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UNCLAS STATE 018041 
 
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TAGS: EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY MG
SUBJECT: SUBJECT: FORMAL INVITATION 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 
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¶1.  Action Requests:  OES apologizes for this short- 
fuse request.  We have only just learned that 
Mongolia is interested in attending WIREC and given 
that the conference is now less than two weeks away, 
and the delegates will need to make their travel 
arrangements urgently, we are asking post 
to move very quickly to deliver the requested 
invitation.  Ambassador or appropriate senior 
post official is requested to deliver the text in 
paragraph 4 as a letter over post Official's signature 
to either Mongolia's Foreign Minister or, 
if known, Mongolia's designated Minister-level head of 
official delegation to WIREC 2008.  Post at its 
discretion may cc other ministers who have indicated 
an interest in attending WIREC.  Post is 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.  Post is requested to inform the government 
of Mogolia 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 sub-national government representatives.  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 of their 'Head of Delegation,' assuming more 
than one Minister-level delegate is part of that 
country's official delegation.  However, we appreciate 
Embassy engagement with the MFA to ensure that the 
delegation is comprised of appropriate Ministers and 
sub-national government representatives. 
 
¶3.  Ministry of Fuel and Energy official Dulguun 
Damdin-Od contacted a USDA official in the WIREC 
Interagency Working Group to request an invitation 
for Mongolia.  Damdin-od requested assistance with 
obtainng visas on short notice.  He indicated 
that the Mongolian delegation would consist of: 
 
-- Mr. Enkhtaivan Tundev, Vice Minister for Fuel and 
   Energy (with his spouse Mrs. Dorjsuren Choijil) 
-- Mr. Enebish N., Director of the National Renewable 
   Energy Center under the Ministry of Fuel and 
   Energy of Mongolia 
 
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TEXT OF LETTER 
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¶4.  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, 
(insert name of Ambassador or appropriate senior 
embassy official) 
 
End text. 
 
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DEADLINE 
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¶5.  Post is asked to deliver the formal invitation 
letter to the minister who has been designated to 
head the official delegation, if known, or, if a head 
of delegation has not been decided, to the foreign 
minister, no later than OOB Tuesday, February 26. 
Response cable should be slugged for OES for WIREC 
Action Group Leader Stan Specht and OES Special 
Assistant Camille Hill. 
 
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POC FOR QUESTIONS 
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¶6.  Questions about registration or credentialing 
should be directed to OES' contractor, the U.S. Energy 
Association (USEA), who is handling these processes. 
POC at USEA is Rob Donovan direct line 202-312-1238 
or email rdonovan@usea.gov.  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. 
RICE