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UNIFIL’s top official discusses challenges and opportunities along the Blue Line at Tripartite meeting

UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col chaired a Tripartite meeting with senior Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and Israel Defense Forces (IDF) officers today in Ras Al Naqoura.

13 Dec 2021

UNIFIL and Lebanese Army formalize UNIFIL support to Lebanese soldiers

UNIFIL today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with its strategic partners, the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), stipulating provisions for its logistical support to the LAF.

10 Dec 2021

UNIFIL-hosted exhibit promotes local economy and clean environment

For the first time since COVID-19 measures were put in place and in an effort to boost the local economy, UNIFIL last week hosted eight local women’s cooperatives in an exhibition where they could sell handmade products to UNIFIL peacekeepers.

06 Dec 2021

UNIFIL Korean peacekeepers hand over 10 APCs to LAF

In the spirit of the ongoing UNIFIL support to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), the UN mission’s Republic of Korea Battalion (ROKBATT) handed over 10 Barracuda armored personnel carriers (APCs) to the LAF’s South Litani Sector (SLS) yesterday.

01 Dec 2021

UNIFIL ramps up logistical support to LAF

UNIFIL today handed over the first monthly delivery of fuel to its strategic partners, the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), at a ceremony in the UN mission’s headquarters in Naqoura, south Lebanon.

30 Nov 2021

Italian peacekeepers rehabilitate archeological site in Tyre

Last week, UNIFIL Sector West Commander Brigadier General Stefano Lagorio inaugurated a project funded by the UN mission’s Italian peacekeepers to rehabilitate a major Lebanese archeological site in Tyre, south Lebanon.

29 Nov 2021

UNIFIL-facilitated olive harvesting concludes in Blida

A UNIFIL-facilitated olive harvesting in the south-eastern Lebanese village of Blida completed this week, with local farmers reaping the yields from the fields straddling both sides of the Blue Line.

18 Nov 2021

Lebanese Minister of National Defense visits UNIFIL

UNIFIL’s Head of Mission and Force Commander, Major General Stefano Del Col, today welcomed Lebanon’s new Minister of National Defense, Maurice Sleem, to the peacekeeping mission’s headquarters in Naqoura, South Lebanon.

29 Oct 2021

On United Nations Day, top UNIFIL official urges political and diplomatic solutions

Today, UNIFIL marked United Nations Day at its headquarters in Naqoura, south Lebanon celebrating the date in 1945 when the United Nations Charter came into force. The peacekeeping mission marked the today, 25 October as the 24th fell on a Sunday this year.

25 Oct 2021

UNIFIL Sector West donations to schools

With Lebanon easing COVID-related restrictions and students are going back to school, UNIFIL Sector West supported public schools in their area of responsibility.

22 Oct 2021

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