while it was critical to get major emitters to reduce their emissions whether developed countries would take the lead and whether the strict firewall between annex i and nonannex i countries of the unfccc would remain in place proved to be sticking points at the end of very contentious negotiations late on friday evening december the text of the copenhagen accord was released the text had been negotiated by a small group of world leaders behind closed doors and only indirectly based on the partynegotiated texts under the awglca or awgkp this contributed to feelings that the negotiations were unfair and opaque and the process looked to be on the verge of collapse