UNITED NATIONS, Jan 5 (Reuters) - New U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon plans to name Tanzanian Foreign Minister Asha-Rose Migiro as his deputy, fulfilling a pledge to name a woman to the No. 2 post, U.N. officials said on Friday.

The appointment would be announced later in the day, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Ban, the former South Korean foreign minister, became the world body's eighth secretary-general on Monday, succeeding Kofi Annan of Ghana.

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