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UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander, Major General Michael Beary addresses the audience at the event for International Day of Peace held at UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura, south Lebanon.
On International Peace Day, UNIFIL head lauds progress in achieving peace in south Lebanon
“The young children playing in the school yards of Tibnin dreaming of a bright future, men and women going to work every day in Bint Jbeil to support their families and the elderly residents of Naqoura enjoying evening chai…

Tripartite Meeting discusses dooperation as confidence-building measure
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…

Lebanese soldiers join UN peacekeepers in peace relay march
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 internet safety class together with the trainers. These workshops are being held across UNIFIL’s area of operation.
Workshops on Internet Safety for children
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 Ghanian peacekeepers setting out on a foot patrol along the Blue Line in the vicinity of Rmeish, south Lebanon.
UNIFIL carries out 400 patrols each day
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…

Peacekeepers of UNIFIL’s Maritime Task Force (MTF) display flags of troop contributing countries during the ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the UNIFIL Maritime Task Force (MTF) in Beirut Port on 21 October 2016.
UNIFIL celebrates 10th anniversary of its Maritime Task Force
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 Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Michael Beary salutes an Indonesian UNIFIL peacekeeper at the United Nations Day celebrations at UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura.
UNIFIL celebrates United Nations Day
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…

A UNIFIL staff member tries homemade ice mint tea.
Entrepreneurs from south Lebanon display local products at 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…

UNIFIL head meets leaders from southeastern Lebanon
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…

Ali Yasin, a beekeeper and an expert in breeding queen bees, shows local bee farmers how to plant a queen, at a workshop held at At Tiri Agriculture Services Centre.
A hive of activity at UNIFIL beekeeping workshop
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…
