UN General Assembly
2007

allow developing countries, in particular in Africa, the Caribbean and the South Pacific, to implement these commitments, especially since those regions, and particularly Africa, while bearing but little responsibility for the advent of this phenomenon, are more vulnerable to the risks associated with climate change. By choosing climate change as a central topic of this General Assembly session and organizing the high- level dialogue “The future in our hands: Addressing the leadership challenge of climate change”, the Assembly President has pinpointed the growing concern associated with global warming for a country such as ours, the Central African Republic. Indeed, the problems associated with climate change now lie at the core of international debates. The moment has thus arrived to transform good intentions into concrete actions. For its part, the Central African Republic hopes that during the Bali Climate Change Conference this December the wealthy countries will at last honour their commitments in the area of technology transfer and will provide assistance to strengthening the national and regional structures required for effective