Peacekeepers' Corner

New commander of UNIFIL’s French peacekeepers takes charge

UNIFIL’s French-led Force Commander’s Reserve (FCR) got its new commander last week. UNIFIL Force Commander Major General Michael Beary inspected the 12 July transfer of authority from Colonel Olivier Baudet to Colonel Frederic Edel in the French peacekeepers’ main base in Deir Kifa.

16 Jul 2018

New Ghanaian Battalion takes charge

UNIFIL’s Ghanaian Battalion (GHANBATT) saw a change in command of its 850-strong force operating in furthering peace in south Lebanon, last week.

11 Jul 2018

Ghanaian peacekeepers support special needs school and community centre

UNIFIL’s Ghanaian peacekeepers donated last week a photocopier to a special needs school in Ayta ash-Shaab and a 30 KVA generator set to a community centre in Al Qawzah.

09 Jul 2018

UNIFIL peacekeepers join hands with LAF and Municipality in cleaning historic fort

Working hand-in-hand with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) personnel and local municipality, UNIFIL’s Nepalese peacekeepers carried out the campaign of cleaning the historic Shaqra-Dubiyye Fort in south-eastern Lebanon last week.

09 Jul 2018

Primary schools receive scholastic equipment from Spanish peacekeepers

More than 100 children of two primary schools in Ain Arab and Kleyaa, south-east Lebanon, received scholastic equipment from UNIFIL’s Spanish peacekeepers recently.

09 Jul 2018

Korean peacekeepers organize joint exercise with LAF

UNIFIL peacekeepers from the Republic of Korea organized a joint exercise with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) last week to enhance the latter’s military capabilities.

02 Jul 2018

Spain’s Ambassador pays homage to fallen UNIFIL soldiers

Spain’s Ambassador to Lebanon, Jose María Ferrer De La Peña, visited the memorial of the six UNIFIL Spanish peacekeeper killed in 2007, marking the 11th anniversary of the tragic incident, in El Khiam in south-eastern Leb

26 Jun 2018

Indian peacekeepers organize group yoga session

UNIFIL’s Indian peacekeepers organized a yoga session for the local population and fellow peacekeepers at their main base in Ebel es Saqi, south-eastern Lebanon, marking the International Day of Yoga on Thursday.

22 Jun 2018

Chinese peacekeepers conduct cultural exchanges activities at schools

To mark the 2018 Lebanese Children’s Day, UNIFIL’s Chinese Battalion (CHINBATT) organized a cultural exchange event at Cadmous College in Tyre, South Lebanon, last week.

08 Jun 2018

UNIFIL’s fallen soldier remembered on UN Peacekeepers’ Day

Marking the International Day of UN Peacekeepers on 29 May, UNIFIL’s Gender Advisory Unit and the Mission’s Women Focal Point Margrit Hrandian paid tribute to a Ghanaian peacekeeper, Corporal Mercy Adade, who passed away recently, at a brief ceremony in the Mission Headquarters in Naqoura.

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