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United Nations Peacekeeping
After the winter rains south Lebanon looks lush in March. Farmers are already harvesting leafy vegetables from their fields, bright flowers are everywhere and green grass carpets the rocky hills. It feels hard to believe that in a few months water scarcity will become an issue.
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Students participating in the World Water Day 2017 event in Tyre learn the oceans hold about 97% of all Earth’s water, but it is salty.
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Michael Beary visits the newly appointed Commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), General Joseph Aoun, Yarze, Beirut.
UNIFIL Head of Mission Major General Michael Beary lays a wreath at the UNIFIL cenotaph in memory of fallen peacekeepers. Naqoura, south Lebanon.
UNIFIL Indonesian peacekeepers in traditional clothes greet the young people as they arrive onto the UNIFIL MTF ship.
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Michael Beary addresses the crowd at the Open Day on Women, Peace and Security event in Tyre.
Jihann Shaheen, a UNIFIL Lebanese civilian peacekeeper and UNIFIL Environmental Officer, outside the solar panels in UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura, south Lebanon.
The Lebanese Minister of Defense, Yaacoub Sarraf, reviews the Guard of Honor on his arrival at UNIFIL headquarters.
UNIFIL Force Commander Major General Beary (right) receives the Guard of Honour during the MTF Transfer of Authority ceremony at Beirut Port.