multi-stakeholder model --- This model has worked very well for ICANN- the beauty of this "bottoms-up" multi-stakeholder approach is that no single country, not even the US or China or Russia can dominate as I have sat at many ICANN Meetings and see the role that SIDs play and despite the positions of the more wealth nations, decisions are made on consensus. It is for this reason that as many countries as possible (eg Niue) can hold back proceedings on any major issue once they are present.

Source author: Bennette Thomas thomasb@dominica.gov.dm