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Members of the Lebanese Armed Forces participating in the “SPANBATT Para-Challenge Extreme Race” in Marjayoun, Lebanon, on 22 August 2016.
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A team comprising runners from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) was the winner of a UNIFIL-organized obstacle race in the south-eastern Lebanese town of Marjayoun on Monday. UNIFIL’s Sector East Headquarters was the first…
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The Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Major-General Michael Beary, today met with the Speaker of Parliament, Nabih Berri, in Beirut. This was Major-General Beary’s…
Behind the scenes of UN radio interview with UNIFIL’s Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-general Michael Beary.
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On a recent visit to the headquarters of the United Nations in New York, UNIFIL’s Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Michael Beary met with the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and other senior…
UNIFIL Indian Battalion veterinary team show a local farmer the early warning signs of detecting Foot-and-Mouth Disease.
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In July 2016 UNIFIL’s Indian Battalion ran a hugely successful vaccination campaign against foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). The four week campaign was carried out with the close cooperation of Lebanon’s Ministry of Agriculture…
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UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Michael Beary met today with the Director General of General Security Major-General Abbas Ibrahim in Beirut. This was Major-General Beary’s first meeting with the…
The crowd stands and salutes as The Last Post is played to remember four Observer Group Lebanon (OGL) Peacekeepers who were killed in action ten years ago. They were: Major Hans-Peter Lang from Austria, Major Paeta Derek Hess-von Kruedener from Canada, Lieutenant Jarno Makinen from Finland, and Major Du Zhaoyu from China. The ceremony was held at the site of their old patrol base in Khiam, south Lebanon.
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Major General Arthur David Gawn, Head of Mission and Chief of Staff of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO, began his speech with a Maori chant. The song recounted the memory of lost warriors and its…
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UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Michael Beary today called on Prime Minister Tammam Salam and Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander General Jean Khawaji in separate meetings in Beirut. The meetings…
Young people cut through the freshly baked pizza made at UNIFIL's Italian Base in Chama.
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Recently UNIFIL Italian Contingent held a social day for sixty Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) martyrs’ children between the ages of 7 and 18 at the UNIFIL Italian base in the southern town of Shama. The event was also attended…
Outgoing Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano hands over the UN flag to Major-General Michael Beary.
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The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) today underwent a transfer of command from Major-General Luciano Portolano (Italy) to Major-General Michael Beary (Ireland). The hand-over ceremony at UNIFIL Headquarters…
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander, Major-General Portolano, reviews a guard of honor at the Lebanese Armed Forces headquarters in Beirut.
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The outgoing head of UNIFIL, Major-General Luciano Portolano, has stressed the importance of continuing close engagement and relations with the local population and the authorities for successful implementation of the UN…
UNIFIL Deputy Head of Mission Imran Riza, and the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Marc Ayrault, review the guard of honour at UNIFIL’s headquarters in Naqoura.
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The French Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development, Jean-Marc Ayrault, visited the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in Naqoura, south Lebanon, today. UNIFIL’s Deputy Head…
A UNIFIL Brazilian Peacekeeper from the Maritime Task Force (MTF) in the operations room of the UNIFIL flagship Independencia, off the coast of Beirut, Lebanon.
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On a recent visit to see the work of UNIFIL’s Maritime Task Force (MTF) off the coast of Beirut Port, the UN Mission’s head and Force Commander, Major-General Luciano Portolano, commended the UN’s only naval peacekeepers for…