Beirut , Lebanon – The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Maritime Task Force (MTF) today underwent a transfer of command from Rear Admiral Jean-Thierry Pynoo of Belgium to Rear Admiral Ruggiero Di Biase of…
Beirut , Lebanon – The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Maritime Task Force (MTF) today underwent a transfer of command from Rear Admiral Jean-Thierry Pynoo of Belgium to Rear Admiral Ruggiero Di Biase of…
Media agencies are invited to attend the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon's Maritime Task Force (MTF) transfer of command ceremony on the 30th of May, 2009 on board the BNS Leopold I of UNIFIL's MTF. Belgium will be…
Under-Secretary-General for United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations Alain Le Roy today met senior Lebanese leaders and defence officials in Beirut. In separate meetings with the President of Lebanon Michel…
(Mr. Alain Le Roy during a press encounter at the Blue Line in south Lebanon Monday, 4 May 2009) This is my first visit to UNIFIL since taking up office in 2008. I spent today with the UNIFIL troops in the field to see first…
On the occasion of the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action on Saturday, 4 April UNIFIL will conduct mine risk education and other activities across southern Lebanon. Explosive Ordnance Disposal…
Naqoura, Lebanon – The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) marked the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action by bringing greater focus on mine risk education for children. Schools in…
Media are invited on Thursday, 2 nd April at 2:00 pm to attend a live fire exercise conducted by the Field Artillery Group of the Quick Reaction Force of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) with the Lebanese…
A ceremony to mark the occasion will be held at UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura, South Lebanon in the morning of 19 March. UNIFIL was created by the UN Security Council resolutions 425 and 426 of 19 March 1978, to confirm…
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) held a ceremony at the Mission headquarters in Naqoura to mark the 31st anniversary of its peacekeeping presence in southern Lebanon. Peacekeepers representing the 30…
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is pleased to announce the launch of its official public website http://unifil.unmissions.org. The website provides comprehensive information on UNIFIL's history, mandate…
Beirut, Lebanon – The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) today transferred command of its Maritime Task Force (MTF) to Belgium at the end of the scheduled one-year term of the European Maritime Force (EUROMARFOR…
