Strong and independent judiciaries, electoral authorities, media and political parties are all vital.Paradoxically, Colombia is fairly well-served in this regard.
But what were they all, Peruvians or others, to do about the result: a president re-elected to power, however bogus the count, in a sovereign country and with a firm grip on its election authorities, media, judiciary and, it appears, soldiery and this in a continent with a historic dislike of foreign intervention?
Burnham said the disaster itself, then the dissemination of the false accounts, and the length of time it had taken to dispel them, represented failure by the football authorities, media, police and parliament, bodies which must all learn lessons so such failures are never repeated.
For government communication, the official message can reach everyone (including the unaware, supporters, and nonsupporters) through the authorities' media channels.
Companies, disaster and emergency authorities, media, NGOs, citizens, scientists, and many others have various capabilities and assets for handling disaster risks.
In order for local authorities, media, and response personnel to understand and believe the issues facing a community, effectively prepare for them, and heed warnings, scientific information needs to be in an appropriate style, and contain appropriate content (Mileti and Sorensen [1990]).
Official Palestinian Authority media refrained from comment, but Kuffiya Press, a website associated with the disgraced former security chief, Mohammed Dahlan, said: "[Mr] Abbas has offered Israel a rare and symbolic compromise".
Constitutional experts say it is possible for Brown to hang on even if Labour has failed to win the most seats, but it is likely that his lack of moral authority, media pressure and public opinion would make this difficult.
But survivors, authorities and media all crowded into the building through ragged gaps in its walls.
But hardly anyone among the Russian authorities, western media or human rights campaigners seems to acknowledge those problems.
Nothing justified the pandemonium with which the British authorities and media greeted news of the illness last week.
