Lebanon

A UN peacekeeper patrols the 'Blue Line' in southern Lebanon.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

Confirmed ‘Blue Line’ tunnels ‘do not appear’ to surface in Israel – UN peacekeeping chief

19 December 2018
Peace and Security

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has confirmed the existence of at least two tunnels crossing the “Blue Line” – the border demarcation between Lebanon and Israel – but they “do not appear thus far” to have exit points leading to the surface on Israeli territory, the United Nations top peacekeeping official told the Security Council on Wednesday.

A UN peacekeeper patrols the 'Blue Line' in southern Lebanon.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

UN working with both sides, after hidden tunnels confirmed along Lebanon-Israel ‘Blue Line’

11 December 2018
Peace and Security

The head of the United Nations peace mission in Lebanon has urged an end to “rumours and speculations” over tunnels which have been discovered along the UN-drawn “Blue Line” – the border demarcation between Lebanon and Israel.

President Michel Aoun of the Lebanese Republic addresses the seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly.
UN Photo/Cia Pak

Lebanon’s President says country is working towards stability, but weighed down by ‘neighborhood crises’

26 September 2018
UN Affairs

Although Lebanon ‘is groping our way to rise from consecutive crises’, President Michel Aoun said on Wednesday that his country was being buffeted by regional crises and called on the United Nations to show global leadership by taking action to resolve conflicts in the Middle East.

UNIFIL peacekeeping troops patrol along the Blue Line near the town of El Adeisse in southern Lebanon. (file)
UN Photo/Pasqual Gorriz

Security Council extends mandate of UN Interim Force in Lebanon for a year

30 August 2018
Peace and Security

In a unanimous action, the United Nations Security Council extended the mandate of the Organization’s peacekeeping mission in Lebanon until 31 August next year.

General Michael Beary of Ireland, Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), at the UN News studios in UN Headquarters in New York.
DPKO/Sabrina Pfiffner

‘Good buzz’ in south Lebanon as country enjoys ‘gift of peace’ — UNIFIL Force Commander

4 August 2018
Interviews

With a gradual return of better economic conditions and a generation of children growing up without the horrors of conflict, there is a “good buzz” in southern Lebanon, says General Michael Beary of Ireland, concluding his two-year tour as Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

Lebanon elections ‘vital step’ in democracy-building: UN chief

9 May 2018
Peace and Security

Congratulating Lebanon on holding parliamentary elections on Sunday , United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called on the country’s political leaders to work in "a spirit of unity".

A young Syrian girl sits on a broken chair by her tent in Faida 3 camp, an informal tented settlement for Syria refugees in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon.
UNICEF/Alessio Romenzi

Lebanon: UN humanitarian fund to step up support for the most vulnerable

19 March 2018
Humanitarian Aid

At a time when resources for refugees from Syria is declining, the top United Nations humanitarian official in Lebanon, the country host to some 1.5 million Syrian and several thousand Palestinian refugees, has launched a funding allocation to ensure that critical relief programmes can be sustained.

City view of Beirut, Lebanon.
World Bank/Dominic Chavez

In Rome, UN chief urges international community to remain strongly committed to stability in Lebanon

15 March 2018
Peace and Security

Calling Lebanon “a fundamental pillar of stability” in the Middle East, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday told a high-level meeting in Rome that it is absolutely essential for the international community to show strong solidarity with the country.

Syrian refugees gather outside their shelters following a winter storm which brought rain and snow, at an informal settlement in Haoush Harime, in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon.
UNICEF/UN0158355/Halldorsson

UN development agency remains committed to support Lebanon, says agency head

16 February 2018
Humanitarian Aid

Reverberations of the Syrian conflict – which has now lasted longer than World War II – are being felt throughout the region, including in Lebanon, which shares most of its land border with the war-torn country, and hosts hundreds of thousands of its refugees, the head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) warned on Friday.