Madam Deputy Speaker, I move without notice:
That the House - (1) notes that on Friday, 5 January 2007, the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, announced the appointment of Dr Asha-Rose Migiro as UN Deputy Secretary-General with effect from 1 February 2007;
(2) further notes that Dr Migiro became the first African woman, and the second woman ever, to hold this position since its inception in 1997;
(3) recognises that Dr Migiro has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation from 2006 to 2007, and before that also as Minister for Community Development, Gender and Children for five years in the United Republic of Tanzania;
(4) further recognises that Dr Migiro was Chairperson of the Ministerial Committee of the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Co-operation of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), and also President of the United Nations Security Council during its open debate on peace, security and development in the Great Lakes region;
(5) recalls that prior to government service Dr Migiro was a member of the Faculty of Law at the University of Dar es Salaam and a Senior Lecturer, and headed the Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law from 1992 to 1994 and the Department of Civil and Criminal Law from 1994 to 1997;
(6) believes that, through her distinguished service in diverse areas, Dr Migiro has displayed outstanding management ability to contribute to the progress of all humanity; and
7) congratulates Dr Asha-Rose Migiro on her appointment as UN Deputy Secretary-General and wishes her success in her assignment.
Agreed to.