Efforts by the international community to provide economic and financial assistance to East Timor will need to continue well beyond independence, even if there are prospects after 2004 for revenues from the resources in the Timor Gap.
国际社会为东帝汶提供经济和财政援助的努力将必须持续到独立后的很长时间，尽管2004年之后有帝汶沟资源产生收益的前景。