Peacekeepers' Corner

UNIFIL peacekeepers hand out gifts to children

A group of UNIFIL peacekeepers paid visits to special needs children in Ayta ash-Shaab and orphan girls in Tibnin, both within the UNIFIL area of operation in south Lebanon, as part of their community outreach activities, last week.

07 Mar 2018

French students visit UNIFIL HQ

UNIFIL today organized the visit of a group of 23 French university students to the Mission Headquarters in Naqoura, south Lebanon.

02 Mar 2018

Traffic safety workshop for south Lebanon students

UNIFIL peacekeepers organized a traffic safety workshop in Shama, south Lebanon, yesterday for more than 200 young school students from the Mission’s area of operation.

02 Mar 2018

Nepalese officer takes over command of OGL

The Observer Group Lebanon (OGL), which is a part of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), had a change of command from Commandant Peter Ott (Ireland) to Lieutenant Colonel Ram Kaji Thapa (Nepal) during a ceremony in the UNIFIL Headqu

23 Feb 2018

Indian peacekeepers defy icy conditions to keep peace

Life cannot go business-as-usual during the difficult winter season due to icy conditions in some parts of UNIFIL’s area of operation in south-eastern Lebanon.

17 Feb 2018

UNIFIL’s Sector West organizes Spartan Race

UNIFIL’s Sector West Command organized a Spartan Race, with participation of 15 teams operating under it, in the Sector Headquarters in Shaama, on Saturday.

30 Jan 2018

Fallen UNIFIL soldier remembered

UNIFIL’s Sector East Headquarters today held a memorial ceremony in honour of a UNIFIL peacekeeper from Spain who was killed in the line of duty three years ago.

28 Jan 2018

Lebanese security officers train with Italian peacekeepers on precision shooting

UNIFIL’s Italian Paratroppers “Folgore” Brigade trained last week with 16 officers from the Lebanese General Directorate of State Security (GDSS) in precision shooting over long distances.

23 Jan 2018

Major Valet remembered

French peacekeeper Major Jean-Louis Valet, who was killed in action in the vicinity of the Shab’a Farms in 2005, was remembered at solemn ceremony in the UNIFIL Headquarters in Naqoura last week.

19 Jan 2018