Special Tripartite Meeting called for Thursday 23 February 2012
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…
Address of the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at UNIFIL headquarters, Naqoura - 14 January 2012
(UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT ) Dear Major-General Alberto Asarta Cuevas, Force Commander and UNIFIL Head of Mission, Dear officers, Dear men and women of UNIFIL, Dear colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, I am honoured to be here today…
LAF – UNIFIL Joint exercise in natural disaster, 27 February 2011
Media agencies are invited to a Joint Exercise in natural disaster response in the area adjacent to the LAF Headquarters Barracks in Tyr, close to the Hotel Platinum roundabout, at 8:30 am on Sunday, 27 February 2011. The two…
UNIFIL, LAF in combined live fire exercise, 05 September 2012
(Joint Press Release - LAF and UNIFIL) The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) yesterday conducted a combined live firing exercise in southern Lebanon. Units from UNIFIL's…
Media Statement attributable to UNIFIL Spokesperson Andrea Tenenti, 04 September 2012
"We have seen reports in the media suggesting that UNIFIL should be deployed along the Lebanese border with Syria. UNIFIL's deployment and functions have been mandated by the UN Security Council with the specific consent of…
UNIFIL Maritime Task Force joint exercise, 14 July 2009
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Maritime Task Force (MTF) conducted yesterday a Maritime Joint Exercise off the coast of Lebanon in close cooperation with the Lebanese Navy. The aim of this Joint Exercise…
United Nations Secretary-General visits UNIFIL, 14 January 2012
Naqoura, Lebanon – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today visited the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) where he was received by UNIFIL Force Commander Major-General Alberto Asarta Cuevas. He also…
New UNIFIL Deputy Force Commander assumes charge, 05 May 2010
Naqoura, Lebanon – On 28 April 2010, Brigadier-General Santi Bonfanti of Italy assumed the post of Deputy Force Commander and Deputy Head of Mission of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), succeeding…
UNIFIL Force Commander Major-General Paolo Serra meeting with Lebanese authorities, 19 September 201
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Paolo Serra today called on President Michel Sleiman, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Najib Mikati. The meetings come at the heels of the extension of…
UNIFIL Force Commander Major-General Paolo Serra and LAF South Litani Commander Brigadier-General George Chraim lay wreaths at the UNIFIL Cenotaph in honour of Peacekeepers who have lost their lives in southern Lebanon.
“Painting for Peace” - UNIFIL Commemorates International Day of Peace, 20 September 2012
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) today held a ceremony at its headquarters in Naquora to mark the 31st International Day of Peace. The ceremony, attended by representatives from the Lebanese Armed Forces…
UNIFIL Head of Mission & Force Commander Major-General Paolo Serra addresses the public at the launch of UNIFIL's new TV Series "Bread & Salt"
“BREAD AND SALT” – UNIFIL launches new TV Series
One chance, one day, ten hours - Eight extraordinary students from the Lebanese University (LU) in Beirut successfully took part in a new UNIFIL television production capacity building project. Recently graduated from the…
Mayor of Safad al-Batikh, deputy chief of UNIFIL’s Civil Affairs, Malaysian Lt. Com Bin Mohammed, and UNIFIL officials inaugurating the -Forest of Friendship- in Safad al-batikh, on 4 October 2012.
Friendship forest- From a dump to a thousand trees
“Forest of Friendship between UNIFIL and the Municipality of Safad al-Batikh” is the name of the new project implemented by UNIFIL in order to salvage the town’s nature and protect its townspeople health, through transforming…