Environment officers and water and sanitation focal points from 15 United Nations peace operations around the world gathered in south Lebanon this week to see first-hand and understand UNIFIL’s successful wastewater and sludge management programme.

UNIFIL’s Indian peacekeepers organized a training session with the aim of raising awareness about preventing breast cancer among the women of Shab’a in south-eastern Lebanon earlier this week.

UNIFIL’s naval peacekeepers from its Maritime Task Force (MTF) carried out two exercises to enhance their interoperability and the capability of the Lebanese Navy off the coast of Beirut earlier this week.