But he was defeated by growing resentment of his unilateral management style and threats from Washington to sever financial support for the organization, which is based in The Hague.
The Korea Times, an English-language daily in Seoul, said in an editorial in its weekend edition: "The Protestant churches need to stop their hitherto egocentric and unilateral missionary style of pushing for their own religion, without respecting the specific different beliefs and cultural characteristics of those whom they intend to convert".
While this is highly commended and appreciated in one breath, it is also seen as a top-heavy or unilateral leadership style.
The Administration hawks seem oblivious, too, of the consequences of a unilateral, imperial-style occupation of Iraq.
During the beginning phase of the collaborative, she took on too much herself, which, she realized later, reflected the unilateral and often dictatorial style of many ballet companies, with dancers kept in the dark about programming and casting.
Unilateral style A third possible reason for decision strangulation in a matrix system can arise from a very different source personal style.
Another decision announced last week, to resume underground nuclear testing after the first American explosion in 1987, indicated the end of Moscow's unilateral, 17-month testing moratorium, an exercise in Gorbachev-style diplomacy.
He was better at the former than the latter, so he often made a fool of himself by advocating pie-in-the-sky schemes like unilateral nuclear disarmament, world government and even Che Guevara-style insurrections.
His brash style was also a reassurance to Israeli leaders threatening to launch unilateral strikes.
While Mr. Obama's legislative proposal was sweeping — he asked lawmakers to ban the sale of military-style rifles and close a loophole that allows many gun buyers to avoid background checks — his unilateral actions were smaller.
