SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR POST FOLLOW-UP ON FORMAL

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 STATE 015551

SIPDIS

SIPDIS
ACCRA FOR REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER GEOFFREY HUNT
ADDIS ABABA FOR REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER LISA BRODEY
BRASILIA FOR REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER ANNE BRAGHETTA
GABORONE FOR REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER TONY WOODS
SAN JOSE FOR REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER BERNIE LINK

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY XA
XL, XM, XS
SUBJECT: SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR POST FOLLOW-UP ON FORMAL
INVITATIONS TO ATTEND THE WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE ON RENEWABLE ENERGY (WIREC) MARCH 4-6, 2008

REF: A) STATE 14866 B) STATE 14563 C) STATE 14490 D)
STATE 14252 E) STATE 13442 F) STATE 563 G)
STATE 559 H) STATE 521 I) 07 STATE 138428
J) 07 STATE 80334

Note: Because of the large number of action addressees for
this cable, Department is sending two duplicate cables, one
to AF and WHA posts (this cable),and the other to EAP, EUR,
SCA,
and NEA posts (septel).


1. This is an action request. Action request in para 4.

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BACKGROUND
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2. The U.S. State Department will host the Washington
International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008)
in Washington on March 4-6, 2008 (refs I and J).
Addressee posts have received formal invitations for
official delegations from their host governments
(refs A - H) and by now should have delivered these
invitations and confirmed that via reply cable. We
thank the many posts who have done so, and urge the
remaining posts to send their reply cables immediately.
Reply cables should be slugged for OES WIREC Action
Group Leader Stan Specht and OES Special Assistant
Camille Hill.


3. Although a few invited governments have followed the

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SUBJECT: SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR POST FOLLOW-UP ON FORMAL
INVITATIONS TO ATTEND THE WASHINGTON INTERNATION
instructions in refs I and J and registered the individual
members of their officials delegations, most have not done
so. These individual registrations are the key step in
preparing the credentials for the official delegations
which will allow them to enter the WIREC site. With WIREC
now only two weeks away, we are in urgent need of Posts'
assistance to follow-up with host governments and ensure
that they register the members of their official
delegations right away so that we can hold their spots at
the conference and have their WIREC credentials ready.

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ACTION REQUESTS
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4. Posts are requested to follow up with their host
governments as soon as possible to urge each member of
their delegations to submit their individual registration
forms on an urgent basis to confirm their attendance at
WIREC 2008 and enable expeditious credentialing of the
delegation. Official delegates may register for the
conference via the internet at http://
www.usea.org/WIREC/official party registration pub 0001.pdf.
They can also contact our contractor who is handling
registration for WIREC: Rob Donovan, US Energy
Association (USEA) at office direct line: 202-312-1238
or via email to rdonovan@usea.org to arrange to submit
registration information by email.

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POCs FOR QUESTIONS
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5. Rob Donovan (contact info in para 4) is the POC for
questions on registration and credentialing for WIREC.
For additional general information about WIREC 2008,
contact OES' WIREC Action Group Leader Stan Specht at
SpechtSH@state.gov and consult the official WIREC

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