News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

Naqoura, Lebanon – The Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Major-General Paolo Serra, said that he will convene, on Wednesday 25 April, a special tripartite meeting with senior officials from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Israel…

Naqoura, Lebanon – The Prime Minister of Italy, Mario Monti, today visited his country's troops deployed with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Paolo Serra welcomed the Prime Minister at UNIFIL's Sector West headquarters at…

It was an unusual sight on this International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action in southern Lebanon – the UN Mine Action Support Team manager in sport head gear and clothes roller-skiing on the road along the Mediterranean coast. But Michael Hands, UNMAST's Programme Manager…

United Nations mine action programmes make an invaluable contribution to post-conflict recovery, humanitarian relief efforts, peace operations and development initiatives. They prevent landmines and other explosive ordnance from causing further indiscriminate harm long after conflicts have ended…

Naqoura, Lebanon – The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) today observed the International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. A ceremony at the UNIFIL Headquarters in Naqoura marked the 200th point de-mined on the Blue Line, and the head of the UN Mine Action Support…

It really felt like a Happy Eid in Tibnin, especially at the town's centre where hundreds of children gathered on 21 August to enjoy a day of fun with UNIFIL's Finnish and Irish peacekeepers. It really felt like a Happy Eid in Tibnin, especially at the town's centre where hundreds of children…

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 officials from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) at the UN Position at Ras Al Naqoura…

Twelve Technical School students will be back to school this fall equipped with real practical and field experience to add to the theoretical schooling they are receiving at Bint Jbeil Public Technical School in southern Lebanon. Back to school with a lot more than just summer fun! Twelve Technical…

The United Nations Security Council, on the request of Lebanon, yesterday unanimously adopted resolution 2064 (2012), extending without any changes the mandate of the United Nations Interim Mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL) for one year, until 31 August 2013. UNIFIL Force Commander Major-General Paolo…

They played games and picked up a few tips. That's how about 500 Lebanese school children marked World Water Day in southern Lebanon. The school children aged 8 to 10 from eight schools mainly in the Tyr district of the south, in addition to a few from schools in the Beirut area as well as some…

The youths of southern Lebanon got a chance to show their poetry talents in a competition organized by UNIFIL for World Poetry Day. World Poetry Day was marked this year with a ceremony in the town of Marjayoun to pick winners of the poetry competition. The competition, under the UNESCO proposed…

The Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Major-General Paolo Serra, has called a special tripartite meeting tomorrow with senior officials from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) at the UN Position at Ras Al Naqoura crossing. The…