This year marks the final year for the present editorial team. The four editors were chosen in part for their individual expertise in areas of global governance. For four years, as a matter of policy, the editors have refrained from submitting any of their own articles to the journal. In this final year, they have decided to write one Global Forum essay each as a way of saying farewell. This following is the first such essay by Ramesh Thakur.

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选择第九任联合国秘书长：回顾过去，展望未来

今年是目前编辑团队的最后一年。选择这四位编辑的部分原因是他们在全球治理领域的个人专长。四年来，作为政策问题，编辑们一直避免向该杂志提交他们自己的任何文章。在这最后一年，他们决定分别写一篇全球论坛文章作为告别的方式。以下是 Ramesh Thakur 的第一篇此类文章。