Asha-Rose Migiro

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks to the African Ambassadors’ Group on “Building on Africa’s Recent Progress”, in Washington, D.C., 23 May: I am honoured to address this distinguished group.  I feel very much at home.  

[JURIST] UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro [official profile] said Monday that five years after the passage of the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples [text, PDF], the international community needs to do more to ensure that the rights of indigenous peoples are protected [statement]. In her remarks to the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues [official website], Migiro stressed both the need for...  

Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro said today. “We continue to hear stories of struggles and exploitation of indigenous peoples around the world. It is time for those stories to change,” Ms. Migiro said at the opening of the 11th session of the ...  

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks, as delivered, on the eighteenth anniversary of the Rwanda genocide, in New York, 11 April: Today, we solemnly gather to remember the almost 800,000 innocent people in Rwanda who became ...  

Following is UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks at the opening ceremony of “Envision 2012:  Stories for a Sustainable Future” in New York on 16 April: I am delighted to join you for the opening of “Envision 2012”.  

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s opening remarks at the launch of the inter-agency report “Sustainable Development 20 Years on from the Earth Summit:  Progress, Gaps and Strategic Guidelines in Latin America and the ...  

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks to the opening of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues: I am honoured to join you.  I welcome the indigenous peoples from around the world.  Many of you have travelled far to be with us.  

His appearance at the summit generated different reactions, from being hailed as a "hero" by the President of Gabon, to U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro's remarks calling the situation in Zimbabwe "an extremely grave crisis". Mugabe ...  

The Swede replaces Tanzania's former Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Dr Asha-Rose Migiro, the first woman in history to serve in the post. The appointment of Mr Eliasson now brings to an end rumours and counter-rumours that had ...  

In her address to participants, UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro stressed that youth are mobilizing like never before and that their ideas can help countries achieve their sustainable development objectives. “Young people can drive the global ...  

There is to be no link between hunger and financial domination of commodity markets. At the opening plenary, UN deputy secretary general Asha-Rose Migiro read out a statement from secretary general Ban Ki-moon, who called upon UNCTAD XIII to set the ...  

“Economic recovery (after the crisis) has been fragile at best... Inequality has reached a new high,” Ban said in a speech delivered on his behalf by his deputy, Asha-Rose Migiro. Ban said protests in the Arab world, that have so far toppled four ...  

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks to the Economic and Social Council Conference on Creating a Sustainable Future:  Empowering Youth with Better Job Opportunities, in New York, 4 May: Let me begin by thanking the ...