What blocks matrimony is China's lack of democracy.

We must address its weak democracy and its lack of representativeness.

There was a serious lack of democracy at the heart of the multilateral trading system.

I have no illusions about Meles commitment to democracy or lack thereof.

Unlike the US, the EU s difficulties stem not from a perceived lack of legitimacy or crude attempts at promoting democracy, but from a real lack of unity and, therefore, influence.

It should also be noted that it is the lack of democracy and good governance that leads to terrorism.

The lack of a clear plan is the goal to defeat Al Qaeda or to create democracy? remains problematic, but less so in the short term than the lack of adequate resources.

Liberals, too, can agree that Islamist terrorism, for instance, is linked to the lack of democracy in the Middle East.

Lack of political education and political maturity proved to be a major challenge for the reform process towards a full fledged democracy.

Democracy may carry certain short term costs, but they are always lower than the long term damage that comes from a lack of popular participation.

It is trying to be my country's judge and prosecutor, using the argument that we supposedly lack democracy and violate human rights.

Indeed, since the end of the Second World War, constant efforts have been essential to put an end to human rights violations and to lack of respect for democracy.

The lack of coherent unity in Athenian democracy made Plato conclude that such democracies were a mere collection of individuals occupying a common space rather than a form of political organization.

But I think the crisis is deeper, reflecting a lack of awareness of the paths and goals of human development an ignorance that cannot be reduced to Western style democracy or liberal ideas.

lack of a partner, or lack of willingness from partner.

CAMBRIDGE The lack of democracy in the Arab world results from an unholy alliance between Western interests and local autocrats, justified by what both sides claim to be the region s cultural specificity.

Lack of access to information, lack of protection and lack of legal aid are other factors that aggravate violence against women.

Up to now, the greatest constraints on peacebuilding have been a lack of strategies aimed at preventing conflict, and then, in the post conflict stage, a lack of strategies aimed at creating a modern, viable economy and at building democracy, starting from small local communities and working up to the national level.

But the lack of effort on all sides to find a lasting compromise to the dispute over Kosovo s independence threatens to undermine much of the progress made in the Western Balkans towards stability and democracy.

141 cases were closed due to lack of evidence, Budgetary Principles Law lack of public interest, lack of any wrongdoing or unknown offender.

But the problem was a lack of resources, not a lack of willingness.

Other limitations included unsuitability of methods and tools, lack of national capacity, lack of data, lack of financial resources and lack of appropriate institutional frameworks which contributed to the difficulties in applying the IPCC Guidelines.

Lack of teachers.

Extreme poverty is also conducive to the usurpation of power by force, the absence of democracy and, as a result, a lack of prospects for change, which, in combination with external factors, sometimes leads to a conflagration.

Latin America seems to lack the will to establish a true people s democracy, and it has tied itself to a narrow market economy whose bad outcomes are readily apparent to everyone.

President Bush initially justified intervention in Iraq on the grounds of Saddam s programs to develop weapons of mass destruction, the regime s alleged links to al Qaida, as well as Iraq s violation of human rights and lack of democracy.

From Christian Democracy to Muslim Democracy?

The problem is the lack of trust, the lack of confidence, the lack of partnership between NGOs, campaign groups, civil society organizations and multinational companies.

Illusions of Democracy

Faith in the European project is declining, and, given the eurozone s lack of cohesion, stagnation and recession may lead to popular rejection of the EU, accompanied by serious challenges to democracy, including the rise of neo fascist parties.

Democracy has, of course, degenerated into what is sometimes called managed democracy.

The solution to the problems of democracy tends to be more democracy.

What is often presumed to indicate lack of commitment happens to be lack of capacity.

Lack of motion detection.

Barriers lack of resources

In that respect, the National Forum for Democracy and Unity FNDU (a coalition of 17 opposition parties and groups) announced its refusal to take part in the elections, slamming the lack of any agreement over it and of integrity.

Is it democracy with adjectives, such as managed democracy, illiberal democracy, or electoral democracy? Only a few pundits stubbornly adhere to this approach.

We are hampered by a lack of access to financial and technical assistance, a lack of human and infrastructural capacity and, unfortunately, a lack of attention and coordination.

Some of the main challenges faced in the areas of employment and economic growth in Afghanistan are the lack of entrepreneurial skills, knowledge and technology, lack of an enabling environment, lack of support services and lack of access to capital and financial services.

The Limits of Democracy

However, the democracy fund should be used to support countries' home grown institutions of democracy and not to import foreign brands of democracy and to use them as a conditionality for accessing the democracy fund.

Otherwise, there will be democracy, but there may also be a failure of democracy.

Lack of institutional structure and lack of capacity are obstacles to intra African FDI and portfolio investment.

India is a democracy, and Pakistan a wayward democracy.

Lack of awareness of women's rights.