Press Releases

  • Head of Mission Major General Paolo Serra during the meeting with Lebanese President Michel Sleiman.

    UNIFIL Force Commander meets Lebanese leaders in Beirut
    27 Feb 2014 - UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Paolo Serra today called on the President of Lebanon Michel Sleiman and Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri in Beirut. He also visited former Prime Minister Najib Mikati to express gratitude for his support to UNIFIL during...
  • UNIFIL Force Commander meets Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam
    20 Feb 2014 - UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Paolo Serra together with United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly and UN Deputy Special Coordinator and UNDP Resident and Coordinator Ross Mountain today called on the newly appointed Prime Minister...
  • Statement on the death of UNTSO military observer
    05 Feb 2014 - In the early hours of Wednesday, 5 February 2014 one UNTSO (United Nations Truce Supervision Organization) Military Observer from Austria died after falling from a balcony of a building in the city of Tyr, where he was residing. He was immediately taken to Jabel Amel hospital...
  • Tripartite Meeting held on 29 January 2014
    29 Jan 2014 - The Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Major-General Paolo Serra, today chaired a regular tripartite meeting with senior officers from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at the UN...
  • UNIFIL Press Statement on unidentified object
    20 Jan 2014 - On 18 January, UNIFIL troops observed an unidentified object in the general area of Al Adeisse, close to the Blue Line. UNIFIL immediately informed LAF about the matter. After coordination with LAF, a UNIFIL GIS team conducted technical measurements in the area and...
  • UNIFIL Force Commander condemns in the strongest terms the explosion in Haret Hreik
    03 Jan 2014 - UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander, Major General Paolo Serra, condemns in the strongest terms yesterday’s car bomb in the southern Beirut suburb of Haret Hreik which led to tragic loss of lives and many injuries. Major-General Paolo Serra said: "I deplore...
  • UNIFIL Updated Media line on the rocket firing of 29 Dec 2013
    30 Dec 2013 - Following last morning’s rocket firing from southern Lebanon towards Israel, later yesterday the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) found four rocket firing sites with improvised launch mechanisms in the El Khraibe area east of El Khiam. UNIFIL investigators, accompanied...
  • UNIFIL Press Statement on rocket fire, 29 December 2013
    29 Dec 2013 - This morning at around 7:35am UNIFIL radars detected firing of at least two rockets from the general area of El Khiam in southern Lebanon towards Israel. The IDF informed UNIFIL that two rockets fired from Lebanon had impacted in the vicinity of Kiryat Shimona in northern...

  • UNIFIL Head of Mission & Force Commander Major-General Paolo Serra receiving Lebanese Armed Forces General Jean Kahwagi at UNIFIL heliport.

    LAF Commander General Jean Kahwagi visits UNIFIL in Naqoura
    23 Dec 2013 - UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Paolo Serra today received the Lebanese Armed Forces Commander General Jean Kahwagi at UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura. The Commanders, accompanied by senior UNIFIL and LAF officials, discussed issues related...
  • Extraordinary Tripartite Meeting held on 16 December 2013
    16 Dec 2013 - Following the serious incident of last night in which an IDF soldier on the Israeli side of the Blue Line was killed by fire from a Lebanese soldier, UNIFIL Force Commander Major-General Paolo Serra convened and chaired an extraordinary Tripartite meeting today with...

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