INVITATION TO PRESIDENT OBAMA FROM GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT TO ATTEND UN FINANCIAL CRISIS CONFERENCE

UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000563 DEPARTMENT FOR S/ES-CR AND S/ES-O; DEPARTMENT ALSO FOR IO, NSC WASHDC E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: POPDC AMGT UNAUS EAID EFIN SUBJECT: INVITATION TO PRESIDENT OBAMA FROM GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT TO ATTEND UN FINANCIAL CRISIS CONFERENCE ¶1. USUN has received the following letter to President Obama from General Assembly President Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, dated May 27, 2009. Text of letter follows in para 2 below. ¶2. Begin text of letter to President Obama: 27 May 2009 Excellency, Further to my letter dated 16 April 2009, I wish to inform you that the General Assembly, on 26 May, decided by consensus to reschedule the United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development. The Conference will now be held in the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 24, 25 and 26 June 2009. The decision to reschedule the Conference was not an easy one. The General Assembly was very conscious of the inconvenience that the rescheduling could engender in the busy programs of Heads of State and Government. There was broad agreement among Member States, however, that the change of dates was necessary to increase the participation of Heads of State and Government and to allow time for concluding negotiations of an appropriate Outcome Document. As pointed out in my earlier letter, the June Conference will be an opportunity to launch a truly inclusive process on the global economic crisis, focused on the proposals for lines of action presented by the President of the General Assembly to the Conference, and should provide impetus to moving forward together to avert what portends to be a great human tragedy. This process will be interactive and on the main issues of our time, and I highly recommend that you commit yourself to attend all three days of the Conference. I deeply regret any inconvenience but hope that your Excellency will still be able to participate in this historic Conference. Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration. s/s Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann His Excellency Mr. Barack Obama President of the United States of America Washington, DC. end text. RICE