Imran Riza, Deputy Head of the Mission of UNIFIL, inaugurates a new UNIFIL-funded training room at the Agricultural Bureau in Bint Jubayl.
Olive Oil Farmers to Test their Oil for Quality
In a new room at the Agricultural Bureau in Bint Jubayl, a round of applause breaks out as Imran Riza, Deputy Head of the Mission of UNIFIL hands out olive oil quality lab testing equipment to representatives from three olive…
UNIFIL Press Statement on today’s incident along the Blue Line
Late this afternoon, UNIFIL was informed that two IDF vehicles were attacked south of the Blue Line in the general area of Sheeba Farms. The IDF returned artillery fire in the general area of Kafr Chouba, Abbasiva and Bastara…
UNIFIL humanitarian activities in 2015
2015 has just ended and ten years have almost passed from the adoption of Security Council resolution 1701 (2006). The security environment in south Lebanon is strategically different today compared to the situation that…
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano met today at Naqoura Headquarters with religious and local authorities, Naqoura South Lebanon.
UNIFIL hosts local authorities and religious leaders
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano today hosted local authorities and religious leaders from south Lebanon at the UNIFIL Headquarters in Naqoura to convey UNIFIL's wishes for a peaceful…
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano pauses for a picture outside Basel Assad Cultural Center in Tyre.
Women from South Lebanon make recommendations about peace and empowerment
It's no secret that the primary victims of armed conflict are civilians, in particular women and their children. Yet women are noticeably absent from the subsequent cease fire negotiations and peace agreements. To this end UN…
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano meets Lebanese Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri.
UNIFIL Head of Mission meets Lebanese leaders in Beirut
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano today called on the Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, Prime Minister Tammam Salam and Minister of Interior Nouhad Machnouk in Beirut. Major-General…
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano meets Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Samir Moqbel.
UNIFIL HoM meets Minister of Defence Samir Moqbel and LAF Commander Jean Kahwaji
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano today called on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Samir Moqbel and LAF Commander Jean Kahwaji in separate meetings in Beirut. Major…
A UNIFIL Malaysian peacekeeper warming up with kindergarten school children next to a heater donated by UNIFIL to Deir Kifa Public school, South Lebanon.
A warm classroom is a productive classroom
When the temperature drops in South Lebanon you really feel it. Particularly in the local schools. Most of these buildings have single glazed windows, and the concrete walls provide no insulation from the wintery chill. Deir…
Ghifar Charaffedine, radio producer at UNIFIL, records an interview with a UNIFIL peacekeeper.
Tuning into the Frequency of Peace – UNIFIL Radio unit for World Radio Day 2016
On location in South Lebanon Ghifar Charafeddine adjusts the sound on his microphone and recorder as he begins to interview a member of the Lebanese Municipal Police. UNIFIL's Radio Unit are doing a story on police training…
Students decorate the mirrors using the technique known as Decoupage.
Crafting a new future
A rustle of paper accompanies the murmur of friendly conversation in the sewing and hand crafts class at Shabriha in south Lebanon. Today the group of local women are using Napkin Art and Decoupage to decorate small hand…
This student shows off his just finished origami cat and dog.
Origami: creativity and maths folded into One
Morning light floods in to the busy classroom at the Tyre Community School highlighting the brightly coloured squares of paper scattered on each desk. A sense of alert concentration fills the air as Origami expert, Seiko…
A UNIFIL Military Police Officer giving a session on check point best practice.
UNIFIL trains municipal police in south Lebanon
The body lying on the floor with a mobile phone in his hand looks so realistic that a number of people walking by the unused prefab room take nervous second glances through the window. The dummy is part of a training exercise…