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BIO: U.N.
DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL ASHA-ROSE MIGIRO (MaximsNews.com,
U.N.) |
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- 17 May 2007 –
Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro of Tanzania took office as Deputy Secretary-General of the
United Nations on 1 February 2007. She is the third Deputy Secretary-General to
be appointed since the post was established in 1997.
Career
Highlights
Dr.
Migiro served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
from 2006-2007 -- the first woman in the United Republic of Tanzania to hold
that position since its independence in 1961.
Before
that, she was Minister for Community Development, Gender and Children for
five years.
As
Foreign Minister, Dr. Migiro spearheaded Tanzania 's engagement in the
pursuit of peace, security and development in the Great Lakes Region.
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She
served as Chair of the Council of Ministers' meetings of the International
Conference of the Great Lakes Region, a process that culminated into a Pact on
Security, Stability and Development in the Great Lakes Region.
Dr.
Migiro was also Chair of the Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Ministerial Committee of the Organ on Politics, Defense and Security Cooperation
and President of the UN Security Council during its open debate on peace,
security and development in the Great Lakes Region.
As
Chair of the SADC Organ, Dr. Migiro
coordinated SADC assistance to the democratic process, including elections, in
the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as well as support for national
elections in Zambia and Madagascar.
At
the time of her appointment, she was chairing an important SADC Ministerial
Troika Meeting ahead of the national elections in the Kingdom of Lesotho .
Prior
to Government service, Dr. Migiro pursued a career in academia.
She
was a member of the Faculty of Law at the University of Dar-es-Salaam, where she
rose to the rank of Senior Lecturer.
She
headed the Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law from 1992 to
1994, and the Department of Civil and Criminal Law from 1994 to 1997.
Her
work was published widely in local and international journals.
Dr.
Migiro served as a member of Tanzania's Law Reform Commission in 1997 and as a
member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women in
2000.
Education
Dr.
Migiro obtained a Master of Laws from the University of Dar-es-Salaam in 1984
and a Doctorate in law from the University of Konstanz in Germany in 1992.
Personal
Dr.
Migiro was born in Songea, Tanzania, on 9 July 1956. She is married to Professor
Cleophas Migiro and has two daughters. In addition to English, she speaks
Kiswahili, basic French and German.
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