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Kofi Atta Annan (born 8 April 1938) is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1997 to December 2006. Annan and the United Nations were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize "for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world." He is the founder and the Chairman of the Kofi Annan Foundation, as well as being the chairman of The Elders, a group founded by Nelson Mandela. From 23 February until 31 August 2012, Annan was the UN–Arab League Joint Special Representative for Syria, to help find a resolution to ongoing conflict there. Annan quit after becoming frustrated with the UN's lack of progress with regard to conflict resolution,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kofi Annan resigns as UN Syria envoy )〕 stating that "when the Syrian people desperately need action, there continues to be finger-pointing and name-calling in the Security Council". He has been involved in several humanitarian projects and won several awards including the Kora All Africa Music Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS INEVITABLY RAISE THE QUESTION – WHO’S NEXT? )〕 ==Early years and education== Kofi Annan was born in the Kofandros section of Kumasi in the Gold Coast (now Ghana) on 8 April 1938. His twin sister Efua Ataa, who died in 1991, shared the middle name ''Atta'', which in the Akan means 'twin'. Annan and his sister were born into one of the country's Ashanti and Fante aristocratic families; both of their grandfathers and their uncle were part of the Akan aristocracy.〔("Kofi Annan – The Man To Save The World?" ), ''Saga Magazine'', November 2002〕 In the Akan names tradition, some children are named according to the day of the week on which they were born, and/or in relation to how many children precede them. ''Kofi'' in Akan is the name that corresponds with Friday.〔(Akan dictionary entry for ''Kofi'' ) dictionary.kasahorow.com〕 Annan has said his surname rhymes with "cannon" in English. From 1954 to 1957, Annan attended the elite Mfantsipim school, a Methodist boarding school in Cape Coast founded in the 1870s. Annan has said that the school taught him "that suffering anywhere concerns people everywhere".〔(Kofi Annan – Center of the Storm. Life Map. A Chief's Son ) PBS〕 In 1957, the year Annan graduated from Mfantsipim, the Gold Coast gained independence from Britain and began using the name "Ghana". In 1958, Annan began studying economics at the Kumasi College of Science and Technology, now the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology of Ghana. He received a Ford Foundation grant, enabling him to complete his undergraduate studies in economics at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States, in 1961. Annan then completed a ''diplôme d'études approfondies'' DEA degree in International Relations at The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland, from 1961–62. After some years of work experience, he studied at the MIT Sloan School of Management (1971–72) in the Sloan Fellows program and earned a master's degree in management. Annan is fluent in English, French, Akan, some Kru languages and other African languages.〔("Kofi Annan" ), The Elders〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kofi Annan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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