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Innovation at home: With UNIFIL support, Lebanese women learn to make most of home gardens

As the world marked World Creativity and Innovation Day yesterday, Lebanese women in the south-eastern village of Rachaya al Foukhar are benefitting from a UNIFIL-supported project that hones their skills in getting optimum benefits out of their home gardens.

21 Apr 2021

UNIFIL head chairs Tripartite meeting with Lebanese and Israeli military officials

UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col today chaired a special Tripartite meeting with senior officers from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at a UN p

07 Apr 2021

UNIFIL deminers persevere with clearing south Lebanese land of deadly mines

As the world marks the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action on 04 April 2021, UNIFIL peacekeepers continue to carry on with the painstaking but necessary work of clearing large swathes of south Lebanese lands of deadly mines.

02 Apr 2021

Sector West peacekeepers launch ‘Together Against COVID’ campaign

UNIFIL peacekeepers operating in south-western Lebanon recently launched the “Together Against COVID” campaign as a way of streamlining ongoing UNIFIL support to the host communities in their common fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

01 Apr 2021

Tyre agricultural centre gets facelift with Chinese peacekeepers’ support

UNIFIL Chinese peacekeepers recently spent weeks rehabilitating a worn-out office complex that forms part of an agricultural centre in Tyre, south-western Lebanon.

22 Mar 2021

Speech of Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col on UNIFIL Establishment Day

Dear friends from the Lebanese Armed Forces and Security Forces,

19 Mar 2021

On UNIFIL establishment day, its head recommits to peace and stability in south Lebanon

Marking the 43rd anniversary of UNIFIL’s establishment, Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col reiterated that UNIFIL remains as committ

19 Mar 2021

Kfar Shouba village gets India-supported garbage sorting plant

UNIFIL Indian peacekeepers handed over a garbage sorting plant they recently helped build to local authorities in the south-eastern Lebanese village of Kfar Shouba earlier this week.

18 Mar 2021

Civil defence volunteers trained on COVID-19 disinfection procedures

UNIFIL peacekeepers from the mission’s Sector East units conducted this week a three-day COVID-19 related disinfection training with civil defence volunteers from south-eastern Lebanon.

12 Mar 2021