UNIFIL Press Statement on Special Tripartite meeting, 25 April 2012
Naqoura, Lebanon – The Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Major-General Paolo Serra, chaired today a tripartite meeting with senior officials from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the…
Special Tripartite Meeting on Wednesday 25 April 2012
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…
Prime Minister of Italy visits UNIFIL, 07 April 2012
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…
Marking Mine Awareness Day, 04 April 2012
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…
Message on the International Day of Mine Awareness Day and assistance in mine action, 04 April 2012
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…
UNIFIL marks International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, 04 April 2012
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…
UNIFIL Spanish peacekeepers assisting the children in assembling a kite in Ein Arab
Southern children at play with UNIFIL peacekeepers
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…
UNIFIL Press Statement: Tripartite Meeting held today, 29 August 2012
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)…
Force Commander Major-General Paolo Serra congratulating the students at the generator section in UNIFIL Headquarters. Naqoura, August 28th, 2012. Photo by Pasqual Gorriz/ UNIFIL
Back to school...equipped with practical experience
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…
UNIFIL Welcomes Mandate Renewal, 31 August 2012
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…
Time for fun - and to learn to save water - on World Water Day
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…
Indonesian peacekeepers performing a traditional comic dance during a poetry competition ceremony in Marjayoun that was organized by UNIFIL on 23 March 2012 for the World Poetry Day
Southern youths showcase their talents on World Poetry Day
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…