Press Releases

  • UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Paolo Serra saluting the Guard of Honor during the ceremony of establishment of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon

    19 Mar 2013 - The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) today held a ceremony at the mission headquarters to mark 35 years of its peacekeeping presence in southern Lebanon. Representatives from the Lebanese armed and security forces, local mayors and community leaders attended the...
  • Minister of Social Affairs Mr. Wael Abou Faour (left), UNIFIL Deputy Head of Mission Mr. Milos Strugar (center) and LAF Major General Abdul Rahman Shehaitly speaking before the signature of the Memorandum of Understanding.

    14 Mar 2013 - The Minister of Social Affairs (MOSA) of the Republic of Lebanon, Mr. Wael Abou Faour, accompanied by Major-General Abdul Rahman Shehaitly, LAF Government Coordinator, today paid a visit to the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) where he met with UNIFIL Deputy Head of Mission...
  • 13 Mar 2013 - 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 Defence Forces (IDF) at the UN...
  • 19 Feb 2013 - The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Maritime Task Force (MTF) today underwent a transfer of command at a ceremony aboard a ship in Beirut Harbour presided by UNIFIL Force Commander Major-General Paolo Serra. UNIFIL outgoing Rear Admiral Wagner Lopes de Moraes...
  • 23 Jan 2013 - 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 Defence Forces (IDF) at the UN...
  • 18 Jan 2013 - The Lebanese President Michel Sleiman, today paid a visit to the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) located in Naqoura, south Lebanon. UNIFIL Force Commander Major-General Paolo Serra welcomed the President to UNIFIL and expressed appreciation...
  • UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson welcomed to UNIFIL HQ by Force Commander Major-General Paolo Serra.

    09 Dec 2012 - United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson visited the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) where he met with Force Commander Major-General Paolo Serra and the Mission's senior leadership. The Deputy Secretary-General was accompanied by the Assistant Secretary-General...
  • 29 Nov 2012 - The Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Forcein Lebanon (UNIFIL), Major-General Paolo Serra, today chaired a regular tripartite meeting with senior officers from the Lebanese Armed Forces(LAF) and the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) at the UN Position...
  • UNIFIL Employees buying goods at the food and handicrafts expo held in UNIFIL’s HQ

    18 Oct 2012 - An exhibition of traditional Lebanese food and handicraft was held at UNIFIL Headquarters in Naquora on Thursday, 18 October 2012 as part of celebrations to commemorate UN Day (24 October) and to mark the International Rural Women's Day (15 October). Nineteen local cooperatives...
  • 11 Oct 2012 - The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) today donated UN owned equipment and vehicles to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), the Directorate of General Security, Ministry of Interior and the Lebanese Red Cross, at a ceremony held at its Headquarters in Naquora....

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