Augustine Mahiga

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CURRICULUM VITAE
DR. AUGUSTINE PHILIP MAHIGA
PERSONAL DATA
Name: Augustine Philip Mahiga
Date of Birth: 28 August 1945
Nationality: Tanzanian
Marital Status: Married
EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS
1975 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in International Relations,
University of Toronto
1971 Master of Arts (M.A.), University of Toronto,
1970 Bachelor of Arts with Education (B.A. Ed.) Honors.
University of East Africa, Dar-es-Salaam
SUMMARY OF WORK EXPERIENCE
2005 Ambassador, Head of the Tanzania Delegation to the United Nations Security Council
September 2003 to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary,
present Permanent Representative of the United Republic of Tanzania to the United Nations
July 2002 – July 2003 UNHCR, Representative to Italy, Republic of Malta, Holy See and Republic of San Marino.
1998 – 2002 UNHCR, Chief of Mission (Representative) in New Delhi, India.
1994 – 1998 Coordinator and Deputy Director of the Great Lakes Region of Africa Refugee Emergency Operation based in Geneva.
1992 – 1994 UNHCR Chief of Mission (Representative) in
Monrovia, Liberia.
1993 Appointed by the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania to the rank of Ambassador while on secondment to UNHCR.
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1989 – 1992 Minister Plenipotentiary, Tanzania Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva.
1983 – 1989 Minister Plenipotentiary, Tanzania High Commission,
Ottawa, Canada.
Visiting Lecturer, School of Diplomacy and International Cooperation, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
1980 – 1983 Acting Director General, President’s Office, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.
1977 – 1980 Director of Research and Training, President’s Office,
Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.
1975 – 1977 Senior Lecturer in International Affairs and Regional
Cooperation, University of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
PUBLICATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PAPERS
• “Empowerment of Women and Millennium Development Goals” in
Empowerment of Women, Partners in Population and Development Publication, New York, 2004
• Forward to Refugees and the State Practices of Asylum and Care in India, 1947-
2000, Edited by Ranabir Samaddar, New Delhi, Sage Publishing, 2003
• Water Resources, Human Displacement and International Security (Paper presented to the Gorbachev Foundation Peace Conference, Rome, Italy, November 2002
• Demography Strategic Imperatives and Displacements in South Asia (Lecture delivered to the National Military Academy, New Delhi, India, 2001)
• Reconciling Refugee Protection and National Security (Paper presented to the University of Pune, Pune, India and Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India, 2001)
• Globalization and Forced Migrations (Lecture at the Press Club, Madras, India)
• “International Response to the Post-Genocide Rwanda Emergency”, Reference document at Oxford University, Refugee Studies website
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• “Confidence Building Measures in Africa”, published by the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
• “Pitfalls and Promises of East African Integration”, TAAMULI – Journal of Political Science, University of Dar-es-Salaam
• Disarmament and Development in Africa (Paper presented to the Palme Commission Conference on Disarmament and Development, New Delhi, India, 1986)
• Conflict Resolution and Security in Africa (Paper presented at a Conference on Conflict Resolution in Africa, Lome, Togo, 1989)
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