Press Releases

  • UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano saluting the Guard of Honor at UN Day ceremony.

    UNIFIL celebrates UN Day Anniversary
    24 Oct 2014 - The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) today held a ceremony at its headquarters in Naqoura, to mark the 69th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. During this international observance of the UN Day, UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-...
  • UNIFIL participates in search and rescue operation as plane crashes between Cyprus and Lebanon
    23 Oct 2014 - Press Statement on UNIFIL participation in search and rescue operation for crashed private plane. The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Maritime Task Force is participating in a search and rescue operation at sea after a private Cessna aircraft with two people on...
  • Explosion in Shaba'a area
    07 Oct 2014 - UNIFIL media line on today’s explosion in Shab'a farms area. This afternoon at approximately 14:30 hrs, the Israel Defence Forces confirmed that two IDF soldiers were wounded at an Israeli position in the Shaba'a area as a result of an improvised explosive device. The explosion...
  • Shooting incident in Shab'a farms area
    07 Oct 2014 - UNIFIL statement on shooting incident in Shab'a farms area on Sunday 5 October 2014. On Sunday 5 October at around 1.56pm UNIFIL was informed by the LAF about a shooting incident in Shab'a farms area. The incident involved troops from the LAF and IDF. UNIFIL Acting Force...

  • UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano reviews the Guard of Honor during the International Day of Peace ceremony.

    UNIFIL marks the International Day of Peace
    22 Sep 2014 - The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) today held a ceremony to observe the International Day of Peace at the Mission Headquarters in Naqoura. The ceremony was...
  • Major-General Portolano chairs his first Tripartite Meeting as UNIFIL Force Commander
    17 Sep 2014 - The Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Major-General Luciano Portolano, today chaired a regular tripartite meeting with senior officers from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at the UN...
  • UNIFIL Force Commander meets Speaker Berri
    02 Sep 2014 - UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano today called on the Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri in Beirut. This was Major-General Portolano's first formal meeting with the Speaker after he assumed command of UNIFIL on 24 July. Following the...
  • UNIFIL Force Commander meets Prime Minister Salam
    01 Sep 2014 - UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano today called on Prime Minister Tammam Salam in Beirut. Following the meeting, Major-General Portolano said: "I had a very good meeting with the Prime Minister. We discussed the situation in southern...
  • PRESS STATEMENT FROM THE UNIFIL FORCE COMMANDER ON REPORTED IDF INCURSION
    08 Aug 2014 - 12 January 2007
  • UNIFIL Press Statement
    07 Aug 2014 - 3 October 2006

Pages