Environmental deterioration is severe, the Gini index (the gap between rich and poor) is widening, and official corruption has not been curbed.

Lastly, the construction of the wall undermined the right to self determination and rendered the two State solution virtually impossible.

Many Thai military and police officials now privately admit that the insurgency cannot be defeated through security measures.

Consensus within the UN proved unachievable on both Kosovo in 1999 and Iraq in 2003.

In all these cases, the liability holders i.e., the depositors have been promised liquidity, yet that promise cannot be kept if it is ever doubted. It is being doubted now.

But, because indirect taxes are more easily avoided by operating many small units instead of one large unit, economies of scale cannot be realized.

Real progress has been made and a clear understanding reached that the national threat cannot be divorced from the international threat, and so requires cooperation with other States and international bodies, including the Security Council, to defeat it.

Environmental deterioration is severe, the Gini index (the gap between rich and poor) is widening, and official corruption has not been curbed. Nor has domestic consumption been sufficiently expanded, leaving economic growth overly dependent on exports and foreign investment.