Food insecurity was a result of inadequate access to natural resources, employment, income or social support.

An apparent lack of capacity may conceal a lack of will, and the Committee may wish to probe this further.

The firm went under due to lack of capital.

Lack of awareness among the public and among decision makers

39. The main problem remained the lack of information.

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.

The police force is, however, generally understaffed and lacks logistic support as well as expertise to handle complex cases.

There is both a knowledge deficit and an understanding deficit.

The major difficulty has been (and, practically, still is) the lack of legislation at the national level (regulations on the cantonal level) that would guarantee equal rights to education to all, in accordance with the accepted international documents and conventions.

Because it's a U.N. operation, of course, it lacks funding.

However, many of those commitments remain elusive owing to lack of capacity and tools, and even lack of agreement on future steps, which could appear as lack of international resolve to move forward decisively.

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

Proposals to address that matter continue to lack consensus.

Corruption, lack of public trust and a culture of lawlessness

The economy remains very fragile because of the lack of diversification, the lack of competitiveness, the very high factor costs and the very small domestic market.

Intra State conflicts are a key reason for the lack of security, of investment and of development.

You add all this up together and of course people are apathetic.

One knows, however, that this is directly linked to lack of schooling.

At the same time, there continues to be a lack of cohesion with the command of the tenth military region.

They cannot provide real collateral.

The continued lack of adequate funding for preparedness is troubling.

(i) Lack of awareness among authors, publishers and the public

The deployment of police personnel in the provinces is still hampered by a lack of accommodation, however.

Some interlocutors said that State institutions faced continuing problems of corruption, lack of capacity of the civil service, absence of transparency and accountability and lack of necessary equipment.

Many States are concerned about the selectivity and lack of fairness that is evident with regard to disarmament issues.

The lack of information on the complex nature of disasters and the lack of models of good practice for disaster preparedness and response, as well as the lack of building codes and regulatory frameworks to support more effective urban planning processes, will need to be urgently addressed.

A lack of understanding of the rights of minorities, not only on the part of the government authorities but also the general public and persons belonging to minorities themselves, is often a cause for poor safeguarding of such rights.

At the same time, regardless of a fairly high rate of unemployment there is also a lack of qualified work force.

The Committee notes with concern the absence of data and programmes for women in prostitution, suggesting that the Government has not adequately addressed article 6 of the Convention.

The majority of the people of Sierra Leone continue to be marginalized with regard to basic economic and social rights, including lack of adequate education, health care and potable water caused by a number of factors, such as illiteracy, poverty, corruption and deficiencies in good governance.

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

There is no lack of material or ideas on the subject.

He is lacking in experience.

He is lacking in common sense.

He is wanting in courage.

She is lacking in common sense.

You're impatient.

Insular, love of imitation,

However, we believe that this resolution lacks balance in giving more importance to one religion than to others.

That a great star, an artist, could be so inartistic.

Such a background could create an appearance of lack of impartiality.

The absence of civil servants remains a major contributing factor to the continued deterioration in the humanitarian situation, particularly in the north.

The poor quality of education, especially in public schools, the absence of incitement on the part of teachers and the lack of textbooks have reduced the quality of teachers performance and students records.

There is obviously a lack of guidance on climate change adaptation and also a lack of capital with which to put necessary adaptations into place.

However, the majority of the world s people still lacked access to a basic telecommunications infrastructure.