Achieving this balance between firm commitments in Section I with developing countries’ respective needs for technical assistance and capacity-building to implement them, as outlined in Section II, has long been a major stumbling block. In this respect, the final agreement contains a set of landmark provisions allowing for flexibility in the scheduling and sequencing of implementation, and linking commitments to acquired capacity resulting from technical assistance. More specifically, commitments for the developing countries and LDCs can fall under three potential categories.