Dane Peter Due appointed as new head of UMMIK mission in Kosovo and Metohija

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Peter N. Due of Denmark as his new Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK).

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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 posted on its website.

Due brings has 30 years of wide-ranging experience in international peace and security having since 2019 served as the Director for Asia and the Pacific in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, UNMIK said.

Previously, he was the Director for Asia, the Middle East, Europe and Latin America in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (2015-2019) and also served as Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office in Belgrade (2013-2015), and as 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), the statement added.

Due also served with the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Copenhagen and in Eritrea.

Due holds a BA and MA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford, United Kingdom; a D.E.S. (M.A.) in International Relations from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland; and a Cand. Mag. (M.SC.) in Social Science and Philosophy from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. In addition to his native Danish, he speaks English, French, and German, UNMIK stated.

(Telegraf.rs/Tanjug)