Press Releases

  • UN delegation visiting UNIFIL to conduct strategic review
    16 Jan 2017 - A UN delegation is currently visiting Lebanon to conduct a Strategic Review of UNIFIL. This is pursuant to a request made by the UN Security Council in its resolution 2305 of August 2016 in order to ensure that the Mission is configured most appropriately to fulfill its...
  • UNIFIL Force Commander Major-General Beary meets newly appointed Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri
    10 Jan 2017 - UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Michael Beary today called on the newly appointed Prime Minister Saad Hariri in his office in Beirut. Following the meeting, Major-General Beary said: “I was extremely encouraged by this first meeting with Prime Minister...
  • UNIFIL commander Beary meets with Speaker Berri
    22 Dec 2016 - UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Michael Beary today visited the Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, Nabih Berri in Beirut. During the meeting, Major General Beary congratulated the Speaker on the recent political breakthroughs, namely the election of a...
  • Major General Beary chairs tripartite meeting with LAF and IDF
    15 Dec 2016 - The UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Michael Beary today chaired a regular tripartite meeting with senior officials from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at the UN position at Ras Al Naqoura. Discussions focused on...
  • UNIFIL head meets with Lebanese judiciary officials
    14 Dec 2016 - UNIFL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Michael Beary met with a delegation of Lebanese judiciary officials led by the President of the Supreme Judicial Council Judge, Juean Fahed, and the Prosecutor General Judge Samir Hammoud, in Beirut on Tuesday. While...

  • Some 60 dignitaries from south-western Lebanon pose for a group photo with the UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander, Major General Michael Beary.

    Strong partnership between peacekeepers and local community vital, UNIFIL head tells local leaders
    12 Nov 2016 - During his introductory meeting with local authorities and religious leaders from south-western Lebanon, head of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Major General Michael Beary today underlined the importance of cooperation between UN peacekeepers and the host community in...
  • Major-General Beary chairs 100th tripartite meeting with LAF and IDF officials
    09 Nov 2016 - The Head of Mission and Force Commander of UNIFIL, Major General Michael Beary, today chaired a regular tripartite meeting with senior officials from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at the UN position at Ras Al Naqoura. Today’s discussions...
  • Major-General Beary applauds Brazil’s leadership role in UNIFIL’s MTF
    03 Nov 2016 - UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Michael Beary today praised the leadership role of the Brazilian Navy in the UN peacekeeping mission’s Maritime Task Force (MTF). While greeting the visiting Minister of Defense of the Federal Republic of Brazil, Raul...
  • UNIFIL head meets leaders from southeastern Lebanon
    29 Oct 2016 - The Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Major-General Michael Beary today met with the local authorities and religious leaders based in the eastern sector of the UNIFIL area of operations at the Sector headquarters in...

  • UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Michael Beary salutes an Indonesian UNIFIL peacekeeper at the United Nations Day celebrations at UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura.

    UNIFIL celebrates United Nations Day
    24 Oct 2016 - The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) today celebrated United Nations Day amidst a special ceremony at the peacekeeping mission’s headquarters in Naqoura, south Lebanon. During the ceremony, UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Michael Beary...

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