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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 06 STATE 005835 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
FOR AMBASSADORS AND DCMS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY XA
XB, XG, XF, XI, XD 
SUBJECT: DEPARTMENT REQUESTS POSTS CONSIDER SUPPORTING 
HOST COUNTRY ATTENDANCE AT WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL 
RENEWABLE ENERGY CONFERENCE (WIREC) 
 
 
WHITE HOUSE FOR NSC AND CEQ 
ROME - PLEASE PASS TO EMBASSY VATICAN 
PORT LOUIS: CABLE IS FOR BOTH MADAGASCAR AND THE COMOROS 
PORT LOUIS: CABLE IS FOR BOTH MAURITIUS AND THE SEYCHELLES 
PORT MORESBY: CABLE IS FOR PAPUA NEW GUINEA - VANATU - AND THE 
SOLOMON ISLANDS 
 
REF: A. STATE 563, B. STATE 559, C. STATE 521, 
     ¶D. 07 STATE 138428, E. 07 STATE 80334 
 
Note:  Because of the large number of action addressees for 
this cable, Department is sending two duplicate cables, one 
to WHA posts (septel), and the other to posts outside of WHA 
(this cable). 
 
Action Request 
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¶1.  Department requests that country team determine whether 
post has program or discretionary funds which may be used to 
help defray travel costs, including per diem, for appropriate 
member(s) of host country,s official delegation, sub 
national government representatives, or civil society whose 
participation would benefit the Washington International 
Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC), March 4-6, 2008, 
Washington D.C.  Posts are asked to consider supporting 
delegations from all the countries to which they are 
accredited.  Agencies with regional coverage are requested to 
consider support for all the posts they serve. 
 
Background: 
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¶2.  Per reftels,WIREC 2008, a Presidential initiative, 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. 
The participation of all relevant stakeholders, including 
government officials, civil society delegates, and private 
sector representatives in WIREC 2008 is essential to 
furthering USG objectives (i.e., promoting the uptake of 
renewable energy as part of the President's climate change 
 
 
¶3.  While it is the Department,s hope that most countries 
interested in attending WIREC will be able to bear the full 
cost of their delegations, participation, we realize that 
this may not be possible.  Official delegates will not/not be 
asked to cover the conference registration fee, but in 
anticipation of receiving requests for travel support from 
some delegations, we request that posts determine whether 
they have funds available to support small official 
delegations of one or two representatives.  We welcome post 
support for civil society delegates if funding is available, 
but ask that priority be given to official delegations. 
 
¶4.  USAID shares the Department,s commitment to a successful 
WIREC and contacted USAID officers located in countries which 
have been invited to the Ministerial via e-mail on 14 January 
to inform them of this need and to provide them a copy of 
Acting Administrator Fore,s October 4 letter to U/S 
Dobriansky agreeing to ask USAID missions to support..  Text 
of the letter is in paragraph 7. 
 
¶5.  For some delegations, travel support will make a decisive 
difference in determining whether they will be able to attend 
WIREC.  Department has had some success in soliciting support 
funds from other countries, such as Germany, Canada, and 
Italy, that share our desire for a conference that is as 
broad and representative as possible.  We will continue with 
these efforts.  Unfortunately, the projected need currently 
exceeds the level of funding at our disposal.  It is in our 
collective interest to secure the broadest possible 
participation in WIREC 2008.  Department appreciates posts 
efforts to help make WIREC 2008 a success. 
 
Deadline 
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¶6.  Department requests that Posts respond by return cable by 
COB January 21 with details on whether and to what extent 
they will be able to help provide support.  Responses should 
be slugged for OES WIREC Action Group Deputy Tracy Hall and 
OES Special Assistant Camille Hill. 
 
Text of Fore-Dobriansky Letter 
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¶7.  Text of letter follows: 
 
Begin text: 
 
Dear Under Secretary Dobriansky: 
 
Thank you for your letter dated September 12, 2007, regarding 
the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference 
(WIRREC 2008).  I am sure that the conference will be a 
success under your capable leadership, and will help advance 
the Administration,s efforts to respond to the challenges of 
sustainable economic growth and climate change. 
 
As you know, under the ongoing foreign assistance reforms 
virtually all U.S. Agency for International Development 
(USAID) funding has been allocated to field missions for the 
attainment of specific development objectives, such as 
preventing conflict and the spread of disease.  To this end, 
our pillar bureaus are focused on providing field support, 
and do not have budgets to support U.S.-based activities. 
Therefore, USAID will not be in a position to provide 
financial support to WIREC 2008.  However, our 
Washington-based staff will coordinate with USAID field 
missions in the Tier 1 countries to help them identify 
relevant government officials and to encourage the field 
missions to sponsor the officials, attendance at WIREC.  In 
addition, USAID will make technical staff from the Bureau of 
Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade available to provide 
substantive support to the WIREC planning process, as well as 
logistical support via the inter-agency working group 
process.  Specifically, our energy team staff will be able to 
share ideas for meeting topics, speakers, and other issues 
via participation in the WIREC rural development, 
commercialization, and financing agenda committees.  They can 
also provide suggestions for foreign country participants and 
success stories, as needed. 
 
Please rest assured that USAID will continue to contribute to 
the inter-agency process on WIREC and other energy and 
environment initiatives, including the Global Village 
Enterprise Partnership, part of the Clean Energy Initiative, 
the Commission on Sustainable Development, and the 
Asia-Pacific Partnership.  We look forward to continued 
collaboration on these critical issues. 
 
Cordially, 
Henrietta H. Fore 
Acting Administrator 
 
End text. 
 
¶8. Tripoli minimize considered. 
RICE