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UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col met with Lebanon’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, Gebran Bassil, in Beirut today, with discussions focusing on a wide range of issues…
The Command of UNIFIL’s Ghanaian Battalion (GHANBATT) changed during a transfer of ceremony held at the GHANBATT Headquarters in Al-Qawzah, South-western Lebanon last week. The 16 July ceremony saw the passing on of command…
UNIFIL today hosted a group of about 50 university students from around the world in its headquarters in Naqoura and at a UN position along the Blue Line in a visit organized by Lebanon's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and…
Earlier this month, UNIFIL lost one of its peacekeepers, from India. On 16 July, the Mission’s leadership, representatives of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and fellow peacekeepers paid their last respect to Sergeant Ramesh…
UNIFIL peacekeepers from the Mission’s Sector West offered support to location populations in putting out fires over the past several days. The Mission’s Ghanaian, Irish, Italian and Malaysian peacekeepers helped put out…
Three Lebanese Civil Defence officers along with two Spanish UNIFIL peacekeepers took immediate action to rescue a man stuck inside a car after an accident. The body of the vehicle was badly damaged and the team realized that…
Today, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri paid a visit to UNIFIL Maritime Task Force at the Beirut Port. The Prime Minister was welcomed by UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col and MTF…
The "ITALAIR" Task Force, the Italian helicopter component deployed with UNIFIL in south Lebanon, is marking today 40 years of uninterrupted presence in Lebanon. The unit is composed of 6 AB 212 twin-turbine helicopters, with…
Today, UNIFIL marked World Environment Day, that is celebrated yearly on 5 June at an event held in Naqoura, south Lebanon. This year’s theme “Beat Air Pollution” is a global call to invite all of us to think how we can…
UNIFIL this week donated UN-owned information technology (IT) and transport assets to Lebanese security entities with the aim of enhancing state authority in the Mission’s area of operation in south Lebanon. The donations…
UNIFIL’s Indian peacekeepers, operating in the UN Mission’s Sector East, celebrated the fifth International Day of Yoga today together with the population of south Lebanon and fellow peacekeepers at their main base near Ibil…
A group of schoolchildren from Beirut visited UNIFIL’s Sector East Headquarters in Ibl al-Saqi last week to learn about the work of UN peacekeepers in furthering peace in south Lebanon. During their visit to the UNIFIL base…