LAF and UNIFIL Conduct Joint Live Firing Exercise, 15 February 2012
Naqoura, Lebanon - The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) carried out a joint live firing exercise combining artillery and machine gun fire near UNIFIL Headquarters in Naqoura…
Major-General Asarta bids farewell to Lebanese officials, 27 January 2012
UNIFIL Force Commander Major-General Alberto Asarta Cuevas today paid farewell visits to senior Lebanese officials at the end of his tenure. He was accompanied by Major-General Paolo Serra, who will assume Command of UNIFIL…
Secretary-General appoints Major-General Paolo Serra Head of Mission, Force Commander of UNIFIL
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Major General Paolo Serra of Italy as Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon. Major General Serra…
President Michel Sleiman reviews UNIFIL French troops on arrival for a visit to the "Force Commander Reserve" base at Deir Kifa in south Lebanon where he met with the injured French peacekeepers.
President Sleiman visits UNIFIL, meets injured French soldiers
Naqoura, Lebanon – Acting Force Commander Brigadier-General Santi Bonfanti today received Lebanese President Michel Sleiman at the headquarters of the UNIFIL Force Commander Reserve at Deir Kifa in southern Lebanon. President…
UNIFIL Commander urges "effective investigation" into incidents
(UNIFIL Force Commander meets Lebanese leaders) Beirut, 14 December 2011- UNIFIL Force Commander Major-General Alberto Asarta Cuevas paid a visit to Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Najib Mikati to discuss…
UNIFIL intensifies deployment, urges restraint after rocket fire from southern Lebanon into Israel
(Press Statement - Rocket fire into Israel from southern Lebanon, 29 November 2011) UNIFIL radars detected firing of at least one rocket into Israel shortly after midnight last night from the general area of Rumaysh in south…
UNIFIL ceremonial parade, long-serving staff members honoured on UN Day
(Naqoura, Lebanon - UNIFIL marks United Nations Day, 24 October 2011) The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) today celebrated the 66th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations in a ceremony at its…
Irish President visits peacekeepers; UNIFIL Commander hails Ireland's sacrifices in south Lebanon
(TIBNIN, Lebanon - President of Ireland visits troops in UNIFIL, 15 October 2011) The President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, visited her country's troops deployed with the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in southern…
UNIFIL Press Statement on Tripartite Meeting, 14 September 2011
The Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Major-General Alberto Asarta Cuevas, today chaired a tripartite meeting with senior officials from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Israel…
Force Commander briefs Lebanese officials on UNIFIL mandate extension
Beirut, 6 September 2011 - UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Alberto Asarta Cuevas this morning called on Prime Minister Najib Mikati and later in the day Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri to brief them on…
UN Security Council extends UNIFIL’s mandate, 31 August 2011
The United Nations Security Council, on the request of the Government of Lebanon, yesterday unanimously adopted resolution 2004 (2011) extending without amendment the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon…
Brief exchange of fire along Blue Line; UNIFIL urges restraint
(Statement by UNIFL Spokesperson Neeraj Singh on the brief exchange of fire along the Blue Line, 01 August 2011) We can confirm that at around 7 am this morning there was a brief exchange of fire between the Lebanese army and…