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Konrad Osterwalder (born June 3, 1942) is a Swiss mathematician and physicist, former Undersecretary-General of the United Nations, former Rector of the United Nations University (UNU),〔http://unu.edu/hq/rector_office/rector-cvL.html〕 and Rector Emeritus of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich). ==United Nations University== Rector Osterwalder was appointed to the position of United Nations Under Secretary General and United Nations University Rector by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon May 2007〔http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2007/sga1063.doc.htm〕 and served until 28 February 2013. He succeeded Prof. Hans van Ginkel from the Netherlands to be the fifth Rector of the United Nations University. He is credited with turning United Nations University into a world leading institution, ranked #5 & #6 in two categories according to the 2012 Global Go to Think Tank Rankings.〔http://gotothinktank.com/dev1/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2012_Global_Go_To_Think_Tank_Report_-_FINAL-1.28.13.pdf〕 He was responsible for ensuring that UNU's charter was amended by the United Nations General Assembly〔http://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES/64/225〕 in 2009 allowing the United Nations University to grant degrees, introducing UNU's degree programmes and creating a new concept in education, research and development by introducing the twin institute programmes. A concept that is changing the way that development, aid and capacity building is approached both by developed countries and developing and least developed countries. File:Rector Osterwalder chairing UNU event on the work of the UN SC 1540 committee.jpg|Rector Osterwalder chairing UNU event on the work of the UN SC 1540 committee File:UNU Rector Osterwalder with UNHCR Commissioner Gutteres.jpg|UNU Rector Osterwalder with UNHCR Commissioner Gutteres at Rio+20 Press Conference 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「Konrad Osterwalder」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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