Barring a few of its countries - Argentina, Brazil, China and India the third world, despite Its recent realization that science and technology are the sustenance, and its major hope for economic betterment, has taken to science as contrasted even to technology as only a marginal activity. This is also true of the aid giving agencies of the richer countries, of the agencies of the United Nations and also unfortunately, of the scientific communities of the developed countries which might naturally have been expected to be the third word scientists' foremost allies. This article reflects on the position of sciences in the developing countries, and highlights, in particular, the role of the United Nations and other agencies in ameliorating the situation.