The absence of effective central authority makes the war very difficult to end through negotiation.

There is still no effective central authority or sense of nationhood in Bosnia.

A civilian review board that gives effective authority to non-police participants is essential.

The absence of an effective authority also contributed to the emergence of disputes.

But without an effective authority in the country, this will never happen.

Although the Assembly has eight standing committees, they do not exercise any effective authority over legislation.

This seemingly modest specification provided the federal government with its only effective authority over state government at the time.

It is still an agency without proper resources or effective authority.

Once the dominant drug gang is established, its members become the effective authority in the favela.

By the early 1990s there was no effective authority at the federal level.