Continued UNIFIL support to fight COVID-19
UNIFIL Italian peacekeepers have recently extended a wide range of assistance to local authorities and communities, enabling them to better fight the COVID-19 pandemic. In the past 10 days, they donated medications and medical devices valued about 250,000 Euros (US$ 303,000) to the Lebanese Red…
Spanish and Ghanaian troops support local efforts in fighting COVID-19 spread
UNIFIL’s Spanish and Ghanaian peacekeepers continued this past week their assistance to the host communities in south Lebanon in their collective fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. On 7 December, the Spanish peacekeepers donated several medical supplies and personal protective rquipment (PPE) to…
UNIFIL gifts to LAF to enhance capabilities
UNIFIL handed over a significant number of assets, including heavy and light vehicles, spare parts, generators and IT equipment, to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) at a ceremony held yesterday in the Mission’s headquarters in Naqoura. The event was attended by UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force…
Serbian contingent supports community efforts to fight COVID-19
As part of UNIFIL’s ongoing support to host communities in their fight against the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic, the Mission’s peacekeepers from Serbia donated last week packages of sanitary and hygiene supplies to 100 underprivileged families in the village of Deir Mimas, south-eastern Lebanon…
UNIFIL supports the Municipality of Shebaa with the construction of a healthcare facility for the Lebanese Red Cross
UNIFIL Civil Affairs Office, in cooperation with the Municipality of Shebaa and with the support of UNIFIL Indian peacekeepers, completed a Quick Impact Project (QIP) during the first phase of the construction of a new Red Cross Health Center in the south-eastern Lebanese village of Shebaa. This…
New Year Message from the UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander
In wishing you all a very Happy New Year, let me take this opportunity to thank everyone as well as UNIFIL troop contributing countries and the UN Security Council for ensuring that UNIFIL was able to carry out its mandate as well as preserve the continued stability that we have witnessed in…
UNIFIL helps hospitals in south Lebanon in the fight against COVID-19
In November and December 2020, UNIFIL’s Civil Affairs Office and Italian peacekeepers coordinated training sessions to share best practices on COVID-19 for frontline health workers in south Lebanon. During the sessions, Italian medical experts from Celio Milit ary Hospital, San Martino Hospital, and…
UNIFIL statement on the release of the Lebanese shepherd at the Ras Naqoura crossing
Today, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released a Lebanese shepherd to UNIFIL at the Ras Naqoura crossing. The shepherd had been apprehended on Tuesday, January 12 in the Bastara area near the Blue Line in south Lebanon. UNIFIL in turn handed him over to the Lebanese authorities through the…
UNIFIL’s Maritime Task Force Command Passes to Germany
Today, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) held a ceremony in Naqoura, south Lebanon, to mark the transfer of authority of its Maritime Task Force (MTF) from Brazil to Germany. Rear Admiral Sergio Renato Berna Salgueirinho from Brazil handed over the command to Rear Admiral Axel…
New tree plantation drive marks NEPBATT change of command
The newly arrived batch of UNIFIL’s Nepalese peacekeepers, operating in the Mission’s area of operations in south-eastern Lebanon, launched last week an environmental campaign in line with the Mission’s broader “Blue to Green” initiative. The new campaign, which will see each of the roughly 870…
Marksmanship training for Lebanese State Security personnel
UNIFIL Italian peacekeepers recently conducted a training course for members of the Lebanese State Security to improve the overall operational competence, efficiency and readiness by imparting knowledge on static and dynamic marksmanship techniques and principles. The course, conducted for four days…
UNIFIL head chairs 1st Tripartite meeting of 2021 with LAF and IDF officials
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col today chaired the first Tripartite meeting of 2021, with senior officers from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at a UN position in Ras Al Naqoura. The meeting was convened in a curtailed…