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> I can't see why govt would do this.  Think about the current vin/wine
> impasse, or discussions GAC's had about any number of new TLDs.  Simple
> majority or even super would reduce their individual influence.  No?
> 
> Adam

It drepends on the political situation. A motivated, disciplined faction of governments could rationally calculate that 

a) we have a majority of votes
b) we are likely to retain a majority for some time
c) we share common interests (or enemies) across a number of IG issues

...and conclude, let's make this thing run on majority of govts, and we will have control of it.  
This kind of thing does happen in the UNGA, does it not? I am not saying this is imminent in the GAC/IG world, but it does not seem entirely implausible.

Milton L Mueller
Laura J and L. Douglas Meredith Professor 
Syracuse University School of Information Studies
http://faculty.ischool.syr.edu/mueller/