UNIFIL Major-General Michael Beary meets with the Director General of General Security
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Michael Beary met today with the Director General of General Security Major-General Abbas Ibrahim in Beirut. This was Major-General Beary’s first meeting with the…
The crowd stands and salutes as The Last Post is played to remember four Observer Group Lebanon (OGL) Peacekeepers who were killed in action ten years ago. They were: Major Hans-Peter Lang from Austria, Major Paeta Derek Hess-von Kruedener from Canada, Lieutenant Jarno Makinen from Finland, and Major Du Zhaoyu from China. The ceremony was held at the site of their old patrol base in Khiam, south Lebanon.
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…
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…
Young people cut through the freshly baked pizza made at UNIFIL's Italian Base in Chama.
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…
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…
Behind the scenes of UN radio interview with UNIFIL’s Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-general Michael Beary.
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…
Members of the Lebanese Armed Forces participating in the “SPANBATT Para-Challenge Extreme Race” in Marjayoun, Lebanon, on 22 August 2016.
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…
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…
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Michael Beary delivers a welcoming address to invited religious leaders and politicians.
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…
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…
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…
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…