Kofi Atta Annan 科菲.阿塔.安南

Kofi Atta Annan was the seventh Secretary General of the United Nations. In 2001, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with the United Nations for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world.

科菲.阿塔.安南先生（Kofi Atta Annan）是联合国的第七任秘书长，他曾于2001年与联合国一起荣获诺贝尔和平奖，以表扬他们为世界和平及秩序所做出的贡献。

Kofi Atta Annan and his twin sister were born on the 8th of April in 1938 in Kumasi, Ghana. Kumasi is known as “The Garden City” due to the wide variety of plant life in the area. Kofi Atta Annan ♥♥♥♥♥♥ is fluent in 5 languages including English, French and three African languages.

安南和他的双胞胎姊姊于1938年4月8日出生于迦纳的库马西（Kumasi）。由于库马西的植物种类相当丰富，故有「花园城市」的美称。安南先生♥♥♥♥♥♥精通五种语言，包括英语、法语以及三种非洲语言。

He made history by being the first black African to serve as Secretary General of the United Nations. He viewed the HIV/AIDS pandemic as one of his personal priorities, calling on a Global AIDS and Health Fund to increase support to developing countries that are trying to overcome the disease. Mr. Annan supported sending a United Nations peacekeeping mission to Darfur, Sudan and actively supported women's rights in Arab and Muslim countries. Most recently, once again making a call for peace to protect civilians, Mr. Annan demanded that the use of munitions not be used in populated areas.

安南先生是第一位在联合国担任秘书长的非洲黑人，他将防治艾滋病视为自己的首要任务之一，并呼吁成立全球艾滋病与健康基金（Global AIDS and Health Fund），以增加对开发中国家的支持，协助他们对抗艾滋病。安南先生支持派遣联合国维和部队到苏丹的达佛地区（Darfur）执行任务，同时积极支持阿拉伯与回教国家的妇女权益。最近，他再次提出和平的呼吁，以保护平民百姓，并要求不要在人口密集的地区开火。

Kofi Atta Annan supported the call to action for all nations to respond to global warming issues. He encouraged the positive momentum in Nepal and supported a peaceful resolution there to end 10 years of civil war. Mr. Annan also strongly urged human rights progress in Myanmar (Burma) along with democratic reform and national reconciliation.

安南先生对于各国都应立即采取行动以解决全球暖化问题的这项呼吁，也相当支持。他鼓励尼泊尔采取正面积极的行动，以和平方式终止长达十年的内战。安南先生亦强烈呼吁缅甸政府当局改善人权，进行民主改革及国家和解。

In serving others, Kofi Atta Annan dedicated himself as Secretary General for the United Nations to support a vision that embraced security, development and human rights for all. Mr. Annan completed his second term in December, 2006; we would like to convey our best wishes to a distinguished gentleman of peace.

在服务他人方面，安南先生全力做好联合国秘书长的职务，以促成全人类都能享有安全、发展与人权的愿景。安南先生于2006年12月结束他的第二个任期，我们向这位杰出的和平之士致上诚挚的祝福。参考数据︰


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