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UNIFIL today handed over a number of UN-owned assets worth nearly $400,000 to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the LAF Intelligence, at a ceremony in the UN Mission’s headquarters in Naqoura. The 366 donated items include…
During the summer season in Lebanon, scorching sunshine sends mercury soaring. Under such circumstances, it is not always easy for UNIFIL peacekeepers, who work round the clock implementing the Mission’s mandate, to bear the…
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander, Major General Michael Beary, today chaired a regular tripartite meeting with senior officials from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at the UN…
Major Nina Raduha, UNIFIL’s Slovenian Contingent commander, settles into the medical chair and stretches out her arm. Along with 100 UNIFIL peacekeepers from Italy, Slovenia, Ireland and Armenia, Major Raduha has volunteered…
I arrived (back) to South Lebanon in September 2005 for what was to be my fifth tour of peacekeeping duty with UNIFIL. Excited by the prospect of renewing old acquaintances and visiting the picturesque villages I was so…
UNIFIL’s Force Commander Reserve (FCR) inaugurated a French-funded project at a public school in Kleyaa, south-eastern Lebanon, last week. The Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) project included the donation of 10 laptops to…
UNIFIL’s Italian Aviation headquarters in Naqoura was a fitting setting for the 71st Anniversary of the Italian Republic. The day was commemorated by UNIFIL’s Italian contingents, with the presence of Mr. Imran RIZA, Deputy…
UNIFIL joined with hundreds of UN organizations and agencies to celebrate 2017 World Environment Day on 5 June 2017 at an event held in Naqoura, south Lebanon. At the event UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major…
Last week Major Nina Raduha, from Slovenia, became the first woman contingent commander in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). She took charge of UNIFIL’s Slovenian Contingent on 22 May 2017. This is also…
UNIFIL observes the International Day of UN Peacekeepers
More than 50 Indian UNIFIL peacekeepers today participated in the Annual Health Awareness Walk, organized by Lebanese Red Cross in in the south-eastern Lebanese town of Marjayoun in close collaboration with the local Atallah…
A new Spanish Contingent, Brigadier General Venancio Aguado de Diego, took over the command of the Contingent and UNIFIL’s Sector East amidst a special ceremony at the Sector Headquarters in Marjayoun on 20 May. In his…