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The President of the Republic of Austria, Dr. Alexander Van der Bellen, today visited the UNIFIL headquarters and received a briefing from the UN Peacekeeping Mission on its work to help further peace in south Lebanon.

12 Dec 2018

Ghana’s Vice-President visits UNIFIL

The Vice-President of the Republic of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, visited the UNIFIL area of operation and the country’s troops serving for peace in south Lebanon last week.

26 Nov 2018

UNIFIL maintains its increased level of patrolling

With the onset of winter and icy weather in much of UNIFIL’s 1,060-square kilometre area of operation in south Lebanon, there is the usual seasonal drop in outdoor activities and visits by tourists to the scenic Tyre coastline.

07 Dec 2018

With about 1,300 peacekeepers, Indonesia is the largest of the 42 troop-contributing countries serving for peace in south Lebanon.

Statement by UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Stefano Del Col

I have just had a very good and constructive meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Gebran Bassil.

As discussed in our meeting today, much of my efforts in recent weeks has been to address with the parties concerns related to the latest developments along the Blue Line.

14 Jan 2019

Women working for peace – the story of Ghanaian Battalion

By Tilak Pokharel

08 Jan 2019

Defence Minister Sarraf visits UNIFIL HQ and area of operation with word of thanks to UN Peacekeepers

In an end of year visit, Lebanon’s Caretaker Minister of Defence, Yaacoub Sarraf, led a delegation today to the UNIFIL Headquarters in Naqoura and the Mission’s area of operation in south Lebanon to extend a word of thanks to the efforts of the UN Peacekeeping Mission and to be briefed on the sit

31 Dec 2018

Update on investigation into cross-Blue Line tunnels

On 26 and 27 December, in the course of the ongoing investigation into the presence of tunnels along the Blue Line, UNIFIL together with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) surveyed the premises of an old concrete factory in the southern part of Kfar Kela, after UNIFIL had observed liquified cement f

28 Dec 2018

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