND 
BARBUDA/ST. KITTS AND NEVIS/ST. LUCIA 
ANTANARIVO: INVITATION IS FOR BOTH MADAGASCAR AND THE COMOROS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA KGHG KPAO
OPDC, AF, AG, AC, AR, AU, BF, BG, BK, BB, BU, UV, BY, CD, CM, 
CV, CI, CO, CN, CS, IV, DA, DR, EC, EG, ES, FI, GH, GR, GT, HA, 
HU, IC, EI, IS, JO, KE, LG, LT, LY, LH, MA, MY, MP, MO, NP, NL, 
NZ, NU, NI, NO, PK, PP, PE, RP, PL, PO, RO, SC, SA, SG, SN, LO, 
SP, CE, NS, SW, SZ, TZ, TH, TD, TU, UG, UY, VT 
SUBJECT: FORMAL INVITATION FROM SECRETARY RICE FOR NON-MEM 
DELEGATIONS TO ATTEND THE WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 
ON RENEWABLE ENERGY (WIREC) MARCH 4-6, 2008 
 
REF: A) STATE 138428 B) STATE 80334 
 
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ACTION REQUESTS 
--------------- 
 
¶1.  Action Requests:  Ambassadors or appropriate senior 
embassy officials at action addressee posts are requested 
to deliver the text in paragraph 11 as a letter from 
Secretary Rice to either the host government's foreign 
 
SIPDIS 
minister or, if known, the host government's designated 
Minister-level head of official delegation to WIREC 2008. 
Posts at their discretion may cc other ministers who have 
indicated an interest in attending WIREC.  Paragraphs four 
through ten contain post-specific instructions for Dakar, Dar Es 
Salaam, Helsinki, Lisbon, San Jose, Stockholm, and The Hague 
based on communications received from posts.  No signed original 
will follow.  Posts are asked to confirm delivery of the 
letter via return cable.  Please include name and contact 
information for post's WIREC POC in the response cable. 
 
¶2.  All action addressee posts are requested to inform their 
Host governments that Official Individual Country Ministerial- 
level delegations may consist of a maximum of 10 individuals per 
country, composed of up to three Ministers, including the 
Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Energy, Agriculture, or 
Environment (or the equivalent Ministers covering those 
portfolios) and three subnational government representatives. 
The European Commission is also invited to send a delegation of 
10 members.  We defer to each country's Minister of Foreign 
Affairs (MFA) to determine their country's precise makeup of the 
'Official WIREC Ministerial Delegation,' as well as to inform us 
 
STATE 00000563  002 OF 004 
 
¶3.  All action addressee posts are requested to inform their 
Host governments that each member of the delegation must submit 
an individual registration form to confirm attendance at WIREC 
¶2008.  Official delegates may register for the conference via 
the internet at 
http://www.usea.org/WIREC/official_party_regi stration_pub_0001.p 
df. 
 
¶4.  Action Request for Dakar:  Please address the letter 
to Minister for Renewable Energy and Biofuels Christian Sina 
Diatta. 
 
¶5.  Action Request for Dar Es Salaam:  Please address the 
letter to Minister for Energy and Minerals Nazir M. 
Karamagi. 
 
¶6.  Action Request for Helsinki:  Please address the 
letter to Minister of Trade and Industry Mauri Pekkarinen. 
 
¶7.  Action Request for Lisbon:  Please address the letter 
to Economy Minister Manuel Pinho. 
 
¶8.  Action Request for San Jose:  Please address the 
letter to Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Stagno. 
 
¶9.  Action Request for Stockholm:  Please address the 
letter to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Enterprise 
and Energy Maud Olofsson. 
 
¶10.  Action Request for The Hague:  Please address the 
letter to Dutch Economic Affairs Minister Maria van der 
Hoeven. 
 
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TEXT OF LETTER 
-------------- 
 
STATE 00000563  003 OF 004 
 
¶11.  Begin text of the letter: 
 
Dear Mr./Madam Minister: (or other appropriate salutation) 
 
The U.S. State Department will host the Washington International 
Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) in Washington on March 
4-6, 2008.  WIREC 2008 is the third global ministerial-level 
event on renewable energy after Bonn in 2004 and Beijing in 
¶2005.  WIREC will serve as a global platform for ministers and 
senior leaders from the private sector, sub-national 
governments, and civil society to discuss and share 
information about the benefits of renewable energy, 
identify best practices and barriers, and consider 
policy options and measures needed to encourage the rapid 
development of renewable energy in their countries. 
 
I am pleased to invite (insert name of country) to send an 
official delegation to WIREC 2008.  Approximately 2,000 
delegates will participate in the three-day conference at the 
Washington Convention Center, and we envision participation by 
U.S. Cabinet secretaries and senior White House officials. 
 
In the spirit of the International Action Program that was 
agreed to at the Bonn Conference, I am inviting your government 
to consider making a voluntary national pledge at WIREC to 
accelerate the deployment of renewable energy in your country. 
The consolidation of national governments' pledges, as well as 
pledges from other major stakeholders (sub-national governments, 
international organizations, the private sector, civil society, 
and multi-stakeholder partnerships) will be one of the major 
outcomes of WIREC. 
 
I look forward to your official delegation's active 
participation in WIREC 2008. 
 
Sincerely, 
Condoleezza Rice 
 
End text. 
 
-------- 
DEADLINE 
 
STATE 00000563  004 OF 004 
 
¶12.  Posts are asked to deliver the letter from the 
Secretary to the minister who has been designated to head 
 
SIPDIS 
the official delegation, if known, or, if a head of 
delegation has not been decided, to the foreign minister, 
no later than OOB Wednesday, January 9, to ensure the 
official delegates receive the invitation in time to block 
out the WIREC dates on their schedules.  Responses should be 
slugged for OES for WIREC Action Group Leader Stan Specht and 
OES Special Assistant Camille Hill. 
 
----------------- 
POC FOR QUESTIONS 
----------------- 
 
¶13.  For additional information about WIREC 2008, contact 
OES' WIREC Action Group Leader Stan Specht (OES/PCI) at 
SpechtSH@state.gov and consult the official WIREC website 
at www.wirec2008.gov. 
 
¶14.  Minimize considered. 
RICE

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