Democracy is a unifying factor in Ibero America.

And we've asked What is the scientific unifying idea here?

Significant progress has been achieved in unifying the city of Mostar.

And it's more recently a unifying way to think about how the brain deals with uncertainty.

His Government looked forward to continued participation in the process of harmonizing and unifying international trade law.

Since its creation three years ago, the United Nations Communications Group has emerged as a strong unifying platform for United Nations communicators.

Growing interconnectedness and interdependence, which is the hallmark of the new millennium, has been a major unifying force, bringing nations and civilizations ever closer.

Although we differ in certain respects, the members of the Pacific Island Forum share a strong and unifying collective interest in the ocean spaces that connect us.

Referring to UN reform, the speaker said that a strengthened UN should provide a unifying framework for global governance in both the political and the economic spheres.

Stressing the value of participation by States at all levels of economic development and from different legal systems in the process of harmonizing and unifying international trade law,

However, it was suggested that leaving the matter to national law could lead to disharmony, and that an effort should be made to find a unifying international standard.

Stressed the pivotal role the United Nations should play in this new phase where consensus building and articulation of a unifying constitution by the Iraqis will become paramount.

Stressing the value of the participation by States at all levels of economic development and from different legal systems in the process of harmonizing and unifying international trade law,

Most notably, the unifying character of Solidarity gave way to social divisions and, among many of Poland s people, a large dose of alienation from both politics and civic engagements.

The pillars of the Thai state nation, religion, and the king struck a unifying, collective chord, and the resulting stability enabled economic development. While growth was so concentrated that popular resentment simmered, communism was kept at bay.

Alas, some Europhiles unifying zeal has all too often spilled beyond the bounds of economic reason, even common sense. More unification and harmonization does not necessarily lead to effective or even reasonable solutions to the EU s troubles.

The Russian federation remains a collection of multinational states in need of some unifying idea of statehood and nationality to keep them together. The easiest and the most understandable idea for Russians to cling to is patriotism.

The clash of civilizations, basically the West against the rest, is supposed to describe the world as it is. In reality, the West is vague enough to include a vast array of areas without describing their unifying characteristics.

France s Socialist Green government can play a critical unifying role as Europeans confront their biggest challenge in decades. Its success will be highly consequential not least for the political debate that will inform the outcome of Germany s elections in 2013.

Populist anger is one of the most predictable, and certainly inevitable, consequences of today s financial and economic crisis. The unifying factor behind this rising anger is rejection of both real and perceived inequality inequality in both treatment and economic conditions.

But opposing Iran s nuclear ambitions directly has had the opposite effect so far. Iran s quest for nuclear weapons  with its boost to national pride and promise of regional preeminence  has played a critical unifying role, as well as a political and military one.

Everyone in Europe and the world needs a unified, robust Europe. If our faith is strong enough, we can survive this crisis without destroying what we have built together by opening our borders, destroying the Wall, unifying Germany, and completing our democratic transitions.

But opposing Iran s nuclear ambitions directly has had the opposite effect so far. Iran s quest for nuclear weapons with its boost to national pride and promise of regional preeminence has played a critical unifying role, as well as a political and military one.

When dealing with the EU, member states usually aim for arrangements and regulations that ensure cooperation within agreed upon frameworks. And, as the Irish referendum showed, they do not readily accept unifying initiatives that would make the EU an autonomous center of power.

The problem is that everyone writes history in their own manner, and that there are no scales that can fix the precise point at which the remedy of unifying patriotism turns into the lethal poison of rabid nationalism. Weimar Germany blindly poisoned itself.

Finally, in times of economic crisis we should be guided more than ever by our common democratic values the inner dimension of our European identity and a crucial unifying factor for our societies. They are also a powerful tool for European leadership in global affairs.

For years, the world envied the Palestinian people s strong social fiber, as they held together despite the occupation. With a strong sense of national identity, Palestinians boasted that they had a clear unifying purpose ending the Israeli occupation and establishing an independent and democratic state.

Although internal divisions within SLM A remain rife and will undoubtedly pose a challenge to the next round, the signing of an agreement between SLM A and JEM in Tripoli on 18 July will go some way towards unifying the rebels' positions on key issues.

Affirms its full support and backing for the Palestinian people in strengthening their national unity and unifying their internal front and expresses its support for the Palestinian national dialogue efforts and for its steadfastness in the face of the practices of Israeli occupation authorities.

We tried to answer this simple question Can you find a unifying language that cuts across age and income and culture that will help people themselves find a new way of living, see spaces around them differently, think about the resources they use differently, interact differently?

But it can be very difficult when the demands of, say, the company s shareholders conflict with the interests of its employees, customers, or local communities. The good news is that, in any such conflict, there is one clear, unifying goal ensuring the company s long term success.

The Conference affirmed its full support and backing for the Palestinian people in strengthening their national unity and unifying their internal front and expressed its support for the Palestinian national dialogue efforts and for its steadfastness in the face of the practices of Israeli occupation authorities

Many languages are spoken, but Islam, to which almost 95 of the population adheres, is a unifying factor. Agriculture is the main economic activity, notably in the vast internal delta of the Niger River, home to many tribes, including the Dogon, a people remarkable for their sculpture and architecture.

All of its miracles, as well as its terrifying contradictions, can be explained as consequences of an ethos that is initially European. Therefore, unifying Europe should set an example for the rest of the world regarding how to face the various dangers and horrors that are engulfing us today.

This is especially true for Ukraine and Azerbaijan, which are likely to be Moscow s next targets for intimidation. The rules of the post Cold War world are changing but not to the ultimate benefit of Russia, which has underestimated the unifying effect its actions will have on the West.

With only 15 governorships and control of the fewest state legislatures in history, Governor Justice's announcement is just the latest rejection of a party that is leaderless from top to bottom and unable to find a positive, unifying message, RNC chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said in a statement to CBS News.

But last year, it seemed that success was within reach until the clash of narratives derailed the progress the two sides had made. This highlights a larger problem the European Union lacks a unifying narrative strong enough to prevent the emergence of conflicting and highly destructive narratives within its borders.

This duality in causation speaks to a world that will become more heterogeneous in 2013 and in at least two ways it will lack unifying political themes, and it will be subject to multi speed growth and financial dynamics that imply a range of possible scenarios for multilateral policy interactions.

The much vaunted liberal order policed by the US was a product of World War II and the Cold War. Germany and Japan had to be kept down, the Communist powers had to be contained, and the old countries of Europe had to learn to live with one another under unifying pan national institutions.

The intensification of violence and terrorism, despite the joint efforts undertaken for many years to confront that grave scourge, deepens our conviction that the most effective way to deal with terrorism is by unifying our methods for tackling it, thereby strengthening the capacity of the international community to confront terrorism and eradicate its root causes.

And if you just go back to the previous image, and you look at this area of volatility and hostility, that a unifying design idea as a humanitarian gesture could have the affect of bringing all those warring factions together in a united cause, in terms of something that would be genuinely green and productive in the widest sense.

While some in the West may yearn for the return of the strong, unifying state, most of us recognize that it is not coming back. Indeed, some argue that the inventiveness and internationalism of a world networked by interests and shared causes is likely to be more resilient than one crammed into the artificial and increasingly constraining box of the national state.

Europe has been unifying gradually for 50 years now, and we can reasonably look forward to further inter continental cooperation and integration, not least because of scientific and technological developments. At the same time, we can expect a growing Atlantic community as successive rounds of trade liberalization make it easier to develop a free trade area between the EU and the United States.

The two most recent episodes the rioting and arson in French cities last autumn and the successful student campaign earlier this year against a new law governing young labor market entrants seem to have little in common. But their unifying thread is youth, unemployment, and uncertainty about the future, as well as the suffocating state paternalism that underlies the wider malaise itself.

The Palestinian team finally agreed to parallel productions with a major cultural exchange element rather than creating segments together, they would produce a series with Palestinian Muppets and adults that also incorporated cartoons and mini documentaries produced by the Israelis and Jordanians. The other two teams would do likewise. Some unifying characters such as an Arab Israeli girl who explains each side to the other would create a measure of continuity.