The phrase "authorities desire" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the wishes or intentions of governing bodies or organizations in relation to a specific issue or policy.
Example: "The authorities desire to improve public safety through new regulations."
Alternatives: "officials wish" or "regulators seek".
The Russian authorities' desire to do something dramatic is understandable.
Even a few locals seemed to think that the authorities' desire to present Poreč as a place of Sonoma-like gentility was overdone.
Macau's upcoming resorts will emphasize entertainment and shopping over gambling as casino operators bow to authorities' desire to shed the city's image as a sleazy, vice-ridden gambling haven to become a family friendly global tourist destination.
Caracci's more-decorous style, closely attuned to the church authorities' desire to control and subdue a large shifting population of actual poor increasingly perceived as a threat to social order would gradually gain the ascendancy.
A middleman who formed one of the Russian counterparty funds told me that the cost of his services depended upon the Russian authorities' desire to stop the export of capital.
Hussein said GSK shared the Chinese authorities' desire to "root out corruption wherever it exists" and said the company would "take all necessary actions required as this investigation progresses".
The newspapers and magazines have been filled with accounts of W.'s not doings or not terribly relevant doings--his short hours, his readiness to delegate authority, his desire to see some really sharp duds in the Oval Office.
A mesh hood delicately encases his head, giving him the uncanny look of one of Robert Mapplethorpe's dungeon subjects, calm with the authority of desire.
And while she danced more sparingly than she has in previous tours, she still made herself an object of authority and desire.
Using Enron satisfied the trash authority's desire to have an annual stream of payments to support the Mid-Connecticut Project, rather than a huge lump sum to manage.
A core of people ask good questions, but even they, many visitors say, seem to lack the authority, or desire, to make decisions.Power behind the chairThe opacity of power is also reflected by the role of the titular heads of Chinese firms.
