The old global bipolarity has come to an end. The former EasternBloc joined the West, together forming the "Global North", assertingpreponderance över the "Global South", othenvise knovvn as the Third Worldduring the Cold War era.1 The demişe of the Eastern Bloc has made theNorth-South contradiction even sharper. The future of world politics maywell be determined by the North-South paradigm. Three-quarters of humanitylive in the developing nations of the South. The latter may differ in thedegree of achievement, size or structure or some may even fail in the grayarea in the North-South division, but they have common traits such as facingmuch more powerful centers in the vvorld arena. The Global North, vvhichmay have some pockets of vveakness and poverty as vvell, is generallyindifferent as to the rights, vievvs, aspirations and interests of the GlobalSouth. While the old East-West Cold War axis is being replaced by thedichotomy betvveen the North and the South, the freedom of movement of thelatter is now restricted. The countervailing vveight of the Eastern Bloc nolonger existing, the United States, the strongest among the Northerncountries, is novv engaged, much more than ever, in setting the agenda ofintemational politics both vvithin and outside of the United Nations. Thatvvorld organization novv has a nevv role mostly in the service of the North.The present imbalanced distribution of povver is a long vvay from vvhat theglobal situation vvas only a fevv years ago.