Mauritius gained strong support from several dozen other small island nations, as well as the southern African countries and Uganda, none of which accepted the Organization of African Unity's decision to back Sudan.
But the chance for an additional show of unity following the decision was undermined by the group's chairman, Jean-Claude Juncker of Luxembourg, and the Austrian finance minister, Maria Fekter, when she ended up announcing the agreement first.
That fact has its advantages: more streamlined decision-making, unity of purpose etc.
The collegiate board structure might also make it difficult to practice some of the 'top-down' management principles, i.e. unity of direction, unity of command and unity of accountability and responsibility because of the more time consuming consultative and participative style of decision making.
This is a risky and controversial decision that risks fracturing the fragile unity of the democratic campaigners in Burma.
The unity of Shia forces in Iraq recently suggests a strategic decision has been made to pursue Shia rule in Sunni areas.
In other words, ethically inspired decisions cannot postulate the abstract conceptual unity of all plants; they must, rather, take into account the singularity of each species.
Thankfully it was his decision to leave himself three short of his century, and it illustrated the unity of this Surrey team.
(Unity of time and place).
These principles were called, respectively, unity of action, unity of place, and unity of time.
Somehow, unity of vision pervades.
