UNIFIL donation empowers women’s cooperative in Harris
A women’s cooperative in the village of Harris, south Lebanon, has benefitted from UNIFIL’s donation, enabling the women of the area to prepare food items for mass consumption. The recent UNIFIL donation – that includes machineries such as spice grinder, thyme and sumac grinder, freezer, oven, Keshk…
Italian peacekeepers offer course on international humanitarian laws
UNIFIL peacekeepers from Italy organized a five-day course on international humanitarian laws for 44 military and civilian personnel of nine nationalities in their main base in Shamaa, south Lebanon, last month. Instructors brought in from the Italian Red Cross as well as legal advisors of the…
UNIFIL MTF and LAF Navy step up exercises, enhance capabilities
The UNIFIL Maritime Task Force (MTF), deployed since October 2006, has stepped up its tactical training activities with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Navy, with some 750 joint activities having been already conducted this year. MTF commander Rear Admiral Eduardo Augusto Wieland explained that…
UNIFIL Head of Mission hosts LAF Commander
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col today welcomed the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander, General Joseph Aoun, who visited the headquarters of UNIFIL’s eastern and western Sectors respectively near Marjayoun and Shama in south Lebanon. The two Commanders…
UNIFIL marks International Day of Peace
UNIFIL today marked the International Day of Peace amidst a ceremony at its headquarters in Naqoura, south Lebanon, with its head and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col joining the global call for climate action for peace. In his address to the gathering of dignitaries that included…
Italian pedagogy experts and educationists impart skills
Pedagogy experts and educationists brought in to south-western Lebanon – at the request of local communities – by UNIFIL’s Italian peacekeepers spent about four months visiting schools and imparting knowledge and skills on educating children. During their time in Lebanon from June to September…
UNIFIL Head of Mission chairs Tripartite meeting with LAF and IDF officials
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col today chaired a regular Tripartite meeting with senior officers from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at the UN position in Ras Al Naqoura. Discussions focused on the recent serious…
UNIFIL head unveils statue of Roman-time jurist in Tyre
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col yesterday joined Lebanese officials in unveiling the statue of Annius Domitius Ulpianus, in Tyre, south Lebanon, where the prominent Roman-time jurist was born around 170 AD. The statue, unveiled jointly by Major General Del…
Indian peacekeepers spread message of non-violence and peace
UNIFIL’s Indian peacekeepers organized a series of activities with the host communities in south-eastern Lebanon this week, promoting the messages of non-violence and peace, and marking the 150 th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement and pioneer of the…
Indonesian peacekeepers awarded UN medals
UNIFIL’s Indonesian peacekeepers received Unites Nations medals at a ceremony held last week in the Indonesian Battalion's main base near the village of Adchit al Qusayr in south Lebanon. UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col, Indonesian Ambassador in Lebanon…
UN political and peacebuilding chief visits UNIFIL
The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, today paid a visit to the UNIFIL Headquarters in Naqoura, south Lebanon, and toured the Mission’s area of operations in order to see first-hand the work of UNIFIL in maintaining the cessation of…
UNIFIL Sector East supports public school with CCTV camera system
UNIFIL’s Sector East command recently completed a project installing a CCTV camera system in a public school in s, south-eastern Lebanon, to be used for educational purposes. At the request of the local authorities, UNIFIL provided – from its Quick Impact Project (QIP) – around US$ 3,500 toward the…