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The Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Major-General Luciano Portolano, today chaired a regular tripartite meeting with senior officers from the Lebanese Armed Forces…
While growing tobacco is a main source of earning a living in the southern Lebanese town of Ramieh, UNIFIL's Ghanaian battalion organized a knitting session for women from Ramieh, helping them to find a new kind of business…
Wednesday 27th August 2014, UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano awarded the United Nations medal to the Nepalese peacekeepers based in Meiis Ej-Jabel. Major-General Portolano praised the…
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano today called on the Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri in Beirut. This was Major-General Portolano's first formal meeting with the Speaker after he…
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano today called on Prime Minister Tammam Salam in Beirut. Following the meeting, Major-General Portolano said: "I had a very good meeting with the Prime…
At the UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura today, UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano hosted religious leaders, local authorities, and commanders of the Lebanese Army and Security Forces…
Mazraat al-Meshref municipality solicited the help of UNIFIL's Civil Affairs to build a mini-football field in the town, "a space that would gather the youth and children," as put by the town deputy mayor, Ali Abdellatif…
Every week, the UNIFIL Belgian mine-clearing Unit performs a medical evacuation exercise in the area of operations. The 94-strong Belgian contingent (BELUBATT), which includes two peacekeepers from Luxemburg, is tasked to…
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) today underwent a transfer of command from Major-General Paolo Serra (Italy) to Major-General Luciano Portolano (Italy). The hand-over ceremony at UNIFIL Headquarters in…
The Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Major-General Paolo Serra, today chaired a regular tripartite meeting with senior officers from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)…
In separate visits, he met with Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, Prime Minister Tammam Salam, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander General Jean Kahwaji and the General Director of General Security, Major-General Abbas…
UNIFIL Press Statements on “Rocket fire into Israel from southern Lebanon” "On Monday, 14 July at around 0030hrs, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) detected the firing of three rockets from the general area…