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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon received a guard of honour from the uniformed members of UNIFIL at the mission’s headquarters in Naqoura, Lebanon.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today visited the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) where he was received by UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano.
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano saluting the Guard of Honor during the celebration of UNIFIL Establishment Day.
Marking the 38th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), the top official with the UN Mission today hailed the extraordinary relationship of mutual support, respect and trust with the people of southern Lebanon throughout the last decades.
OGL Swedish military observer checks coordinates while his partner takes a look over the Blue Line.
It’s 7:30am. The radio operator at Observer Group Lebanon (OGL) gets a series of calls, as each of the eight patrol units checks in. Team Zulu is in Rumaysh. They are visiting the town and are paying a courtesy call to the mayor. They share a coffee and have a chat.
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano cutting the ribbon to inaugurate UNIFIL’s Resource Centre.
The jazzy music played by Ghannbatt’s band could be heard across UNIFIL’s base, and set the tone for a celebratory commemoration of the UNIFIL Resource Centre on International Women’s Day 2016.
A Spanish vet examining a cow in Blida, south Lebanon. 20,000.00 head of cattle were treated.
The Spanish vets are fortunate with their timing. In late February the weather in South East Lebanon can be very changeable, but these vets are able to work out in the field in relatively dry conditions.
This student shows off his just finished origami cat and dog.
Morning light floods in to the busy classroom at the Tyre Community School highlighting the brightly coloured squares of paper scattered on each desk.
Students decorate the mirrors using the technique known as Decoupage.
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.
Ghifar Charaffedine, radio producer at UNIFIL, records an interview with a UNIFIL peacekeeper.
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.
A UNIFIL Malaysian peacekeeper warming up with kindergarten school children next to a heater donated by UNIFIL to Deir Kifa Public school, South Lebanon.
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.
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano meets Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Samir Moqbel.
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.