But it still lacks some key elements, including fully fledged property rights.

But the SCO still lacks many essential elements of a full grown NATO style security organization.

The rich world says that it lacks the money to do more, but what it lacks is imagination, not resources.

It lacks legitimacy and its members are unknown.

It lacks support at home and respect abroad.

It also lacks any pigmentation in its skin.

The European Parliament will not be able to fill the emerging vacuum, as it lacks fiscal sovereignty, which still lies with national parliaments and will remain there indefinitely.

Europe s problem is that it lacks a clearly identifiable leader.

Thus, despite substantial international support, the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) still lacks the level of consensus needed to form a viable government.

It also lacks the means to compel others to follow its lead.

According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Arak plant still lacks several major reactor components, such as control room equipment and cooling pumps.

It is clear that modern Russia lacks global status in the Soviet sense.

Border management and control. The performance of the Border Patrol Unit has improved, but it still lacks sufficient capacity to manage border affairs and to interact with the Indonesian national army on its own.

Alarmed that, according to the World Health Organization, one third of the world's population still lacks access to essential medicines and that in the poorest parts of Africa and Asia, over half of the population lacks access to even the most basic essential drugs,

It has an excellent central bank. But it lacks the other elements of a proper monetary union.

First, it lacks content it is unclear what any eventual Bretton Woods II discussions will be about.

It lacks the major attractions and nightlife found in Sharm el Sheikh and Hurghada.

In fact, it is the typical sentiment of a technocrat who lacks political sense.

Wallenberg was a Swede. But now Sweden is revealing that it, too, lacks political morality.

It also lacks the confidence of the population necessary for its results to be accepted.

Such restriction lacks any legal basis.

India is not about to become a second China it lacks both the means and the ambition.

The opposition has responded by calling on Nigerians to boycott the conference, arguing that it lacks legitimacy.

However, regarding the section on freedom from fear, Tuvalu strongly feels that it lacks one key element.

But this mechanism lacks the common political will needed to activate it the less it is used, the less usable it will become.

Development of a professional police service. The national police force has gained considerable experience since it assumed responsibility for internal security in May 2004, but still lacks critical skills and proficiency, particularly in the areas of investigations, forensics and logistics.

It was still Egypt, and it was still Lebanon.

In any event, China s power may be vast and rapidly growing, but it lacks the ability to compel.

But it is not surprising coming from a government that lacks any coherent concept of Japan s national security.

FunkyOzzi The way I see it, NorthKorea is the baby that lacks affection and just needs a hug.

Simple propaganda lacks credibility and thus is counterproductive.

In Haiti, which lacks such policies, 2,000 died.

The Bulgarian business processing sector lacks 50,000 people.

Unfortunately, the process lacks the necessary transparency and credibility.

However, within the mining sector, word appears to have spread that the Government lacks the capacity, and UNMIL lacks the mandate, to enforce such a policy.

The region as a whole continues to lose weight in world politics, largely because it lacks a coherent, common project.

It lacks a stable economy, relying heavily on tourism and imports to feed the country s more than 80 million people.

It is far from ports and international trade, lacks basic infrastructure such as roads and electricity, and is extremely arid.

As a result of historical suspicion between China, Japan, and Korea, Northeast Asia s economic heavyweights are the world s last remaining regional bloc that still lacks an inter governmental organization of the likes of ASEAN.

WARSAW Some complain that the European Union lacks a worldview.

Latin America currently lacks a level playing field for entrepreneurship.

Allegations that the scheme lacks nutritional value have been disproved.

In India alone, every third person lacks access to electricity.

Not to mention that public administration lacks any web presence !

It submits that the claim under article 3 should be declared inadmissible, since it lacks the minimum of substantiation to make it compatible with provisions of the Convention.