A10 A Pledge of Unity in Bosnia Leaders of the major ethnic groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina, seeking to unify their country after years of sectarian hatred, pledged to overhaul their constitutional and government system for the first time since the Bosnian war ended a decade ago.
They signed on to a document expressing unidad, but the question is whether their pledge of unity will stand the test of time.
Finland has cast doubt on pledges of European unity by insisting that it receive collateral from Greece in return for aid, another issue that threatens to upset plans to expand the bailout fund.
He pledged a government of unity with "compassionate leaders" and "experienced managers"—a dig at the factional and populist policies of the outgoing president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Delegations from about a dozen Palestinian groups are taking part in the discussions and have pledged an era of unity, reports BBC News.
Public pledges of brotherhood and unity aside, the tensions over who will lead the country were palpable after the Thursday lunch, as was frustration that the process continued to drag on.
Papandreou, meanwhile, has pledged to quit for the sake of unity.
He has pledged a "unity of effort" between the civilian and military operations, and he met with Ambassador Eikenberry at a NATO meeting in Brussels so the two of them could fly into Kabul together on Friday.
LONDON - In a rare display of unity, leaders of the world's largest economies pledged to continue what one called "some major dicking around" - committing a record $1.1 trillion to bailouts that not even bailout recipients want anymore.
