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UNIFIL participates in search and rescue operation as plane crashes between Cyprus and Lebanon
Press Statement on UNIFIL participation in search and rescue operation for crashed private plane. The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Maritime Task Force is participating in a search and rescue operation at…
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano saluting the Guard of Honor at UN Day ceremony.
UNIFIL celebrates UN Day Anniversary
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) today held a ceremony at its headquarters in Naqoura, to mark the 69th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. During this international observance of the UN Day…
UNIFIL Force Commander meets Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Samir Moqbel
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano today called on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Samir Moqbel in Beirut. Discussions focused on the situation in UNIFIL’s area of…
Lebanese Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Gebran Bassil and UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano inspecting the guard of honor.
Lebanese Foreign Minister visits UNIFIL
The Lebanese Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, Gebran Bassil, today paid a visit to the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) at Naqoura in southern Lebanon. UNIFIL Head of Mission and…
Lt Col Abbatinale from the Italian battalion and Lt.Col Kari Nisula from the Finnish battalion with the Mayor of Yaroun, Mr. Hassan Awada, presided over the ceremony to inaugurate the football pitch in Yaroun, south Lebanon.
So We Can Play Football Again
A friendly game between UNIFIL and a local team was held in the southern town of Yaroun during the inauguration of the town’s renovated football pitch. The works funded by UNIFIL and Yaroun’s municipality, represent an…
Beirut Marathon 2014 saw over 37,000 participants, Sunday November 9th, 2014.
UNIFIL runs for peace - Beirut Marathon
The Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano was among tens of thousands of participants who ran and walked the streets of Beirut in the 2014 Beirut Marathon, held on Sunday November 9, 2014. 211…
Tripartite Meeting held on 12 November 2014
The Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Major-General Luciano Portolano, today chaired a regular tripartite meeting with senior officers from the Lebanese Armed Forces…
UNIFIL Force Commander meets with Lebanese leaders in Beirut
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano today called on Lebanese Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Tammam Salam in Beirut. Discussions focused on the situation in UNIFIL’s…
Traditional dancers present the dabke and other Lebanese dances to showcase Lebanon’s cultural heritage.
Lebanese Independence Day in Naqoura
The 71st anniversary of Lebanon’s Independence was celebrated at UNIFIL Headquarters in Naqoura on 19th November. The ceremony was attended by the Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano, Deputy…
Belgian peacekeeper instructs children how to use a computer program.
Belubatt provides valuable life skills training
UNIFIL's Belgian battalion (Belubatt) completed a four-month training program at the Amlieh Orphan Care Association in Tibnin, as one of their final community initiatives in south Lebanon. The training program covered basic…