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第21回優秀賞serve the narrow interests of any one state or group of states. This is the precariousbalance to which any secretary-general owes his office, his strength, his effectivenessand his moral authority”(Kofi Annan). In Cold War era, maintaining the balance ofpower sustained such“precarious balance”for UN to fulfill, though not quite satisfactorily,its function. Neutrality with even indifference, worked practically to mediatebetween two dominant superpowers, US and USSR, easing political tensions successfully.With, willingly and strategically, maintaining an attitude of strict neutrality in-betweenthe two superpowers, UN was conveniently and comfortably to play the role ofbalancer to advance interests of all states.Since the end of Cold War, power balancing has been long absent. The fledglinggreat powers have not formed counterbalancing coalitions to restrain US. So lost hasUN role of power balancing. In post Cold War of America’s global supremacy, theapparatus of attaining resolution for the Security Council, including informal procedure,which was drawn up and institutionalized on the basis of the balance of forces,not only stops to function properly under no less obvious hegemony of superpower.It allows US, the unilateral prime mover, to do the primacy of its own interests withmaking full use of secrecy and informality in the framework of decision making. Themechanisms built in age of two superpowers, balanced forces of rivalry, are nowcrumbling undermined by unilateral stance of the superpower which refuses to bebound by any international organ.Two types of neutrality are remarkably recognized. One is the strict neutrality ina literal sense. It works well in the special situation where a balance of power existswhen there is parity and stability between competing forces. The other is the quasineutrality which makes sense when it works practically even compromising the strictneutrality. Strict neutrality without engagement often supports the status quo while385