Asha-Rose Migiro

Overview

Asha-Rose Mtengeti Migiro born Songea, Tanzania July 9, 1956. UN Deputy Secretary General 2007; first woman Foreign Minister of Tanzania 2006; Professor of Law focusing on human rights and regional integration; presided on Great Lakes peace conference.

Quotations

"We strongly condemn those parties that kill children who wish to opt out of or refuse recruitment. We also condemn all those parties to conflicts that attack schools and hospitals or commit atrocities." (UN Security Council, Feb. 23, 2005; photo word.world-citizenship.org)