United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Major General Paolo Serra of Italy as Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon.

Naqoura, Lebanon – Acting Force Commander Brigadier-General Santi Bonfanti today received Lebanese President Michel Sleiman at the headquarters of the UNIFIL Force Commander Reserve at Deir Kifa in southern Lebanon.

An exhibition of traditional Lebanese food and handicraft was held at UNIFIL Headquarters in Naquora on Wednesday 14 December 2011. Twenty-two local cooperatives exhibited diverse, authentic and traditional products from different parts of southern Lebanon.