OFFICIAL GOI INVITE TO FOREST ELEVEN MINISTERIAL

UNCLAS JAKARTA 001820 SIPDIS DEPT FOR OES, EAP/MTS, EAP/RSP E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: SENV EAID KGHG EAGR PGOV ID SUBJECT: OFFICIAL GOI INVITE TO FOREST ELEVEN MINISTERIAL REF: JAKARTA 1757 ¶1. Post has received the official invitation to the upcoming Ministerial Meeting of the Tropical Rainforest Countries (Forest Eleven/F-11) Plus Partners in Jakarta on October 17, 2008 (reftel). The GOI Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Forest Ministry will co-host a Ministerial Meeting of the F-11 from October 15 - 17, ¶2008. Participants are requested to register by October 10. ¶2. The invitation, signed by both the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Forestry, is reproduced below. Jakarta, 22 September 2008 Excellency, We are writing to you in the spirit of the consensus reached during the Meeting of Tropical Rainforest Countries (Forest Eleven) with other rainforest countries and partner countries held in Bali in December 2007 on the sideline of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). On that occasion we all stressed the need to strengthen international cooperation in the field of sustainable forest management. Thus all participants reiterated the commitment to promote among all stakeholders cooperation in sustainable forest management and in addressing the challenge of deforestation. Accordingly, Forest Eleven (F-11) is now drafting a Tropical Rainforest Countries (F-11) Cooperation Framework to translate the commitments reached in the Joint Statement of Tropical Rainforest Countries' Leaders of 24 September 2007 into a set of concrete and concerted cooperation to complement the process towards post-2012 international climate change arrangement. In the light of these developments, we are pleased to invite you to Jakarta for an F-11 + Partner Countries Ministerial Meeting on 17 October 2008 to further strengthen our cooperation. We look forward to welcoming you and working closely with you in Jakarta. Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of our highest consideration. Dr. N. Hassan Wirajuda Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. (HC) M.S. Kaban Minister for Forestry ¶3. For additional information on the F-11 Ministerial Meeting, including for participant registration, please contact Machut Shishak at shishakma@state.gov. HUME