News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

In February this year, UNIFIL's Civil Affairs donated sound and light equipment to Tyros for Arts association, which is involved in organising art workshops and festivals in Tyre. UNIFIL's involvement contributed to the success of theatre, cinema, poetry, and arts workshops involving around one…

The UN General Assembly declared 21 June as International Yoga Day. In observance of this Day, UNIFIL Indian battalion organised a Yoga display and cultural exchange at their base in Ebel Saqi, in southern Lebanon.

Three Lebanese civil defense firefighters, accompanied with a captain from UNIFIL Fire Brigade unit, have to enter a burning building, extinguish a fire and cool down the place. This is one of the scenarios during a three-day training conducted by UNIFIL's Fire Safety Unit in Naqoura in…

The Deputy Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations, H.E. Caroline Ziade paid a visit today to the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in Naqoura in southern Lebanon. UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano welcomed…

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…

The Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Major-General Luciano Portolano, yesterday delivered the keynote address at the graduation ceremony of the American University of Science and Technology held in Biel, Beirut. Addressing the graduates…

Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mr. Paolo Gentiloni today paid a visit to the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in Naqoura, southern Lebanon and visited his country’s troops operating in UNIFIL. The Foreign Minister and a…

On 8 July, UNIFIL's Sector East Commander Brigadier-General Jose Conde walked around al-Taybe popular market held every Wednesday in the town square. Normally items on sale include vegetables, fruits, and clothes and are usually cheaper than those displayed in regular shops. "This market has started…

"I keep coming back to south Lebanon searching for peace of mind," said Erik Hovet a former Norwegian peacekeeper who served in UNIFIL's Norwegian Armoured Personnel Carrier Platoon, in the southern town of Ibl Saqi in 1980. "Over the past 30 years, my mind was in Lebanon every day, thinking about…

On 3 August, UNIFIL donated a topographical Global Positioning System (GPS) device to the Regional Technical Office (RTO) of the Union of Municipalities of Tyre during a ceremony which was held in Qulaylah. The ceremony was presided over by the Italian Battalion commander, Colonel Giovanni Biondi…

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…

On 17 August 2015, the Prime Minister of Finland, Mr. Juha Sipilä and the Prime Minister of Estonia, Mr. Taavi Rõivas paid a joint visit to the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in Naqoura, southern Lebanon and visited their troops operating in Finnish-Irish…