Tripartite Meeting on 9 July 2007
PRESS RELEASE
UNIFIL To Receive A Boost With The Deployment of South Korean Peacekeepers
An advance party of South Korean peacekeepers arrived in southern Lebanon yesterday, ahead of the impending deployment of a South Korean mechanized infantry contingent, to serve as part of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). The rest of the South Korean peacekeepers will arrive…
UNIFIL Malbatt builds mini-football field in Mazraat al-Meshref
Mazraat al-Meshref municipality solicited the help of UNIFIL's Civil Affairs to build a mini-football field in the town, "a space that would gather the youth and children," as put by the town deputy mayor, Ali Abdellatif Wazne. The long-sought field will replace the nearby improvised pitch used by…
UNIFIL Force Commander meets local leaders in South Lebanon
At the UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura today, UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano hosted religious leaders, local authorities, and commanders of the Lebanese Army and Security Forces based in the UNIFIL area of operations in southern Lebanon. Major-General…
UNIFIL Force Commander meets Prime Minister Salam
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano today called on Prime Minister Tammam Salam in Beirut. Following the meeting, Major-General Portolano said: "I had a very good meeting with the Prime Minister. We discussed the situation in southern Lebanon and I briefed him…
UNIFIL Force Commander meets Speaker Berri
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano today called on the Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri in Beirut. This was Major-General Portolano's first formal meeting with the Speaker after he assumed command of UNIFIL on 24 July. Following the meeting, Major-General…
UNIFIL Force Commander awards UN medals to Nepalese peacekeepers and visits MTF
Wednesday 27th August 2014, UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano awarded the United Nations medal to the Nepalese peacekeepers based in Meiis Ej-Jabel. Major-General Portolano praised the valuable contribution of Nepalese troops to UNIFIL since its creation, in…
Ramieh learns knitting with Ghanaian battalion
While growing tobacco is a main source of earning a living in the southern Lebanese town of Ramieh, UNIFIL's Ghanaian battalion organized a knitting session for women from Ramieh, helping them to find a new kind of business. On 5th September, the Ghanaian battalion organized a knitting training…
Major-General Portolano chairs his first Tripartite Meeting as UNIFIL Force Commander
The Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Major-General Luciano Portolano, today chaired a regular tripartite meeting with senior officers from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at the UN Position at Ras Al…
Soap making workshop
Twenty-five women from the southern town of Ramieh are benefitting from a series of workshops organised by the municipality. After learning about knitting as an incoming generating activity, the women were invited to learn to make soap from olive crops during the month of September 2014. Using olive…