As these examples suggest, today's information age has been marked by the growing role of non-governmental organizations (NGO's) on the international stage. This is not entirely new, but modern communications have led to a dramatic increase in scale, with the number of NGO's jumping from 6,000 to approximately 26,000 during the 1990's alone.
这些事例表明，非政府组织（NGO）在世界舞台上的重要性日渐增加是当今资讯时代的重要标志。这虽然不是什么新闻，但现代通讯确实使NGO的规模急剧扩大，其数量仅在20世纪90年代就从6000个增加到26000个。而仅从数量还不能窥其全貌，因为它们代表的仅仅是正式建立的组织。