UNIFIL head chairs regular tripartite meeting with LAF and IDF officials
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 centered on issues related to the…
Indian peacekeepers turn plastic bottles into 'eco coolers'
During the summer season in Lebanon, scorching sunshine sends mercury soaring. Under such circumstances, it is not always easy for UNIFIL peacekeepers, who work round the clock implementing the Mission’s mandate, to bear the heat. Ahead of this summer and around World Environment Day (5 June)…
UN assets worth $400k donated to LAF and LAF Intel
UNIFIL today handed over a number of UN-owned assets worth nearly $400,000 to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the LAF Intelligence, at a ceremony in the UN Mission’s headquarters in Naqoura. The 366 donated items include computer and information technology equipment, printers, supply items…
Fallen peacekeepers remembered 10 years on
UNIFIL peacekeepers held a memorial ceremony in El Khiam in south Lebanon last week to pay homage to the six Spanish peacekeepers killed there in an attack ten years ago. UNIFIL’s Sector East Commander Brigadier General Venancio Aguado De Diego led the ceremony to honour the UNIFIL paratroopers, who…
Lebanon’s Justice Minister visits UNIFIL headquarters
The Minister of Justice of the Republic of Lebanon, Salim Jreissati, paid a visit to the UNIFIL Headquarters and the UN Mission’s area of operations (AO) in south Lebanon today. UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Michael Beary accompanied the Minister and his 12-member…
Joint training with LAF to mitigate chemical, radiological, nuclear threats
The Sector West Headquarters of UNIFIL organized a joint training course with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) yesterday in order to identify and mitigate the potential dangers posed by chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons. The training was run by a group of specialized and…
Indian peacekeepers vaccinate 2,600 goats and sheep
Working in close coordination with the Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture, UNIFIL’s Indian Battalion (INDBATT) conducted a weeklong vaccination drive against “goat plague” in Halta, south-eastern Lebanon, last week. Mayor of Kfar Chouba, Dr. Kassim el-Kadari, inaugurated the vaccination camp amidst a…
Children of LAF martyrs visit UNIFIL Sector West HQ
UNIFIL’s Sector West Headquarters and the Italian Contingent organized an “entertainment day” for about 100 Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) martyrs’ children on 8 July. UNIFIL Sector West Commander Brigadier General Francesco Olla welcomed the children and, in his remarks, stressed the close…
UNIFIL mine awareness campaign in Tyre
UNIFIL’s Sector West Headquarters and the Mission’s Italian Contingent organized a mine awareness campaign at As Samaiyah Intermediate Public School in Tyre district, in collaboration with various UNIFIL units, UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS), and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). The event drew in a…
UNIFIL’s Sector East Commander hosts luncheon for local dignitaries
UNIFIL’s Sector East (SECEAST) Headquarters (HQ) and its Commander Brigadier General Venancio Aguado de Diego yesterday organized a luncheon for the local authorities of South Lebanon at its base in Marjayoun. Members of Parliament representing Hasbaya and Marjayoun, Governor of Nabatieh; Qaemaqams…
Working with UNIFIL, LAF confirms 8 new Blue Line points
Along the Blue Line near Blida fields, the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Blue Line team holds their surveying and mapping instrument steady to take GIS coordinates. As a LAF officer calls out the coordinates, his colleagues write them down and they confirm the position. Then they hammer a large steel…
LED street light project, co-funded by municipality and UNIFIL, inaugurated in Blida
On 14 July 2017, UNIFIL’s Sector East Nepalese Battalion (NEPBATT) Commander Lieutenant Colonel Sanjaya Deuja inaugurated the “LED Street Light” project in the village of Blida. Distinguished guests from the area including Municipality Mayor, Municipality officials, Lebanese Armed Forces…