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On the occasion of the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action on Saturday, 4 April UNIFIL will conduct mine risk education and other activities across southern Lebanon. Explosive Ordnance Disposal…

Naqoura, Lebanon – The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) marked the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action by bringing greater focus on mine risk education for children. Schools in…

Media are invited on Thursday, 2 nd April at 2:00 pm to attend a live fire exercise conducted by the Field Artillery Group of the Quick Reaction Force of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) with the Lebanese…

A ceremony to mark the occasion will be held at UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura, South Lebanon in the morning of 19 March. UNIFIL was created by the UN Security Council resolutions 425 and 426 of 19 March 1978, to confirm…

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) held a ceremony at the Mission headquarters in Naqoura to mark the 31st anniversary of its peacekeeping presence in southern Lebanon. Peacekeepers representing the 30…

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is pleased to announce the launch of its official public website http://unifil.unmissions.org. The website provides comprehensive information on UNIFIL's history, mandate…

Beirut, Lebanon – The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) today transferred command of its Maritime Task Force (MTF) to Belgium at the end of the scheduled one-year term of the European Maritime Force (EUROMARFOR…

Yesterday, after receiving reports of rockets fired from Lebanese territory towards Israel, UNIFIL launched an investigation into the incident in close cooperation with the parties. UNIFIL and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)…

Naqoura, Lebanon – The Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, today paid a visit to the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) located in Naqoura, south Lebanon. UNIFIL Force Commander Major-General…

Naqoura, Lebanon – The Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, today paid a visit to the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) located in Naqoura, south Lebanon. UNIFIL Force Commander Major-General…

This afternoon a patrol from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), operating in coordination with the Lebanese Armed Forces, found an old weapons cache inside two disused bunkers located between the hills of…

On 27 August 2008, UNIFIL and LAF will conduct a live artillery firing exercise at Naqoura.