General conviction in the literature suggests that the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the bipolar world order created greater opportunities for the INGOs for several reasons. First, in the absence of constant friction between two major poles in world politics, the players of international politics had more incentives towards international cooperation in favor of humanitarian action rather than interstate rivalries. Second, recognition of global and regional problems by the international community amplified the significance of the role that the INGOs may play to address these problems. Multilateral processes were thus viewed as proper avenues for the INGO involvement. Their growing presence in the UN-led initiatives was a direct result of this tendency. Third, the INGOs were able to exercise greater influence because of the inherent advantage associated with their features and characteristics. The INGOs may, by virtue of their small size and flexible administration, easily adapt themselves to the changing circumstances and avoid complex procedures mostly peculiar to bureaucracies of national governments.