Australia has flatly rejected to support a United Nations-backed proposed treaty governing international telecommunications by not affixing its signature to the accord and was totally disappointed of the consensus reached.

Apart from Australia, delegates from the United States, UK, Canada and several European countries likewise expressed disapproval to the agreement, in which they claimed gives too much power to the international body and its officials.

"It is greatly disappointing that a consensus could not be reached," Stephen Conroy, Australia's Communications Minister, said in a statement. "Australia worked hard to develop suitable text for the International Telecommunications Regulations that would have been acceptable to every member state. Unfortunately, this was not achieved," Mr Conroy, who flew to Dubai at the beginning of negotiations, further noted.

The negotiations to the proposed changes to the internet's current governance model begun two weeks ago after the internet in Syria was disconnected for days. However, the flat refusal of the mentioned countries to endorse proposal effectively translates to the failure of the UN's International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to obtain a consensus from the world's governments as to how telecommunications networks should be governed, including the internet.

"It's with a heavy heart and a sense of missed opportunities that the US must communicate that it's not able to sign the agreement in the current form," Terry Kramer, the US ambassador to the gathering of the UN's ITU, said.

"Internet policy should not be determined by member states, but by citizens, communities and broader society ... the private sector and civil society," Mr Kramer added. "That has not happened here."

Although the global internet accord will still be pushed forward by China, Russia, Gulf Arab states, African nations and others, still the agreement is deemed ineffective.

"It will bring some legal concerns between countries that have and haven't signed the treaty," Reuters News quoted an unidentified South American delegate.