Press Releases

  • 12 Aug 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 Speaker of Parliament, Nabih Berri, in Beirut. This was Major-General Beary’s first meeting with the Speaker after he assumed command...
  • 29 Jul 2016 - UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Michael Beary met today with the Director General of General Security Major-General Abbas Ibrahim in Beirut. This was Major-General Beary’s first meeting with the Director General after he assumed command of UNIFIL on 19...
  • 22 Jul 2016 - UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Michael Beary today called on Prime Minister Tammam Salam and Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander General Jean Khawaji in separate meetings in Beirut. The meetings discussed the security and political situation in the...
  • Outgoing Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano hands over the UN flag to Major-General Michael Beary.

    19 Jul 2016 - The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) today underwent a transfer of command from Major-General Luciano Portolano (Italy) to Major-General Michael Beary (Ireland). The hand-over ceremony at UNIFIL Headquarters in Naqoura was attended among others by the Lebanese...
  • UNIFIL Deputy Head of Mission Imran Riza, and the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Marc Ayrault, review the guard of honour at UNIFIL’s headquarters in Naqoura.

    11 Jul 2016 - The French Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development, Jean-Marc Ayrault, visited the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in Naqoura, south Lebanon, today. UNIFIL’s Deputy Head of Mission Imran Riza received Mr. Ayrault at the...
  • 23 Jun 2016 - The Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Major-General Luciano Portolano, today chaired a regular tripartite meeting with senior officials from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at the UN...
  • 17 Jun 2016 - UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano continued his meetings with high-ranking Lebanese officials in Beirut today as part of his farewell call with the authorities. Today, Major-General Portolano called on, separately, the Lebanese Minister...
  • 13 Jun 2016 - UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano today paid farewell visits to a number of senior Lebanese officials including the Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Tammam Salam, in the capital Beirut. Major-General...
  • UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano salutes his fellow peacekeepers.

    30 May 2016 - The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) today observed the International Day of UN Peacekeepers, paying tribute to thousands of military and civilian personnel for their service of peace, in a ceremony held at its Naqoura Headquarters in southern Lebanon. The UN...
  • 13 May 2016 - The President of Italy, His Excellency Sergio Mattarella, today visited the Italian troops based in Sector West headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), in Shamaa in the southern part of the country. UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-...

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