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UNIFIL Force Commander Major-General Alberto Asarta Cuevas today paid farewell visits to senior Lebanese officials at the end of his tenure. He was accompanied by Major-General Paolo Serra, who will assume Command of UNIFIL…
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Major General Paolo Serra of Italy as Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon. Major General Serra…
(UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT ) Dear Major-General Alberto Asarta Cuevas, Force Commander and UNIFIL Head of Mission, Dear officers, Dear men and women of UNIFIL, Dear colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, I am honoured to be here today…
Naqoura, Lebanon – Acting Force Commander Brigadier-General Santi Bonfanti today received Lebanese President Michel Sleiman at the headquarters of the UNIFIL Force Commander Reserve at Deir Kifa in southern Lebanon. President…
An exhibition of traditional Lebanese food and handicraft was held at UNIFIL Headquarters in Naquora on Wednesday 14 December 2011. Twenty-two local cooperatives exhibited diverse, authentic and traditional products from…
(Press statement - Rocket fire from southern Lebanon, 12 December 2011) On Sunday 11 December at around 11 pm UNIFIL radars detected firing of one rocket from Qaissiyeh valley. The rocket impacted on a private home in the…
Press statement - by UNIFIL Force Commander Major-General Alberto Asarta Cuevas, 09 December 2011: On 9 December, a UNIFIL vehicle traveling on a road at the southern outskirts of the city of Tyr was targeted by an explosion…
(Comments by UNIFIL Deputy Spokesperson Andrea Tenenti on explosion near Tyre, 09 December 2011) "On 9 December, a UNIFIL vehicle traveling on a road at the southern outskirts of the city of Tyre was targeted by an explosion…
UNIFIL, in collaboration with the Association of the Friends of Ibrahim Abd El Al (AFIAL) and local authorities, today launched an awareness campaign aimed at educating the public in southern Lebanon about conservation and…
(Press Statement - Rocket fire into Israel from southern Lebanon, 29 November 2011) UNIFIL radars detected firing of at least one rocket into Israel shortly after midnight last night from the general area of Rumaysh in south…
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…