VZCZCXRO5043
PP RUEHIK RUEHPW RUEHYG
DE RUEHBUL #0769 0861313
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 261313Z MAR 08
FM AMEMBASSY KABUL
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3402
INFO RUCNAFG/AFGHANISTAN COLLECTIVE
RHMFIUU/HQ EPA WASHINGTON DC
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHINGTON DC 0624
RUCPDC/USDOC WASHDC
UNCLAS KABUL 000769
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958 N/A
TAGS: SENV ENRG TRGY KGHG KPAO KSCA AF
SUBJECT: AFGHAN PLEDGE TO 2008 WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE
ENERGY CONFERENCE (WIREC)
REF: STATE 26870
1. (U) The Embassy EPA Environmental Advisor discussed WIREC 2008
(reftel) with Dad Mohammad Bahir, Deputy Executive Director General
(Technical) of the Afghanistan National Environmental Protection
Agency (NEPA) on March 23, 2008. Congratulating Afghanistan for
making a WIREC pledge on renewable Energy through the Ministry of
Energy and Water, we asked if NEPA would also submit a WIREC pledge.
Bahir, who attended WIREC, said that NEPA would make a sustainable
pledge on renewable Energy that would help NEPA assume its role as a
key implementer of environmental conservation policy in Afghanistan.
The pledge will be submitted before April 4 and would assist and
complement the Ministry of Energy pledge, including a possible
public awareness campaign.
WOOD