Why Dr. Migiro lost her UN job
Dr. Asha Rose Migiro
Barely a week
after the immediate former Deputy Secretary-General, Dr. Asha Rose Migiro
returned to Tanzania after serving a five-year term at the helm of the world
body, sources within the UN have hinted that poor performance and failure to
fit “in the diverse and complicated body” were some of the reasons she was
refused a contract renewal.
“The position of the Deputy Secretary-General is complicated and
demanding; it requires somebody who is experienced to efficiently run the
Secretariat. Her biggest challenge was not understanding the politics at the
world body and creating alliances,” the source told Vox Media in a telephone
conversation.
Dr. Migiro is understood to have approached the African Group,
comprising 28 percent of all UN members, to ask for help in lobbying for her
re-appointment, but her quest was rejected.
“She wasn’t popular amongst diplomats; so nobody listened to her. You
should also recall that her appointment was widely criticized.”
In Dar es Salaam, a former senior ruling party secretariat member who
worked closely with her in the same team before she assumed the UN post said
her appointment was influenced by her personal relationship with President
Jakaya Kikwete.
It is understood that President Kikwete and UN Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon cultivated a close relationship when serving as foreign ministers for
their respective governments.
When it came for Ban Ki-moon to canvass for votes toward his UN bid,
Tanzania’s vote was predominant; Dr. Migiro was apparently battered with
Kikwete’s vote.
But when Ban Ki-Moon recently decided to review his entire team in a bid
to control growing criticism of his team, Dr. Migiro had to go for “poor
performance and lack of experience required of staff with the top UN mandate.”
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