Peter Due appointed new UNMIK head

PRISTINA - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has appointed Peter N Due of Denmark - who has already served in Belgrade and Pristina - as his new special representative and head of UNMIK, the UN mission in Kosovo-Metohija.

"Mr Due succeeds Caroline Ziadeh of Lebanon, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for her dedicated efforts to further peace and stability in Kosovo and the region, and her effective leadership of the Mission," UNMIK said in a statement published on its official website.

"Mr Due brings to the position 30 years of wide-ranging experience in international peace and security. Since 2019, he has served as the Director for Asia and the Pacific in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations. Previously, he was the Director for Asia, the Middle East, Europe and Latin America in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (2015-2019). Mr Due also served as Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office in Belgrade (2013-2015), and he was a Political Affairs Officer with UNMIK in Pristina. In New York, his positions have also included Chief of Office/Special Assistant to the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations (2009-2013), Team Leader for West Africa (2008-2009) and Team Leader for Europe and Latin America (2008).

In addition to his assignments with the United Nations, Mr Due served with the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Copenhagen and in Eritrea," it also said.