President Obama says the honor is particularly meaningful for the first native of the former East Germany to lead a unified Germany.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

"There is no question that the Kurds see their future as part of a unified Iraq.

VOA: standard.2009.12.12

Mr.Brown has just returned from a whistle-stop tour of France, the United States and South America to drum up support for unified economic action.

VOA: standard.2009.03.30

In Brussels Tuesday, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso called for a unified response.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

Mr.Hariri's inability to form a unified government led him to call it quits.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

"I met with leaders of the G20 nations to ensure that the world's largest economies take strong and unified action in the face of the global economic crisis.

VOA: standard.2009.04.11

And on the other side, Georgia is not a unified country, large parts of it now are occupied by the Russians who claim that these parts are independent states so I would say that this is not on the agenda,' Experts say the debate has now shifted from a fast track approach for Georgia's and Ukraine's NATO membership the "Membership Action Plan" concept to "eventually" becoming a member of the Western alliance.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04