In the face of the continuing economic gap between the industrialized and the developing countries, the Third World began to demand a reorganization of the international economic system-its mechanisms, organizations, purposes-that would make the system responsive to the needs of all of its members. The United Nations' Sixth Special Session in 1974

In the face of the continuing economic gap between the industrialized and the developing countries, the Third World began to demand a reorganization of the international economic system-its mechanisms, organizations, purposes-that would make the system responsive to the needs of all of its members.