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Naqoura, Lebanon – The Brazilian Frigate "União" with 239 officers and sailors aboard has joined the UNIFIL Maritime Task Force, bringing to nine the number of vessels in the naval component of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon…

(Press release - Deputy Secretary-General visits UNIFIL, 24 November 2011) Naqoura, Lebanon – United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Asha Rose Migiro visited the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) where she met with Force…

(Press release - UNIFIL transfers 2 prefabricated structures to LAF, 10 November 2011) Naqoura, Lebanon - The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) today transferred to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) two metal…

( You are with UNIFIL Radio programme – Salam from the South) Salam from the South – UNIFIL: Economic Dimension (part 1) The mere presence of over 12,000 peacekeepers became an important element not only in the political…

(UNIFIL Press Statement on Tripartite Meeting, 31 October 2011) The Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Major-General Alberto Asarta Cuevas, today chaired a tripartite meeting with senior…

(Naqoura, Lebanon - UNIFIL marks United Nations Day, 24 October 2011) The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) today celebrated the 66th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations in a ceremony at its…

(TIBNIN, Lebanon - President of Ireland visits troops in UNIFIL, 15 October 2011) The President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, visited her country's troops deployed with the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in southern…

(UNIFIL ceremony and festival of Lebanese homemade traditional food and handicrafts) Naqoura, Lebanon - The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) today held a ceremony at its headquarters in Naqoura to mark the…

Thursday, 08 September 2011 - The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) today carried out a joint exercise combining artillery and machine gun live fire in an area one kilometre…

Beirut, 6 September 2011 - UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Alberto Asarta Cuevas this morning called on Prime Minister Najib Mikati and later in the day Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri to brief them on…

Naqoura, Lebanon - The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) today paid tribute to the UN staff members who were killed and those injured in the bombing of UN offices in Nigeria. Head of Mission and Force Commander Major…

The United Nations Security Council, on the request of the Government of Lebanon, yesterday unanimously adopted resolution 2004 (2011) extending without amendment the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon…