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The demined path to one of the most recently agreed Blue Line points in Blida, south Lebanon, is wide and clearly marked. Even so, UNIFIL’s Head of Mission and Force Commander, Major-General Michael Beary, must wear a…

The Head of Mission and Force Commander of UNIFIL, Major General Michael Beary, today chaired a regular tripartite meeting with senior officials from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at the…

The beekeepers move in closer to the instructor, Ali Yasin, as he prepares to plant some queen bees. Yasin, a beekeeper himself and an expert in cultivating queens, holds up a honeycomb and explains how he prepared it in…

UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Michael Beary today praised the leadership role of the Brazilian Navy in the UN peacekeeping mission’s Maritime Task Force (MTF). While greeting the visiting Minister…

The Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Major-General Michael Beary today met with the local authorities and religious leaders based in the eastern sector of the UNIFIL…

Dozens of Lebanese entrepreneurs – most of them women – from the country’s southern hinterlands set up stalls of local traditional cuisine and handicraft in the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon…

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) today celebrated United Nations Day amidst a special ceremony at the peacekeeping mission’s headquarters in Naqoura, south Lebanon. During the ceremony, UNIFIL Head of…

The commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Major General Michael Beary, today praised the work done by the UN mission’s Maritime Task Force (MTF) in effectively assisting the Lebanese authorities…

UNIFIL’s Ghanaian Patrol Commander, Lt Rodney Odway, unfolds a map on the bumper of the parked vehicle and calls his company over for a briefing. The 12-strong group of peacekeepers are about to perform a foot patrol along…

Lebanon is online and mobile. The amount of people accessing the internet through handheld devices has grown as the infrastructure for mobile communication advances. In 2014 UNdata estimated nearly 75% of Lebanese people have…

UNIFIL’s eastern command organized a friendly relay march last week along the 52-kilometre stretch of the Blue Line with participation of UN peacekeepers and Lebanese soldiers as a way to furthering and deepening the ties…

The Head of Mission and Force Commander of UNIFIL, Major-General Michael Beary, today chaired a regular tripartite meeting with senior officials from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at the…