It's an indicator that Iraq's leaders understand the importance of a government of national unity.
In a statesmanlike way, he has promised to form a government of national unity.
Mr Maliki eventually formed a government of national unity after nine months of tortuous negotiations.
Some of them are inclining towards a Greek solution - a government of national unity led by a technocrat.
Mr Odinga later joined a government of national unity under a peace deal.
The present government of national unity was put together by Kofi Annan, a former UN secretary-general, after the election.
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If the three parties fail to form a coalition, President Papoulias may try to broker a government of national unity.
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One possible outcome would mimic the government of national unity created earlier this year in Kenya after disputed elections there.
Perhaps Pasok, his party, will enter a government of national unity with New Democracy, the opposition, headed by a technocrat.
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The more moderate Palestinian president has been trying to get the Hamas-led government to agree to a government of national unity.
As my dear friend and colleague, Ambassador Diego Arria, has advocated for some time now, Venezuela needs a government of national unity.
Roy Bennett, the deputy agriculture minister-designate in the unhappy government of national unity that was eventually formed, emerges as a true hero.
Mr Hassan said he intended to form a government of national unity, and confirmed presidential elections would go ahead in 2013 as planned.
He rejects calls for a government of national unity, led by some untainted but unelected supremo, a solution Thailand has resorted to in previous crises.
"A broad-based government of national unity must be established, " he wrote.
Likewise, he would not be joining a government of national unity.
Yet, whatever their private ambitions, Mr Dahal has offered to join a government of national unity if the president rescinds his reinstatement of the army chief.
Under last October's Conakry agreement, the junta was supposed to give up power and Mr Kabbah was to return and form a government of national unity.
Leaders of the three main parties making up a new government of national unity had been meeting the Greek president to try to reach a deal.
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Although attempts to forge a Palestinian government of national unity have since stalled, some observers believe Mr Meshaal could emerge as a candidate to head such an administration.
Marc Ravalomanana, one of Madagascar's two presidents, dissolved his government and said he would welcome supporters of his rival, Didier Ratsiraka, into a new government of national unity.
Mr Gonzalez originally presided over a government of national unity.
As part of such an accommodation, the Islamists would probably have to agree not to impose sharia law on Somalia, at any rate under a transitional government of national unity.
AL-MALIKI : The Sunnis have more members in the security forces than the allocation based on their percentage of the population upon which the government of national unity was formed.
Prime Minister George Papandreou, having offered to form a coalition government of national unity with the right wing opposition, and failed, has been trying to reshuffle his cabinet to regain legitimacy.
Nearly three years of a government of national unity has blunted the opposition's edge - the MDC has seamlessly become part of the ruling class, in their official vehicles and trappings of power.
Talks in Togo between the government of Sierra Leone and the rebels were deadlocked by rebel demands for the withdrawal of the West African peacekeeping force and the establishment of a government of national unity.
After Mr Ben Ali's departure, his prime minister since 1999, Mohammed Ghannouchi, a veteran RCD leader, announced he would form a government of national unity, with the speaker of parliament, Foued Mebazaa, temporarily filling the presidency.
But the frenzy of mutual accusation which this scandal has thrown up - in which the port authority and the ministry of transport are each blaming the other - indicates some of the problems of a government of national unity.
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