SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS TANZANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER

 

ASHA-ROSE MIGIRO AS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL

 

Following is a statement by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

I have decided to appoint Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Republic of Tanzania, as Deputy Secretary-General.  Minister Migiro served previously as Minister for Community Development, Gender and Children of the United Republic of Tanzania for five years.  In her academic career, she rose to the rank of a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the University of Dar-es-Salaam.

She is a highly respected leader who has championed the cause of developing countries over the years.  Through her distinguished service in diverse areas, she has displayed outstanding management skills with wide experience and expertise in socio-economic affairs and development issues.

I have deep confidence in and respect for her, and intend to delegate much of the management and administrative work of the Secretariat, as well as socio-economic affairs and development issues, under a clear line of authority to ensure that the Secretariat will function in a more effective and efficient manner.

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