Peacekeepers' Corner

The Observer Group Lebanon (OGL), which is a part of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), had a change of command from Commandant Peter Ott (Ireland) to Lieutenant Colonel Ram Kaji Thapa (Nepal) during a…

Life cannot go business-as-usual during the difficult winter season due to icy conditions in some parts of UNIFIL’s area of operation in south-eastern Lebanon. But for UNIFIL’s undaunted Indian peacekeepers, despite the harsh…

UNIFIL’s Sector West Command organized a Spartan Race, with participation of 15 teams operating under it, in the Sector Headquarters in Shaama, on Saturday. UNIFIL’s Italian Battalion won the “Sector West Challenge,” which…

UNIFIL’s Sector East Headquarters today held a memorial ceremony in honour of a UNIFIL peacekeeper from Spain who was killed in the line of duty three years ago. UNIFIL’s Sector East Commander Brigadier General Francisco…

UNIFIL’s Italian Paratroppers “Folgore” Brigade trained last week with 16 officers from the Lebanese General Directorate of State Security (GDSS) in precision shooting over long distances. The “sharpshooter skills” course…

French peacekeeper Major Jean-Louis Valet, who was killed in action in the vicinity of the Shab’a Farms in 2005, was remembered at solemn ceremony in the UNIFIL Headquarters in Naqoura last week. As an unarmed UN peacekeeper…

On the occasion of the Indian Army Day, UNIFIL’s Indian Battalion (IndBatt) organized a solemn memorial service at the Commonwealth War Cemetery in Beirut to honour the Indian soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice during…

Peacekeepers from UNIFIL’s French-led Force Commander’s Reserve (FCR) installed a new water tank in the public school of the village of Ash Sh’Aytiah (Kneiseh School) in south Lebanon last week. The 60 cubic metre tank will…

UNIFIL’s Sector East Headquarters and the Nepalese Battalion, operating under the Sector Command, organized on Tuesday a blood donation event in Meiss Ej-Jebel, south Lebanon, in support of a public hospital there. With 25…

Lieutenant General Ajae Kumar Sharma of the Indian Army visited UNIFIL Headquarters as well as the Mission’s area of operation this week. During the visit on 8 and 9 January, Lt. Gen. Sharma, who also oversees the deployment…