Press Releases

  • On International Day of Peace, UNIFIL head calls for working to shape peace together
    21 Sep 2020 - UNIFIL today marked the International Day of Peace during a ceremony at its headquarters in Naqoura, south Lebanon. Present at the ceremony were UNIFIL Head of Mission Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col, Colonel George Toufik Toufik representing the Lebanese Armed...
  • UNIFIL head chairs Tripartite meeting with LAF and IDF officials
    03 Sep 2020 - UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col today chaired a special Tripartite meeting with senior officers from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at a UN position in Ras Al Naqoura. During the meeting, the third...
  • UNIFIL statement on firing incidents along the Blue Line
    26 Aug 2020 - “On Tuesday, 25 August starting around 11:00 p.m., UNIFIL observed a number of flares fired from several IDF positions along the Blue Line across from Aytarun, Ayta Ash-Sha’b, Meiss Ej Jebel, Houla, Kfar Kila and Kfar Shouba in south Lebanon.  UNIFIL radars also detected...
  • UNIFIL head stresses tripartite efforts to preserve stability along the Blue Line
    02 Jul 2020 - UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col today chaired a second special Tripartite meeting since the COVID-19 outbreak with senior officers from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at a UN position in Ras Al...
  • Foreign Minister Hitti visits UNIFIL and Blue Line
    01 Jul 2020 - The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants of Lebanon, Nassif Hitti, today visited the UNIFIL Headquarters as well the Mission’s area of operations and the Blue Line accompanied by over 30 young Lebanese diplomats, to see first-hand the work carried out by the Mission in...
  • EU Ambassadors in South Lebanon support UNIFIL’s mission
    18 Jun 2020 - A 15-member delegation of the European Union (EU) comprising Ambassadors and senior diplomatic officials accredited to Lebanon, visited the UNIFIL Headquarters as well as the Mission’s area of operations and the Blue Line today. UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major...
  • Partial rotations of UNIFIL troops resume
    15 Jun 2020 - Following suspension with some exceptions by Secretary-General António Guterres in April 2020 of all rotations, repatriations and deployments of uniformed personnel to mitigate the transmission of COVID-19 Coronavirus, UNIFIL today started partial resumption of its troops...
  • On International Peacekeepers Day, UNIFIL salutes women’s participation in peace building and conflict resolution
    29 May 2020 - UNIFIL today observed the International Day of UN Peacekeepers at its headquarters in Naqoura, paying tribute to the contribution of uniformed and civilian personnel and to honour more than 3,900...
  • Prime Minister Diab visits UNIFIL
    27 May 2020 - In a show of support to the UNIFIL Mission in south Lebanon, Prime Minister Hassan Diab today led a 10-member delegation to the Mission Headquarters in Naqoura where he was briefed on the work of UNIFIL.  UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col...
  • UNIFIL head chairs special Tripartite meeting with LAF and IDF officials
    14 May 2020 - UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col today chaired a special Tripartite meeting – the first since the COVID-19 outbreak – with senior officers from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at a UN...

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