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UNIFIL today marked the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, an annual event to honour the commitment and sacrifice of women and men serving for peace around the world.
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Lt. Gen.
Humanitarian UN Agencies, international and national NGOs and UNIFIL met to improve communication and situational awareness among humanitarian organizations operating in UNIFIL’s eastern sector of its area of operations.
UNIFIL support to the Lebanese Civil Defense in the south of the country continued last week with the mission’s French peacekeepers training with Civil Defense firefighters of Tyre.
UNIFIL Ghanaian peacekeepers in their main base in the village of Al Qawzah, south Lebanon. (Photo: Haidar Fahs/UNIFIL)
Peacekeeping amidst daily exchanges of fire – sometimes receiving direct hits – can be a formidable undertaking.
Meeting mayors and religious authorities from seven municipalities of south-eastern Lebanon yesterday, UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Lieutenant General Aroldo Lázaro thanked attendees for their continued support for peacekeepers and reassured them of the mission’s continued assistanc
As part of UNIFIL’s efforts to enhance capacity of local emergency workers in south Lebanon, the mission’s French-led Force Commander’s Reserve (FCR) unit recently conducted first aid training for firefighters of the Frun fire station and donated basic first aid kits.
Ramadan should be a time of peace and reflection, but the current situation along the Blue Line has deeply affected these notions.
It is six months since the exchanges of fire across the Blue Line began, and continue unabated, taking a heavy toll on both sides. The lives of thousands of people have been profoundly affected.