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UNIFIL’s naval peacekeepers from its Maritime Task Force (MTF) carried out two exercises to enhance their interoperability and the capability of the Lebanese Navy off the coast of Beirut earlier this week. The “boarding”…
The United Nations Under Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, yesterday concluded his 5-day visit to Lebanon, where he held talks with top Lebanese officials in the capital, Beirut, and saw first-hand…
UNIFIL’s Sector West Headquarters yesterday organized, for the first time, an experience exchange workshop between female members of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the UN Mission’s women peacekeepers, in Shama, south…
UNIFIL’s Sector East Headquarters organized a training on self-defense to female members of the Lebanese security agencies at its base near Marjayoun, south-eastern Lebanon, last week. Female security personnel from Lebanon’s…
Upstairs in a room above the municipal hall in Abbassiyah, south Lebanon, a group of women participates in a mediation and conflict resolution workshop. The room is animated and lively as the trainer, Jocelyne Gerges, from…
UNIFIL’s Ghanaian peacekeepers marked the Independence Day of the Republic of Ghana this week with a colourful all women Special Forces parade held at their main base in Al-Qawzah, south-western Lebanon. Fellow UNIFIL…
UNIFIL peacekeepers from the Mission’s Sector West headquarters conducted community engagement walks this week with the aim of enhancing the troops’ interaction with the host population. The peacekeepers from Italy and the…
UNIFIL’s Nepalese peacekeepers celebrated “Army Day” earlier this week in their main base in Meiss ej Jabal, south-eastern Lebanon. In his address to Nepalese peacekeepers at a special ceremony attended also by senior…
UNIFIL’s Maritime Task Force (MTF) got a new commander last week with the Mission’s head and Force Commander, Major General Stefano Del Col, overseeing the transfer of authority between two Brazilian senior naval officers…
UNIFIL’s Sector West peacekeepers conducted two separate training courses for members of the Lebanese security agencies in Shama, south Lebanon, last week. Officers from the Italian Carabinieri Military Police organized sharp…
The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Ján Kubiš, and members of the UN Country Team (UNCT) today visited the UNIFIL Headquarters and discussed with UNIFIL leadership the ways the specialized organizations will…
In a major support to the olive-growing farmers of south-eastern Lebanon, UNIFIL’s Spanish peacekeepers brought in this week a team of agricultural experts from Spanish universities – for a second time in five months – to…