EQUITY IN INTERNATIONAL-RELATIONS - A 3RD-WORLD PERSPECTIVE

The author argues for the continued relevance in the post-Cold War would of the concepts of the Third World and non-alignment, despite the end of a bipolar world and the emergence of a world that is at once unipolar and multipolar. While recognizing the disparate nature of the developing countries that make up the membership of the Non-Aligned Movement, he identifies shaved perspectives and needs among them thar are nor necessarily addressed by the political and economic developments that have followed the end of the Cold War, and discusses moves in the United Nations and other fora with the aim of bringing about a greater degree of equity in international society.star