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<p><font face="Verdana">Issue:</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana">US legislature has near unlimited power over
any US based organisation, especially when it can see as
carrying out an important public function. It is entirely
possible in the future for US legislature to make new laws which
specifically target ICANN and its functions, or may generally
target them under a class of organisations or functions. This
can completely throw out of gear ICANN's global governance
function and its primary accountability to the global community.
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<p><font face="Verdana">Solution:</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana">Evidently, there can be no other solution
for this issue than to grant ICANN one time </font><font
face="Verdana">general immunity under the US International
Organisations Immunities Act, with proper customisation and
exceptions for ICANN to enable to be able to perform its
organisational activities from within the US. The chief
exception I understand would be the application of California
non profit law. <br>
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