Statement of Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations.
(Mr. Alain Le Roy during a press encounter at the Blue Line in south Lebanon Monday, 4 May 2009) This is my first visit to UNIFIL since taking up office in 2008. I spent today with the UNIFIL troops in the field to see first hand the way UNIFIL operates. I was briefed about and saw some of the joint…
International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action on 4 April 2009
Naqoura, Lebanon – The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) marked the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action by bringing greater focus on mine risk education for children. Schools in Ain Arab, Ayta Ash Sha'b, Bint Jubayl, Burj Rahhal, Houla, Ramyah, Yarin and…
UNIFIL activities on International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action - 4 April
On the occasion of the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action on Saturday, 4 April UNIFIL will conduct mine risk education and other activities across southern Lebanon. Explosive Ordnance Disposal teams from UNIFIL's Chinese, Italian, French, South Korean and Spanish…
UNIFIL - LAF joint artillery exercise will be held on 2 April 2009 at 2 PM
Media are invited on Thursday, 2 nd April at 2:00 pm to attend a live fire exercise conducted by the Field Artillery Group of the Quick Reaction Force of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) with the Lebanese Armed Forces 65th Artillery Battalion. The exercise will be held 1 km south…
UNIFIL Establishment Day on 19 March 2009
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) held a ceremony at the Mission headquarters in Naqoura to mark the 31st anniversary of its peacekeeping presence in southern Lebanon. Peacekeepers representing the 30 different national contingents that make up UNIFIL participated in the event…
UNIFIL announces launch of its official website on 18 March 2009
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is pleased to announce the launch of its official public website http://unifil.unmissions.org. The website provides comprehensive information on UNIFIL's history, mandate and activities in south Lebanon. The website features the latest news and…
Old weapons cache with several rockets found in south Lebanon on 9 January 2009
This afternoon a patrol from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), operating in coordination with the Lebanese Armed Forces, found an old weapons cache inside two disused bunkers located between the hills of Kafer Chouba and Kafer Hammam in the Eastern Sector of UNIFIL's Area of…
Updated information on incident of rockets fire from Lebanon and IDF counter fire on 14 January 2009
Yesterday, after receiving reports of rockets fired from Lebanese territory towards Israel, UNIFIL launched an investigation into the incident in close cooperation with the parties. UNIFIL and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) intensively patrolled and searched the area from where the rockets had…
Transfer of Authority Ceremony at UNIFIL HQ, 28 January 2010
Media representatives are invited to a Transfer of Authority ceremony at UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura on Thursday 28 January 2010. Major-General Alberto Asarta Cuevas (Spain) will assume command of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) from Lieutenant-General Claudio Graziano (Italy…
UNIFIL ground operations
Every day several hundred patrols, each with two or three white vehicles flying the UN flag, roll down the roads of southern Lebanon. Added to that are a hundred Observation Posts, a number of foot patrols, de-miners and engineering teams working along the Blue Line and other areas on the ground and…
UNIFIL statements on the incident at El Adeisse, 03 August 2010
Regarding the exchange of fire between the Lebanese Armed Forces and Israeli Defense Forces in the area of El Adeisse along the Blue Line on Tuesday 03 August 2010, UNIFIL Public Information Office has released the following comments to the media on Tuesday: "There has been an exchange of fire…
Lebanese Independence Day at UNIFIL
Lebanese staff members of UNIFIL marked their country's independence with speeches, patriotic song and traditional dance during a ceremony at UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura. Mission leadership led by Force Commander Major General Alberto Asarta Cuevas joined UNIFIL's National Staff Union in…