News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

(UNIFIL press statement on Tripartite Meeting, 13 July 2011) The Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Major-General Alberto Asarta Cuevas, today chaired a regular tripartite meeting with senior officials from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Israel Defence…

TIBNIN, Lebanon - UNIFIL Force Commander Major-General Alberto Asarta Cuevas today visited the newly deployed Irish Battalion in south Lebanon at the start of their mission as part of UNIFIL. UNIFIL Force Commander Major-General Alberto Asarta Cuevas meeting with Commanding Officer of the Irish…

(Statement by UNIFIL Military Spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Gokul Bhandaree on stand-off between UNIFIL convoy and local people in south Lebanon):"Yesterday, Monday 27 June 2011, at around 8:30 pm a UNIFIL convoy coming from Beirut with newly arrived troops lost its way in the vicinity of the town…

The French Ambassador to Lebanon Denis Pietton, on behalf of his government, today handed over eight Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) at a ceremony held at the UNIFIL Headquarters in Naqoura. The APCs were deployed with French troops in UNIFIL and had been…

14 April 2011 - In response to reports on Israeli tanks crossing the Technical Fence near the village of El Adeisseh in south Lebanon, UNIFIL Spokesperson Neeraj Singh said: "At around 08:00 hours this morning UNIFIL was informed by LAF that two IDF tanks had crossed the Israeli Technical Fence in…

11 April 2011 - Payment of rent for land allocated for use by UNIFIL is the responsibility of the Lebanese government, UNIFIL Spokesperson Neeraj Singh said Monday (April 11, 2011), following protests by some land owners over not receiving compensation for the use by UNFIL of their property. Singh…

Naqoura, Lebanon - The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) marked today the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. At a ceremony at UNIFIL Sector West headquarters in Shama, Force Commander Major-General Alberto Asarta Cuevas highlighted UNIFIL's…

Naqoura, Lebanon – The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) today held a ceremony at the Mission headquarters to observe the 33rd anniversary of its peacekeeping presence in southern Lebanon. Peacekeepers representing the 34 different national contingents that make up UNIFIL participated…

Naqoura, 12 January 2011 -- The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) today remembered fallen comrades who died in the devastating earthquake in Haiti last year, honouring them in a ceremony at UNIFIL Headquarters in Naqoura. UNIFIL peacekeepers, civilian and military, observed a minute of silence to…

Naqoura, Lebanon – Lebanese President Michel Sleiman today paid a visit to the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) at Naqoura in southern Lebanon. President Sleiman expressed the appreciation of the Lebanese people for the peacekeepers, particularly that there is…

30 November 2010 - United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams and UNIFIL Force Commander Major-General Alberto Asarta Cuevas today met with Acting Director General Rafi Barak of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem. Mr. Barak informed them about the decision of…

Naqoura, Lebanon – The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) today joined the global observance of the United Nations Day (24 October) in a ceremony at its headquarters in Naqoura in southern Lebanon. UNIFIL Force Commander Major-General Alberto Asarta Cuevas presented certificates…