ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author attempts to draw together the various elements treated — the different interests, the fluctuations of those interests, the mechanism of policymaking, and the actual negotiation of the New International Economic Order (NIEO) — to arrive at a coherent statement of what US policy is and why. Rejecting the NIEO as a concept and facing massive public indifference, the Carter administration maintained a steady, positive commitment to the Third World and to an effective aid program. The Department of State is primarily responsible for the formulation, coordination, and implementation of policy on the NIEO. The actual influence of the International Development Cooperation Agency, established October 1, 1979, was to coordinate US government relations with the Third World. The Bureau of International Organization Affairs of the Department of State has traditionally had primary responsibility in the government for US participation in the United Nations and its specialized agencies.
