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Since the beginning of the outbreak of COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic, UNIFIL leadership put in place all necessary precautionary measures in order to prevent the virus infection among the Mission’s more than 11,000 military…

UNIFIL’s Indian peacekeepers this week donated 21 varieties of veterinary medicines to the shepherds and farmers of 13 villages in south-eastern Lebanon, following requests from the host communities. The medical handouts…

Donations from UNIFIL peacekeepers continued today with various medical and personal protective equipment handed to their host communities in south Lebanon in their collective efforts to contain the spread of the COVID-19…

UNIFIL continued today with its ongoing efforts to assist the host population in our common fight against COVID-19 Coronavirus by donating several equipment to state institutions and local communities in south-eastern Lebanon…

Today, on World Health Day, UNIFIL joins the World Health Organization (WHO) in honouring doctors and nurses, not just in Lebanon, but everywhere in the world, as they are on the frontlines of the fight against the COVID-19…

Women working in the field of demining are rare. Zeina Saleh of the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in south Lebanon is amongst those very few women working under extremely risky conditions. In November 2019, Zeina, along with…

UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col visited all UNIFIL contingents over the past week to show the Mission’s appreciation for the work they are carrying out during this challenging period…

UNIFIL today handed over a number of equipment and other accessories to the Naqoura Municipality, which hosts the UN Mission’s Headquarters in south Lebanon. This donation is part of UNIFIL’s broader effort to assist the…

The COVID-19 Coronavirus might have shaken the daily lives world over, but there is no let-up in UNIFIL operational activities in south Lebanon. By adopting full precautionary measures put in place by the Mission from the…

UNIFIL today marked the 42nd anniversary of its establishment in 1978 amidst a modest ceremony in the Mission headquarters in Naqoura, south Lebanon. UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col…

UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col was joined by Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) representatives and fellow peacekeepers at a somber ceremony in the Rafic Hariri International Airport in…

UNIFIL, its strategic partner the Lebanese Armed Forces and fellow peacekeepers today paid their last respect to Corporal Volodymyr Rybontchouk of the UN Mission’s French Contingent who tragically passed away on Friday in a…