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- Peacekeepers' Corner
French peacekeeper Major Jean-Louis Valet, who was killed in action in the vicinity of the Shab’a Farms in 2005, was remembered at solemn ceremony in the UNIFIL Headquarters in Naqoura last week. As an unarmed UN peacekeeper…
- Peacekeepers' Corner
On the occasion of the Indian Army Day, UNIFIL’s Indian Battalion (IndBatt) organized a solemn memorial service at the Commonwealth War Cemetery in Beirut to honour the Indian soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice during…
- Peacekeepers' Corner
Peacekeepers from UNIFIL’s French-led Force Commander’s Reserve (FCR) installed a new water tank in the public school of the village of Ash Sh’Aytiah (Kneiseh School) in south Lebanon last week. The 60 cubic metre tank will…
- Peacekeepers' Corner
UNIFIL’s Sector East Headquarters and the Nepalese Battalion, operating under the Sector Command, organized on Tuesday a blood donation event in Meiss Ej-Jebel, south Lebanon, in support of a public hospital there. With 25…
- Peacekeepers' Corner
Lieutenant General Ajae Kumar Sharma of the Indian Army visited UNIFIL Headquarters as well as the Mission’s area of operation this week. During the visit on 8 and 9 January, Lt. Gen. Sharma, who also oversees the deployment…
- Peacekeepers' Corner
UNIFIL’s Sector East Headquarters carried out the “East Angel” exercise last week in order to evaluate the reaction of its components during emergency situations requiring casualty evacuation. The exercise, carried out on 20…
- Multimedia
Prime Minister Leo Varadkar (An Taoiseach) of The Republic of Ireland today visited UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura as well as the main base of UNIFIL’s Irish Contingent in south-west Lebanon. UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force…
- Peacekeepers' Corner
UNIFIL’s Nepalese Battalion (NEPBATT) commander Lieutenant Colonel Narayan Bahadur Thapa today inaugurated the project “Renovation of Basketball Court and School Garden” at Meiss Ej-Jebel Technical School. The opening…
UNIFIL conducted its first all-female foot patrol with 10 female peacekeepers from six troop-contributing countries in Rmeish. Dec 13, 2017.
- Multimedia
On 13 December, UNIFIL’s Sector West conducted an all-female foot patrol in Rmeish with the participation of a dozen peacekeepers from six countries – Ghana, Ireland, Italy, Republic of Korea, Malaysia and the Netherlands…
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A four-member delegation headed by General Ljubisa Dikovic, the Chief of General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces, visited UNIFIL from 11 to 13 December 2017. General DIKOVIC’s visit coincides with the deployment of a new…
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Michael Beary visits the Blida area, close to the Blue Line, together with UNIFIL liaison officers.
- Multimedia
It's autumn in Lebanon and the Blida olive fields that span the Blue Line are being harvested by Lebanese families before the winter rains come. One of UNIFIL’s Liaison teams is there too. In their bright blue bibs and blue…
A UNIFIL Ghanaian peacekeeper plays the last post in memory of the fallen Tanzanian peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, during a memorial held in the UNIFIL headquarters.
- Multimedia
UNIFIL peacekeepers today paid their last respect to the 15 UN peacekeepers from Tanzania who lost their lives in an attack last week on their base in North Kivu of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Hundreds of UNIFIL…