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News from UNIFIL # 11 features UN Secretary-General António Guterres visit to Naqoura, where he commended peacekeepers and called for full adherence to Resolution 1701. The episode also covers peacekeepers’ ongoing support, including restoring a historic church, clearing road obstacles, and providing essential aid to communities in need.
News from UNIFIL # 11 features UN Secretary-General António Guterres visit to Naqoura, where he commended peacekeepers and called for full adherence to Resolution 1701. The episode also covers peacekeepers’ ongoing support, including restoring a historic church, clearing road obstacles, and providing essential aid to communities in need.
In this radio episode, UNIFIL Deputy Spokesperson Kandice Ardiel comments on recent IDF violations of Resolution 1701 and the Israeli withdrawal from Naqoura, emphasizing UNIFIL’s efforts to stabilize south Lebanon. The episode also highlights humanitarian aid by UNIFIL contingents, including solar energy project by Polish peacekeepers, water supplies from Ghanaian peacekeepers, and support for returnees in Abbasiyeh by Korean peacekeepers.
In this “News from UNIFIL” episode, UNIFIL Deputy Spokesperson Kandice Ardiel explains how the mission is coordinating with the Lebanese Armed Forces and Israeli Defense Forces to support the return of peace and stability to south Lebanon. The story also highlights key initiatives by peacekeepers to assist local communities, including donations to municipalities, and villages.
In this episode, Spokesperson Andrea Tenenti highlights UNIFIL’s ongoing support to local communities following the 27 November cessation of hostilities agreement. Colonel Saujanya Rana says Civil Military Cooperation teams increased outreach activities. Italian peacekeepers donate medical supplies and a 4x4 vehicle to the Tyre Red Cross, and Indian peacekeepers deliver vital healthcare in El Meri.
In “News from UNIFIL” - Episode 7, Spokesperson Andrea Tenenti clarifies UNIFIL’s role under Resolution 1701. Italian and Republic of Korea peacekeepers provide essential aid to displaced communities and returnees in south Lebanon, and other news.
In this episode of “News from UNIFIL”, Spokesperson Andrea Tenenti highlights the mission’s continued commitment to the implementation of Security Council Resolution 1701. We will also shed light on UNIFIL’s community support efforts: trauma-relief workshops for displaced children in Tyre, vital road repairs in south-eastern Lebanon, and water deliveries to Rmeish during the recent crisis.
In Episode # 5 of “News from UNIFIL”, you can hear UNIFIL Spokesperson Andrea Tenenti’s remarks at a UN briefing in Geneva on the mission’s efforts amid escalating tensions. The episode also covers a solemn ceremony in Beirut to pay tribute to French peacekeeper, Sergeant Fany Claudin, who tragically lost her life, in addition to UNIFIL’s medical assistance to Tibnin Public Hospital.
In this “News from UNIFIL” radio piece, we highlight UN Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix’s reaffirmation of Security Council Resolution 1701 as the cornerstone for peace between Lebanon and Israel during his recent visit to Lebanon. The episode also covers UNIFIL’s humanitarian efforts amid the escalation in the conflict, including evacuations and community support, and the work of the Chinese peacekeepers in clearing unexploded…
In this News from UNIFIL episode, Deputy Spokesperson Kandice Ardiel reaffirms that UNIFIL peacekeepers will not vacate their positions near the Blue Line despite recent pressures. The episode also highlights UNIFIL’s crucial Liaison and Coordination mechanism, which has facilitated over 1,800 activities amid escalating tensions, and the mission’s support to communities in the south, with peacekeepers providing essential medical aid to displaced…
In this “News from UNIFIL” episode, UNIFIL Deputy Spokesperson Kandice Ardiel outlines the challenges UNIFILfaces, including limited commitment from Lebanon and Israel to implement Resolution 1701. The episode also covers recent medical supply donation to Kleyaa village, and ongoing road rehabilitation by peacekeepers to allow movements of UNIFIL troops as well as civilians in the area.
In this “News from UNIFIL” radio story, UNIFIL Deputy Spokesperson Kandice Ardiel speaks about United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701 and the obstacles the mission has faced in implementing it over the last 18 years, UNIFIL publishes a video interview with the two Indonesian peacekeepers who were injured on October 10, UNIFIL’s evacuation of two elderly residents from Al-Qawzah, and other news.
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<p>UNIFIL is striving to support the Lebanese Armed Forces, its strategic partner, through the unprecedented crises as a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic and the socio-economic situation. Recently, the medical facility within the main Lebanese Armed Forces barracks in Tyre was refurbished with the support of UNIFIL’s Italian Battalion.</p>
<p style="text-align:start; margin-bottom:10px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:15.546667098999023px"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:16.959999084472656px">Due to the </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:16.959999084472656px">unprecedented crisis represented by the compounded effect of the global COVID-19 pandemic and the socio-economic crises experienced by Lebanon, UNIFIL extended a helping hand to the Lebanese Red Cross. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p>Tripartite meetings are very sensitive meetings, so discreet that no recordings are allowed to be made of them. They are the only forum where representatives of the two parties, Lebanon and Israel, who are technically at war, regularly meet face-to-face for indirect talks. In this radio episode, you will find out more about UNIFIL’s unique Tripartite forum.</p>
<p>Since the first United Nations naval peacekeeping force in history was deployed in 2006, UNIFIL’s Maritime Task Force has been providing all possible support to the Lebanese Navy not only in monitoring the Lebanese territorial waters but also in enhancing the navy’s own capabilities. The results of such cooperation are remarkable.</p>
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<p>According to UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander, Major-General Stefano Del Col, each young peacekeeper makes a crucial contribution to international peace and security. Each young peacekeeper brings energy and hope to their mission, values we can never have in short supply in this difficult job. In this radio episode, we will introduce to you two young peacekeepers serving within UNIFIL in south Lebanon.</p>
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<p>Recently UNIFIL handed over one of its positions, near the village of At Tiri, to the Lebanese Armed Forces. This will help support LAF in its deployment in the south, which is crucial to maintaining peace and stability in the region.</p>
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Olive trees have made significant contributions to the Lebanese history, culture and identity, while providing for centuries the oil for the lamps of the saints and the food for the farmers. The very same vegetation has also made quite an important contribution to building bonds of friendship between UNIFIL and the communities in south Lebanon, especially in circumstances like the one in Blida. UNIFIL Radio recently visited the south-eastern Lebanese town to highlight this special bond and to show how UNIFIL peacekeepers are working to maintain peace in the area.
UNIFIL mandate has to be approved every year at the end of August and that is exactly what happened on 28 August this year where the 15 member states of the UN Security Council were unanimous on renewing our mandate for one more year. We, in UNIFIL Radio, asked the Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col to speak on the latest renewal of UNIFIL’s mandate.
UNIFIL Chief of Staff Brig. Gen. Jean-Pierre Fagué says he is very proud of the work of UNIFIL peacekeepers in the Beirut Port and surrounding areas, carried out within a special and temporary deployment. He was speaking with…
Summing up a search and rescue operation carried out on 14 September 2020, UNIFIL Maritime Task Force Commander, Rear Admiral Sergio Salgueirinho, says that in total the lives of 36 individuals were saved. Unfortunately…
UNIFIL Ghanian Battalion Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Atuluk Abbas, talks about monitoring the Blue Line or rather a part of it passing through the battalion’s area of responsibility. Despite the crisis triggered by the…
As the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said, the legendary strength of the Lebanese people now faces an additional test. Throughout its history, the city of Beirut has been destroyed and rebuilt seven times. While…
Lieutenant-Colonel Ernest Nanbigne, the head of UNIFIL verification team dealing with the rotation during the COVID-19 crisis, says it was a formidable task to arrange the departure of thousands of peacekeepers who had…
All along the Blue Line, almost daily, various activities take place – some of which can be misinterpreted by one or another party… The primary task of Liaison mechanism, established under the aegis of UNIFIL in December 2006…