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Viewing cable 09STRASBOURG31, COUNCIL OF EUROPE LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA REGARDING

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09STRASBOURG31 2009-12-02 09:45 2011-08-24 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Consulate Strasbourg
VZCZCXRO5034
PP RUEHSR
DE RUEHSR #0031 3360945
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 020945Z DEC 09
FM AMCONSUL STRASBOURG
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0197
INFO RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS PRIORITY 0147
RUEHSR/AMCONSUL STRASBOURG 0208
UNCLAS STRASBOURG 000031 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE ALSO FOR EUR/ERA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL SENV COE FR
SUBJECT: COUNCIL OF EUROPE LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA REGARDING 
COPENHAGEN 
 
REF: CARVER-KONICK EMAIL DEC. 1 2009 
 
1.  (U) Mission France received December 1 a letter (pouched to 
EUR/ERA) from Council of Europe (COE) Parliamentary Assembly 
(PACE) President de Puig asking us to forward a letter from de 
Puig to President Obama regarding Copenhagen. 
 
2.  (U)  Begin text: 
 
Strasbourg, 30 November 2009 
 
Dear President, 
 
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has been 
deeply committed for many years to discussions on mitigating 
climate change.  Our unique membership of 47 European states, 
including the Russian Federation, meant that during the 
negotiation on the Kyoto Protocol, we were able to exert 
valuable influence on the settlement that finally led to the 
Protocol's entry into force. 
 
This December in Copenhagen the world is facing a new challenge. 
 We all know what is at stake for the future of our planet and 
it is therefore of major importance for the First World 
countries to lead the way. 
 
For this reason, at its meeting on 23 November 2009, the 
Committee on the Environment, asked me to write to you to 
respectfully urge you, above all, with your unique position, to 
take the lead and help to maximize the likelihood of an 
agreement by personally attending the Copenhagen Summit and 
giving your full support to the difficult but critical decisions 
that hopefully will be made in Denmark. 
 
Yours sincerely, 
 
/ s / 
 
Luis Maris de Puig 
 
H.E. Mr. Barack Obama 
President of the United States of America 
 
CARVER