Press Releases
- 04 Apr 2009 - On the occasion of the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action on Saturday, 4 April UNIFIL will conduct mine risk education and other activities across southern Lebanon. Explosive Ordnance Disposal teams from UNIFIL's Chinese, Italian, French, South...
- 04 Apr 2009 - Naqoura, Lebanon – The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) marked the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action by bringing greater focus on mine risk education for children. Schools in Ain Arab, Ayta Ash Sha'b, Bint Jubayl, Burj Rahhal,...
- 02 Apr 2009 - Media are invited on Thursday, 2nd April at 2:00 pm to attend a live fire exercise conducted by the Field Artillery Group of the Quick Reaction Force of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) with the Lebanese Armed Forces 65th Artillery Battalion. The exercise...
- 19 Mar 2009 - A ceremony to mark the occasion will be held at UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura, South Lebanon in the morning of 19 March. UNIFIL was created by the UN Security Council resolutions 425 and 426 of 19 March 1978, to confirm Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, restore international...
- 19 Mar 2009 - The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) held a ceremony at the Mission headquarters in Naqoura to mark the 31st anniversary of its peacekeeping presence in southern Lebanon. Peacekeepers representing the 30 different national contingents that make up UNIFIL...
- 18 Mar 2009 - The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is pleased to announce the launch of its official public website http://unifil.unmissions.org. The website provides comprehensive information on...
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01 Mar 2009 - Beirut, Lebanon – The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) today transferred command of its Maritime Task Force (MTF) to Belgium at the end of the scheduled one-year term of the European Maritime Force (EUROMARFOR) at the helm of the MTF.
...Updated information on incident of rockets fire from Lebanon and IDF counter fire on 14 January 200915 Jan 2009 - Yesterday, after receiving reports of rockets fired from Lebanese territory towards Israel, UNIFIL launched an investigation into the incident in close cooperation with the parties.UNIFIL and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) intensively patrolled and searched the area from...
- 09 Jan 2009 - This afternoon a patrol from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), operating in coordination with the Lebanese Armed Forces, found an old weapons cache inside two disused bunkers located between the hills of Kafer Chouba and Kafer Hammam in the Eastern Sector of...
- 10 Dec 2008 - Former United States President Jimmy Carter today visited the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) headquarters in Naqoura, south Lebanon, where he was received by UNIFIL Force Commander Major-General Claudio Graziano. He undertook an aerial tour of the Line of...
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