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Ghanaian support to host communities to fight COVID-19 spread
As part of UNIFIL’s ongoing support to host communities in their fight against the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic, the Mission’s peacekeepers from Ghana donated personal protective equipment (PPE), and medical and sanitary…
Prime Minister Diab visits UNIFIL
In a show of support to the UNIFIL Mission in south Lebanon, Prime Minister Hassan Diab today led a 10-member delegation to the Mission Headquarters in Naqoura where he was briefed on the work of UNIFIL. UNIFIL Head of…
On International Peacekeepers Day, UNIFIL salutes women’s participation in peace building and conflict resolution
UNIFIL today observed the International Day of UN Peacekeepers at its headquarters in Naqoura, paying tribute to the contribution of uniformed and civilian personnel and to honour more than 3,900 peacekeepers who have lost…
Major Ravdeep Kaur of UNIFIL (right) hands over 23 varieties of medicines to the head of Social Development Centre for the villages of Al Arkoub Union of Municipalities, Mohammad Saadi, on 29 May 2020. Photo: Corporal Gautam / UNIFIL
Indian peacekeepers offer medical and veterinary support to host communities
UNIFIL Indian peacekeepers donated 23 varieties of medicines to the Shab’a Municipality, at their request last week, as the village dispensary was facing “acute shortage” of certain types of drugs. UNIFIL Medical Officer…
UNIFIL Sailors of Peace: The Brazilians
The Maritime Task Force (MTF) of UNIFIL is the first and only naval operation of the UN Peacekeeping globally. For over 13 years six ships, one each from Bangladesh, Brazil, Germany, Greece, Indonesia and Turkey -- the task…
UNIFIL Sector West Commander Brig. Gen. Diego Fulco (right) with the Mayor of Tyre Hassan Dbouk during a donation ceremony on 8 June 2020. (Photo: Major Igor Piani / UNIFIL)
Tyre Municipality receives 510 COVID-19 PCR test kits from UNIFIL
UNIFIL Italian peacekeepers donated 210 PCR kits for testing COVID-19 Coronavirus to the Tyre Municipality in south-western Lebanon this week, raising the number of such kits donated to the Municipality to 510 in a month. At…
UNIFIL Indonesians peacekeepers help maintain stability along Blue Line
UNIFIL peacekeepers from Indonesia conduct daily foot and vehicle patrols that are crucial in achieving and maintaining peace and stability in south Lebanon. Monitoring, observing and reporting the situation on the ground…
Mahatma Gandhi park, built by UNIFIL Indian Battalion, gets facelift
UNIFIL Indian Battalion completed rehabilitation and renovation of a public park in Ebel el Saqi, in south-eastern Lebanon, and handed over to the municipality last week. The park – named after Indian freedom fighter and a…
Partial rotations of UNIFIL troops resume
Following suspension with some exceptions by Secretary-General António Guterres in April 2020 of all rotations, repatriations and deployments of uniformed personnel to mitigate the transmission of COVID-19 Coronavirus, UNIFIL…
EU Ambassadors in South Lebanon support UNIFIL’s mission
A 15-member delegation of the European Union (EU) comprising Ambassadors and senior diplomatic officials accredited to Lebanon, visited the UNIFIL Headquarters as well as the Mission’s area of operations and the Blue Line…