Ten years on: remembering fallen Peacekeepers
Major General Arthur David Gawn, Head of Mission and Chief of Staff of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO, began his speech with a Maori chant. The song recounted the memory of lost warriors and its poignancy enveloped the assembled crowd. On the memorial stone before them were…
UNIFIL Head Major-General Beary meets Prime Minister Salam and LAF Commander Khawaji
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Michael Beary today called on Prime Minister Tammam Salam and Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander General Jean Khawaji in separate meetings in Beirut. The meetings discussed the security and political situation in the country, the…
UNIFIL Italian Peacekeepers share pizza making with children of LAF martyrs
Recently UNIFIL Italian Contingent held a social day for sixty Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) martyrs’ children between the ages of 7 and 18 at the UNIFIL Italian base in the southern town of Shama. The event was also attended by local authorities and LAF officers. The visit included educational…
UNIFIL Head of Mission Major-General Beary calls on Speaker Berri
The Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Major-General Michael Beary, today met with the Speaker of Parliament, Nabih Berri, in Beirut. This was Major-General Beary’s first meeting with the Speaker after he assumed command of UNIFIL on 19 July…
UN radio interviews UNIFIL Head of Mission Major-General Michael Beary
On a recent visit to the headquarters of the United Nations in New York, UNIFIL’s Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Michael Beary met with the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and other senior figures in the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations. He also…
LAF team wins UNIFIL-organized ‘para-challenge extreme’ race
A team comprising runners from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) was the winner of a UNIFIL-organized obstacle race in the south-eastern Lebanese town of Marjayoun on Monday. UNIFIL’s Sector East Headquarters was the first runner-up and the UN Mission’s Spanish Battalion the second runner-up. A total…
UNIFIL-supported waste management facility inaugurated in south Lebanon
UNIFIL’s Spanish Battalion Commander Lt. Col. Fernandez Romero inaugurated a waste management facility in the south-eastern Lebanese municipality of Kleyaa on Tuesday. The new facility, supported by Spain, will collect garbage not only from Kleyaa but also from the neighbouring villages of Deir…
UNIFIL Head of Mission hosts local authorities and religious leaders
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Michael Beary today hosted local authorities, religious leaders and LAF representatives from south Lebanon at the UNIFIL Headquarters in Naqoura to convey his profound appreciation for their strong support and to discuss issues of common…
Major-General Beary chairs first tripartite meeting as UNIFIL Head of Mission
The Head of Mission and Force Commander of UNIFIL, Major-General Michael Beary, today chaired his first tripartite meeting with senior officials from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at the UN position at Ras Al Naqoura. Today’s discussions focused on issues…
Ten-year renewal of UNIFIL pursuant to Security Council resolution 1701 (2006)
Statement attributable to the Spokesman of the Secretary-General on UNIFIL New York, 30 August 2016 The Secretary-General welcomes the unanimous extension today by the Security Council of the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). He notes that during the past ten years…
UNIFIL Head of Mission Major-General Beary meets Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Samir Moqbel
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Michael Beary today called on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Samir Moqbel in Beirut. Discussions focused on the situation in UNIFIL’s area of operations, issues related to the implementation of UNIFIL’s mandate under UN Security…
New UNIFIL initiative to ensure gender perspective in host communities
The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) last month set up a special team of uniformed and civilian female members of the peacekeeping mission to ensure a gender perspective is present when various battalions interact with female members of the host communities. The Female Assessment/Analysis and…