"Bycatch limits must be set unilaterally across all U.S. fisheries with overall impacts to populations in mind, much as it's done for marine mammals," he said.
Mustafa Barghouti, chairman of the Palestinian National Initiative and member of the Palestinian parliament, told VICE News that Israel's actions over the last 24 hours "make it clear that it is set on unilaterally annexing Palestinian territory and consolidating its apartheid system.
Medicare payments to physicians are also set unilaterally, but those payments are based on each unit of service, as if I were allowed a fixed amount for each airline trip, each taxi ride, and each meal.
It would also seek to address the "sunset clauses" in the deal, by unilaterally extending various restrictions on Iran that were set to expire in the coming years.
Unfortunately in 132 poor nations where there are no minimum wage laws or they are set below $1 dollar per hour, their citizens are helpless to increase their wages unilaterally!
Even if President Barack Obama did have the power to close Guantanamo unilaterally, doing so would not necessarily mean that the detainees would be set free in other countries.
Mr Thomas said councillors' allowances were set nationally, "so there's an anomaly in the context of officials who can apparently discuss their salaries unilaterally with the authority".
Rajoy was recently forced to backtrack by fellow EU leaders who refused to accept the deficit target of 5.8% of GDP Spain set unilaterally for this year.
The rising tensions have focused international attention on the maritime boundary in the Yellow Sea, which North Korea has not recognised since it was unilaterally set in 1953.
Interchange fees, he says, are unilaterally set by the credit card companies.
