UN General Assembly
2014

a situation of extreme vulnerability. Since December 2012, the Central African Republic has been shaken by one of the worst crises in its history, which has left the Central African people in a dramatic situation. Following the resignation of my predecessor on 10 January, I responded to the distressed calls of the people of the Central African Republic. My election has raised great hopes among the people of my country, who welcomed the election of the first woman President of the Central African Republic as a sign of a break with the past and the start of a new future. Since then I have felt the weight of the responsibility that has befallen me and taken stock of the situation that I had inherited. With determination, I immediately embarked upon dealing with the situation, with the support of the international community, in accordance with the road map for the transition, whose main axes are the restoration of security and peace, the resolution of the serious humanitarian crisis, the recovery of State authority throughout the national territory, the