A hive of activity at UNIFIL beekeeping workshop
The beekeepers move in closer to the instructor, Ali Yasin, as he prepares to plant some queen bees. Yasin, a beekeeper himself and an expert in cultivating queens, holds up a honeycomb and explains how he prepared it in order to reap a good batch. Yasin is a trainer on agricultural technics at the…
Major-General Beary applauds Brazil’s leadership role in UNIFIL’s MTF
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Michael Beary today praised the leadership role of the Brazilian Navy in the UN peacekeeping mission’s Maritime Task Force (MTF). While greeting the visiting Minister of Defense of the Federal Republic of Brazil, Raul Belens Jungmann Pinto, at…
Major-General Beary chairs 100th tripartite meeting with LAF and IDF officials
The Head of Mission and Force Commander of UNIFIL, Major General Michael Beary, today chaired a regular 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…
UNIFIL’s Chief Inspects Mine Clearance Work
The demined path to one of the most recently agreed Blue Line points in Blida, south Lebanon, is wide and clearly marked. Even so, UNIFIL’s Head of Mission and Force Commander, Major-General Michael Beary, must wear a protective vest and helmet with a visor before inspecting it. UNIFIL’s chief is…
Strong partnership between peacekeepers and local community vital, UNIFIL head tells local leaders
During his introductory meeting with local authorities and religious leaders from south-western Lebanon, head of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Major General Michael Beary today underlined the importance of cooperation between UN peacekeepers and the host community in order to sustain the…
UNIFIL observes Lebanese Independence Day
The 73rd Lebanese Independence Day was celebrated in UNIFIL headquarters with an event hosted by the Lebanese National Staff Union (NSU) last week. A choir and dancers from Cadmous College in Tyre performed to a large audience of military and civilian peacekeepers in UNIFIL’s marquee called the Rubb…
Deir Mimess water treatment plant is operational again
Sobhi Sleem, engineer and project manager, switches a button and the pumps at Deir Mimess Water Treatment plant whirr into life. The sound is quite unfamiliar in Deir Mimess as for the last number of years this sewage treatment plant fell into disrepair and stopped functioning. Today, thanks to a…
UNIFIL Runs in the Rain Marking World AIDS Day
Despite the wet weather, over 200 runners from a wide range of UNIFIL’s civilian and peacekeeping contingents participated in the run in Naqoura on 1 December 2016. The event was held by UNIFIL’s HIV/AIDS and Gender Units to mark World AIDS Day and the 16 Days of Activism Against Violence Against…
International Day of Persons with Disabilities commemorated in UNIFIL
Michael Haddad, the guest speaker, was inspiring. He spoke openly about the challenges he overcame after he was declared 75 per cent paralyzed from a Jet Ski accident at the young age of six. To date he has hiked across mountains, broken records and received countless awards. He was invited by…
South Lebanese students learn about UNIFIL’s work
Tala al-Zain from Cadmous College, a school in Tyre, points at a bowl on a table heaving with tasty Korean food and asks a UNIFIL peacekeeper from the Republic of Korea, “Is this potato?” She gets a nod, tastes the dish and beams. Then quickly takes another bite. Her fellow student Shadi Ma’anna…
UNIFIL head meets with Lebanese judiciary officials
UNIFL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Michael Beary met with a delegation of Lebanese judiciary officials led by the President of the Supreme Judicial Council Judge, Juean Fahed, and the Prosecutor General Judge Samir Hammoud, in Beirut on Tuesday. While welcoming Major General…
Major General Beary chairs tripartite meeting with LAF and IDF
The UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Michael Beary today chaired a regular 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. Discussions focused on issues related to the…