 As part of the settlement, Verizon agreed to pay $1.25 million to the U.S. Treasury.Genachowski has promoted an international Multistakeholder Model of Internet governance to protect Internet freedom and warned against proposed new regulations by the International Telecommunications Union, an arm of the UN, that could result in a more government-oriented, top-down model of internet governance.In November 2012, Genachowski and Hector Olavarria Tapia, Mexico's Secretariat of Communications and Transport, signed an initiative to combat theft of mobile devices and their sale across the border.