At first, the UN, like many Timorese, including José Ramos-Horta, the country’s Nobel Laureate president who won election last May, had hoped that a national unity government could be formed. But a month-long attempt to broker an inclusive government failed.
起初，联合国与许多东帝汶人（包括在去年5月大选中获胜的该国总统、诺贝尔奖得主José Ramos-Horta）一样都希望能够组成一个民族团结政府。但为期一个月的努力却以失败告终。因此在8月份，Ramos-Horta通过任命其长期政治盟友、前总统Gusmão为总理从而结束了这一僵局。