Kfar Shouba village gets India-supported garbage sorting plant
UNIFIL Indian peacekeepers handed over a garbage sorting plant they recently helped build to local authorities in the south-eastern Lebanese village of Kfar Shouba earlier this week. It is expected to benefit about 1,000 residents living in the area. The project – initiated after requests from local…
On UNIFIL establishment day, its head recommits to peace and stability in south Lebanon
Marking the 43 rd anniversary of UNIFIL’s establishment, Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col reiterated that UNIFIL remains as committed as ever to peace and stability in south Lebanon. Speaking during a pared-down, COVID-compliant ceremony in the Mission headquarters…
Speech of Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col on UNIFIL Establishment Day
Dear friends from the Lebanese Armed Forces and Security Forces, Esteemed mayors, Fellow military and civilian peacekeepers, Good morning. Today on UNIFIL Establishment Day, we mark 43 years since the establishment of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon. At the time, I don’t think anyone…
Tyre agricultural centre gets facelift with Chinese peacekeepers’ support
UNIFIL Chinese peacekeepers recently spent weeks rehabilitating a worn-out office complex that forms part of an agricultural centre in Tyre, south-western Lebanon. The UNIFIL support enables the centre to provide better services to local farmers, thereby boosting food security, which is especially…
French and Ghanaian troops conduct medical evacuation exercise
UNIFIL peacekeepers from France and Ghana conducted last week a joint exercise to hone skills and procedures for the safe evacuation of a medical casualty in the main Ghanaian base in the village of Al-Qawzah, south-western Lebanon. The exercise, conducted on 19 March, was mainly focused on a…
On Mother’s Day, Nepalese peacekeepers organize health awareness session for local women
On the occasion of the Mother’s Day observed in Lebanon (21 March), UNIFIL Nepalese peacekeepers organized a health awareness campaign this week, benefiting women from host communities in south-eastern Lebanon. On 23 March, a medical team led by Dr. Sandhya Khwaju organized a health awareness…
Sector West peacekeepers launch ‘Together Against COVID’ campaign
UNIFIL peacekeepers operating in south-western Lebanon recently launched the “Together Against COVID” campaign as a way of streamlining ongoing UNIFIL support to the host communities in their common fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of the campaign, launched on 16 March, UNIFIL Sector…
UNIFIL statement on military court conviction for attack on peacekeepers
UNIFIL welcomes a recent Lebanese Military Court verdict that has brought another individual guilty of an attack on peacekeepers to justice. In July 2011, a UNIFIL convoy passing through the city of Saida was targeted with an Improvised Explosive Device. Three peacekeepers were seriously injured in…
UNIFIL deminers persevere with clearing south Lebanese land of deadly mines
As the world marks the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action on 04 April 2021, UNIFIL peacekeepers continue to carry on with the painstaking but necessary work of clearing large swathes of south Lebanese lands of deadly mines. One of them is Captain Yang Dong from China…
UNIFIL head chairs Tripartite meeting with Lebanese and Israeli military officials
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col today chaired a special Tripartite meeting 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 held in a modified format due to…
Habbarieh gets school and COVID-related donations
The south-eastern Lebanese village of Habbarieh last week received several materials to limit the spread of COVID-19 virus, as well as school supplies, from UNIFIL’s Spanish Contingent. Most of the donations that seek to boost efforts of Lebanon’s Ministry of Education will be used in classroom…
Innovation at home: With UNIFIL support, Lebanese women learn to make most of home gardens
As the world marked World Creativity and Innovation Day yesterday, Lebanese women in the south-eastern village of Rachaya al Foukhar are benefitting from a UNIFIL-supported project that hones their skills in getting optimum benefits out of their home gardens. The project started earlier this month…