THE SECRETARY-GENERAL -- MESSAGE FOR NEW YEARS 2025
New York, 31 December 2024 Throughout 2024, hope has been hard to find. Wars are causing enormous pain, suffering and displacement. Inequalities and divisions are rife — fueling tensions and mistrust. And today I can…
UNIFIL-donated ambulance to benefit thousands
An ambulance fitted with latest technology – donated by UNIFIL’s Italian contingent to the Disaster Risk Management Unit of Tyre last week – is expected to benefit thousands of people displaced from villages close to the Blue…
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL
VIDEO MESSAGE FOR NEW YEARS 2025 Throughout 2024, hope has been hard to find. Wars are causing enormous pain, suffering and displacement. Inequalities and divisions are rife — fueling tensions and mistrust. And today I can…
Returnees in Abbasiyeh receive assistance from Korean peacekeepers
With displaced residents gradually returning to their homes in south Lebanon, UNIFIL peacekeepers from the Republic of Korea gave out a number of essential items to them in the town of Abbasiyeh, north of Tyre in south…
Returnees in Khiam receive essential winter supplies
As displaced residents are gradually returning to the south-eastern Lebanese village of Khiam – following withdrawal of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and deployment of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) with UNIFIL support –…
UNIFIL statement (4 January 2025)
This morning peacekeepers observed an IDF bulldozer destroying a blue barrel marking the line of withdrawal between Lebanon and Israel in Labbouneh, as well as an observation tower belonging to the Lebanese Armed Forces…
Orphanage sees joyful start to 2025 – thanks to support from UNIFIL peacekeepers
Some 200 children and adolescents living in an orphanage in the southern village of Maaroub had a joyful start to the year 2025, having received packages of sweets, toys, clothes and school supplies from UNIFIL’s Italian and…
PR: MONUSCO Condemns Ceasefire Violation and M23's Continued Territorial Expansion in North Kivu
Kinshasa, January 7, 2025 – Ms. Bintou Keita, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in…
UNIFIL-supported solar project to benefit up to 4,500
A solar project, completed with support from UNIFIL’s Polish peacekeepers, was inaugurated in the south-western Lebanese village of Ayn Ibil last week. Installed with funding available by Poland's international development…
Bangladesh Chief of Naval Staff stresses need for peace in South Sudan during first visit to UNMISS
Bangladesh’s Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Mohammad Nazmul Hassan, urges progress towards peace during a visit to South Sudan. Photo by Isaac Billy/UNMISS. Racing along the deep and fast-moving waters of the River Nile…
Spanish peacekeepers remove major road obstacles near Khiam
Working in collaboration with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), UNIFIL Spanish peacekeepers cleared three major obstacles on the road near Khiam, south-eastern Lebanon, earlier this week. The 12 January activity was the fourth…
Statement by SRSG Ziadeh on the closure of institutions
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of UNMIK, Caroline Ziadeh, expressed concern about the actions against Serbia-funded institutions across Kosovo yesterday, which resulted in the closure of…