MAJOR ECONOMIES FORUM INVITATION DELIVERED

UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000307 SENSITIVE SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: SENV ENRG KGHG SUBJECT: MAJOR ECONOMIES FORUM INVITATION DELIVERED REF: SECSTATE 27497 ¶1. (U) Following delivery of the invitation letter text from President Obama to the Office of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on March 23, USUN ECOSOC Advisor met with Janos Pasztor, Director of the Secretary-General's Climate Change Support Team, to convey reftel talking points concerning the USG initiative to host a meeting of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate (MEF). ¶2. (SBU) Pasztor indicated familiarity with the MEF proposal given SYG Ban's recent meetings in Washington, and said the SYG's team is already mulling the composition of the UN representation at the April MEF preparatory meeting, although that composition could be shaped by the meeting's eventual agenda. Pasztor welcomed the U.S. initiative and promised to provide updates as they become available. Wolff