Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says they are having difficulty persuading certain countries to assist us financially to do the job we have been entrusted to do as the President of the Conference of Parties 23.
Bainimarama says Fiji still has to fund its COP Presidency and with limited resources after one third of its GDP had been wiped out last year by Tropical Cyclone Winston.
He says he has gone to the world seeking support in the form of contributions to enable us to do this job properly on behalf of everyone but the response so far has been disappointing.
Bainimarama says Fiji needs assistance if we are to make our presidency of COP23 an unqualified success.
He adds the climate change conference in Bonn, Germany will be unconventional.
Bainimarama says as President he is expected to remain impartial as he presides over the negotiations in November.
He says he will naturally bring a Pacific perspective to the proceedings and will be joined in Bonn by the other island leaders to make sure our voices are heard loud and clear.
