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The article examines the role of underdeveloped countries' participation in international organizations in their development. In this context, the author cites the case of Barbados, which was an island dependency of Great Britain. This area got representation in an international conference headed by the U.S. diplomat Charles W. Taussig in 1946. The conference marked the first time in the history of international diplomacy that native leaders from backward, dependent areas had been permitted to attend an intergovernmental conference in the capacity of official delegates empowered to speak and vote on behalf of their territories. The Caribbean Commission has pioneered other new developments in the techniques of international organization. Since its modest beginning in 1942, the Caribbean Commission has compiles an enviable record in constructive efforts to ameliorate conditions in the area. The organization has employed on its staff and made extensive use of experts in community development and in the organization of marketing cooperatives and credit unions.