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UNIFIL support to curb COVID-19 spread continues
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…
UN Peacekeepers Must Stay the Course
by Atul Khare and Jean-Pierre Lacroix United Nations peace operations promote stability and security in some of the world’s most dangerous and fragile places. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, overstretched UN peacekeepers…
Indian peacekeepers offer veterinary support to host communities
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…
UNIFIL staff continue to serve peace from home
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…
Italian Contingent offers support to host communities
UNIFIL Italian contingent has aided UNIFIL efforts, together with the Lebanese Armed Forces, to ensure stability in the Mission’s area of operations in south Lebanon through completion of two projects in support of local…
UNIFIL peacekeepers from Ghana making their mark in south Lebanon
Every day, the women and men of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon are on the frontline to promote peace and stability in the Mission’s area of operations and along the Blue Line, while operating in a very…
UNIFIL head chairs special Tripartite meeting with LAF and IDF officials
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col today chaired a special Tripartite meeting – the first since the COVID-19 outbreak – with senior officers from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the…
UNIFIL, LAF pay tributes to deceased Ghanaian peacekeeper
UNIFIL, its strategic partner the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and fellow UN peacekeepers today paid their last respects to a Ghanaian soldier who recently succumbed to an illness while serving for peace in south Lebanon. A 28…
Korean peacekeepers build water purification plant in Abbasiyah
UNIFIL peacekeepers from the Republic of Korea today handed over a public water purification plant, which they built over the past two months, to the local community in Abbasiyah, Tyre district in south-western Lebanon. The…
Spanish donation to social development centres
UNIFIL Spanish Contingent donated 16 laptops and four boxes of clothes to Social Development Centres (SDCs) of the south-eastern Lebanese villages of El Adeisse, El Khiam, Majdal Silim and Meiss Ej Jebel, yesterday. The…