Asha-Rose Migiro

ARUSHA, Tanzania, May 2, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Secretary General of the East African Community Amb. Dr. Richard Sezibera has today deployed three Deputy Secretaries General to different dockets as directed by the 10th Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State held last week. In changes announced Wednesday morning the newly appointed Deputy Secretary General Hon. Jesca Eriyo takes over the Productive and Social Sectors docket previously handled by Mr. Jean Claude...Read Full Story

In a recent speech, UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro urged governments and financial institutions to support tourism as a method that can “stimulate economies and overcome poverty”.Dr. Migiro’s October 10th address to the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) in South Korea pointed out how tourism has seen impressive growth over the last several decades and now represents 5% of the world’s GDP, saying also “this is creating jobs for local communities and diversifying...Read Full Story

Magiro raising hopes A high-ranking United Nations official believes that African union leaders can transform the continent’s pregnancy fear into hope.Instead of being met with joy, Asha-Rose Migiro, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, says there is all too often “justifiable fear in news of pregnancy.”Her address to the African Union Summit in Uganda comes as leaders set focus on the health of mothers and children.She says it’s evident that African leaders have always appreciated...Read Full Story

Magiro raising hopes A high-ranking United Nations official believes that African union leaders can transform the continent’s pregnancy fear into hope.Instead of being met with joy, Asha-Rose Migiro, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, says there is all too often “justifiable fear in news of pregnancy.”Her address to the African Union Summit in Uganda comes as leaders set focus on the health of mothers and children.She says it’s evident that African leaders have always appreciated...Read Full Story

Migiro holding brief for our women A high-ranking United Nations official believes that African union leaders can transform the continent’s pregnancy fear intohope. Instead of being met with joy, Asha-Rose Migiro, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, says there is all too often “justifiable fear in news of pregnancy.” Her address to the African Union Summit in Uganda comes as leaders set focus on the health of mothers and children. She says it’s evident that African leaders have always...Read Full Story

Reuters - United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro visited the wounded on Sunday from a bomb blast at the U.N. headquarters in Nigeria that killed at least 23 people and injured dozens.Read Full Story

Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro is a Tanzanian lawyer and politician. On January 5, 2007, she was named as the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations. She is the first black woman and first African to hold this position. She also made history when she became Tanzania’s first woman foreign minister. She obtained her LL.B and LL.M from the University of Dar es Salaam and her Ph.D. in 1992 from the University of Konstanz in Germany. Before entering politics, she was a senior lecturer at the Faculty...Read Full Story

UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) — Much more is needed to improve conditions on Israeli-Palestinian territories, UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro said here Monday to mark the International Day of Solidarity With the Palestinian People. “The Palestinian Authority must continue to roll out the institutions of statehood, combat terrorist attacks and curb incitement,” Migiro said at the observance of the day. It is both Israel’s interest and its duty to begin rolling back the measures...Read Full Story

UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose MigiroWomen hold key to reaching development goals12 March 2008 – Efforts to meet international development goals must focus on empowering women, Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro said last night in a speech delivered at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.“Empowering women is not just an end in itself; it is a prerequisite for reaching all of the Millennium Development Goals – our common vision to build a better world in the 21st century...Read Full Story

ABUJA (World News) – United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro visited the wounded on Sunday from a bomb blast at the U.N. headquarters in Nigeria that killed at least 23 people and injured dozens. Friday’s car bomb blew out windows, gutted a lower floor and set the building alight in one of the most lethal attacks on the world body in its history. There has been no confirmed claimRead Full Story