If the United Nations system is to remain relevant, or even survive, the thinking to re‐imagine and redesign contemporary global governance will come from the Third UN. This article focuses on the ecology of supportive non‐state actors – intellectuals, scholars, consultants, think tanks, NGOs, the for‐profit private sector, and the media – that interacts with the intergovernmental machinery of the First UN and international civil servants of the Second UN to formulate and refine ideas and decision‐making in policy processes. Despite the growth in analyses of non‐state actors in global governance, the ‘other’ or ‘Third’ UN is poorly understood, often ignored, and normally discounted. Some advocate for particular ideas, others help analyze or operationalize their testing and implementation; in any case, many help the UN ‘think’ and have an impact on how we think about the United Nations.

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“第三”联合国：想象COVID-19之后的多边主义

如果联合国系统要保持相关性甚至生存，那么重新构想和重新设计当代全球治理的想法将来自第三联合国。本文着重介绍支持性的非国家行为者的生态系统，这些知识分子包括知识分子，学者，顾问，智囊团，非政府组织，营利性私营部门和媒体，这些生态系统与第一联合国的政府间机构以及联合国的国际公务员进行了互动。第二个在政策过程中拟定和完善构想和决策的联合国。尽管在全球治理中对非国家行为者的分析有所增加，但对“其他”或“第三”联合国的了解却很少，通常被忽视，而且通常被轻视。一些人主张特定的想法，另一些人则帮助分析或实施其测试和实施；在任何情况下，