Peter N. Due

Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of UNMIK

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

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.

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 from 2015 to 2019.

Due also served as Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office in Belgrade from 2013 to 2015, and he was a Political Affairs Officer with UNMIK in Pristina in 1999-2000.

In New York, his positions have also included Chief of Office/Special Assistant to the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, from 2009 to 2013, Team Leader for West Africa, from 2008 to 2009, and Team Leader for Europe and Latin America, in 2008.  Early in his United Nations career, he served in Sierra Leone and in Liberia.

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

Due holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Master of Arts degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford, United Kingdom; a Master of Arts degree in International Relations from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland; and a Master of Science degree in Social Science and Philosophy from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.  

In addition to his native Danish, he speaks English, French, and German.

Milbert Dongjoon Shin

Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General (DSRSG), UNMIK

Milbert Dongjoon Shin was appointed as the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) on 24 July 2024.

Mr. Shin brings to the position 30 years of wide-ranging experience in international peace and security, international law and human rights, including field experiences. Since 2022, he has served as Chief of the Rule of Law and Security Institutions Section in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Prior to that, Mr. Shin was Chief of Legal and Analysis Strategy and Chief of Investigations in the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ISIL (UNITAD) in Iraq. Previously, Mr. Shin was Chief of the Justice and Corrections Section in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). Mr. Shin has also served as Chief of the Political Affairs Section in the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), and earlier in his career, in UNMIK as Legal Adviser. In addition to his assignments with the United Nations, Mr. Shin worked with the United States Department of State in Washington, D.C. and was consultant to several multilateral and non-governmental organizations.

Mr. Shin has a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, in the United States, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in classics from Harvard College, also in the United States. He is fluent in English and French.