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Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, accompanied by UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col, reviews the guard of honour at the UNIFIL base in Shamaa, South Lebanon.
Italian Prime Minister visits UNIFIL and the Italian peacekeepers
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander, Major General Stefano Del Col, yesterday welcomed the Italian Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, to the headquarters of UNIFIL’s Western Sector Command in Shamaa in the southern part…
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Lebanon’s new Defence Minister hold their first meeting
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col today held his first meeting with the newly appointed Lebanese Minister of Defence Elias Bou Saab in Beirut to discuss the situation in the UNIFIL area…
UNIFIL head chairs regular Tripartite meeting with LAF and IDF officials
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col today chaired a regular Tripartite meeting with senior officers from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) at the UN…
Local cuisines and handicrafts on display in UNIFIL Sector West HQ
UNIFIL’s Sector West Headquarters in Shama, south-western Lebanon, today hosted an exhibition of local Lebanese cuisines and handicrafts, as a way of fostering economic activities in the Mission’s area of operation. Hundreds…
Korean peacekeepers host Italian counterparts for 3 days
UNIFIL peacekeepers from the Republic of Korea hosted a small group of Italian peacekeepers for three days in their base near Tyre, south Lebanon, this week for a joint Familiarization of Deployment (FAMDEP) exercise. From 12…
Sector East peacekeepers conduct casualty and medical evacuations exercise
Dozens of UNIFIL peacekeepers operating under the command of Spanish-led Sector East Headquarters participated this week in an exercise in order to practice procedures and assess reactions during casualty and medical…
New OGL commander takes charge
An Australian military officer has taken charge of the Observer Group Lebanon (OGL), which is a part of the UN Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) and works in Lebanon under UNIFIL’s overall operational control. During a…
153 schoolchildren visit UNIFIL HQ
UNIFIL peacekeepers today hosted in its headquarters in Naqoura more than 150 children from a local school as a way of strengthening the Mission’s relation with the communities. The Mission’s Civil Affairs Office and Military…
UN specialized agencies visit UNIFIL to boost synergies
The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Ján Kubiš, and members of the UN Country Team (UNCT) today visited the UNIFIL Headquarters and discussed with UNIFIL leadership the ways the specialized organizations will…
Lebanese olive farmers benefit from Spanish experts
In a major support to the olive-growing farmers of south-eastern Lebanon, UNIFIL’s Spanish peacekeepers brought in this week a team of agricultural experts from Spanish universities – for a second time in five months – to…