In the same vein, Palau would like to state that difficulties in accessing assistance in claiming our extended continental shelf have made it clear that we will have a hard time meeting the 2009 deadline for submissions.
同样，帕劳要指出，在维护我们对扩展大陆架的权利方面难以得到援助表明，我们将难以在2009年最后期限之前提出划界案。