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Origami: creativity and maths folded into One

Morning light floods in to the busy classroom at the Tyre Community School highlighting the brightly coloured squares of paper scattered on each desk.

01 Mar 2016

Crafting a new future

A rustle of paper accompanies the murmur of friendly conversation in the sewing and hand crafts class at Shabriha in south Lebanon. Today the group of local women are using Napkin Art and Decoupage to decorate small hand mirrors.

19 Feb 2016

Tuning into the Frequency of Peace – UNIFIL Radio unit for World Radio Day 2016

On location in South Lebanon Ghifar Charafeddine adjusts the sound on his microphone and recorder as he begins to interview a member of the Lebanese Municipal Police. UNIFIL's Radio Unit are doing a story on police training coordinated by UNIFIL for members of the local police force.

12 Feb 2016

A warm classroom is a productive classroom

When the temperature drops in South Lebanon you really feel it. Particularly in the local schools. Most of these buildings have single glazed windows, and the concrete walls provide no insulation from the wintery chill.

01 Feb 2016

UNIFIL HoM meets Minister of Defence Samir Moqbel and LAF Commander Jean Kahwaji

UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano today called on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Samir Moqbel and LAF Commander Jean Kahwaji in separate meetings in Beirut.

27 Jan 2016

UNIFIL Head of Mission meets Lebanese leaders in Beirut

UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano today called on the Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, Prime Minister Tammam Salam and Minister of Interior Nouhad Machnouk in Beirut.

26 Jan 2016

UNIFIL hosts local authorities and religious leaders

UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano today hosted local authorities and religious leaders from south Lebanon at the UNIFIL Headquarters in Naqoura to convey UNIFIL's wishes for a peaceful 2016 and discuss issues of common concern to UNIFIL and the local commu

22 Jan 2016

Women from South Lebanon make recommendations about peace and empowerment

It's no secret that the primary victims of armed conflict are civilians, in particular women and their children. Yet women are noticeably absent from the subsequent cease fire negotiations and peace agreements.

21 Jan 2016

UNIFIL humanitarian activities in 2015

2015 has just ended and ten years have almost passed from the adoption of Security Council resolution 1701 (2006).

18 Jan 2016

UNIFIL Press Statement on today’s incident along the Blue Line

Late this afternoon, UNIFIL was informed that two IDF vehicles were attacked south of the Blue Line in the general area of Sheeba Farms. The IDF returned artillery fire in the general area of Kafr Chouba, Abbasiva and Bastara in UNIFIL's area of operations.

04 Jan 2016

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