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	United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, or UNIFIL, was created by the United Nations, with the adoption of Security Council Resolution 425 and 426 on 19 March 1978, to confirm Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, restore the international peace and security, and help the Lebanese Government restore its effective authority in the area.
		UNIFIL is currently primarily deployed along the U.N. drawn Blue Line dividing Israel (and the disputed Golan Heights) and southern Lebanon.
		UNIFIL is currently led by French Major General Alain Pellegrini, formerly French military attaché in Beirut and head of the Middle East Division of the French military intelligence.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/UNIFIL (1698 words)

	Report of the U.N. Secretary General on UNIFIL - April 1996
		UNIFIL trucks and armoured personnel carriers, which were engaged in delivering humanitarian aid to the population, were often delayed or stopped altogether as a result of firing by Israeli artillery and aircraft, despite assurances from IDF that all UNIFIL humanitarian missions would be facilitated.
		UNIFIL was assisted in the performance of its tasks by 57 military observers of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization.
		In similar circumstances in the past, I have recommended that UNIFIL's mandate be extended in view of the importance of its contribution to stability and the measure of protection it is able to afford to the civilian population.
	www.bintjbeil.com /E/un_report_9618047.html (4231 words)

	UNIFIL/CURRMISS/UNIFIL/MISSIONPROFILE/UNDOF.HTM-DPI/PAD/PSS/MG07/99 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		UNIFIL recorded 386 operations conducted by armed elements against IDF/DFF - the highest number in a long time.There were also reports of some 280 operations north of the Litani River.
		UNIFIL continued its efforts to limit the conflict and to protect the inhabitants from the fighting.
		While UNIFIL continues to be prevented from implementing the mandate contained in resolution 425 (1978), its contribution to stability and the protection it was able to afford the population of the area remain important.
	www.un.org /Depts/DPKO/Missions/unifil.htm (1500 words)

	UNIFIL peacekeepers are chronically at leisure
		The main reason for the absence of any involvement of the UNIFIL troops is the fact that their nine positions are situated at a distance from any of the crisis points.
		UNIFIL spokesman, Timor Goksel, is familiar with the Israeli claims regarding the passive approach of the peacekeepers and does not reject them off hand.
		The UNIFIL position across from kibbutz Manara includes 10 soldiers from the Ghanean Battalion, six tents, an observation position and an armored personnel carrier.
	www.cdn-friends-icej.ca /un/unifil.html (557 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		UNIFIL was able to quickly establish contact with IDF and Lebanese army authorities to aid in clarifying the situation and in reducing tensions that could well have led to escalation.
		UNIFIL recorded a number of minor ground violations of the line, primarily by Lebanese shepherds and the rare hunter in the Shab’a farms and Ghajar areas.
		UNIFIL cooperated closely on humanitarian matters with the Lebanese authorities, United Nations agencies, in particular the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia and the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Committee of the Red Cross and other organizations and agencies operating in Lebanon.
	www.eyeontheun.org /assets/attachments/documents/Report_of_the_SG_on_UNIFIL_1-17-05.doc (3243 words)

	United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)
		UNIFIL focused on the remaining part of its mandate: the restoration of international peace and security, the report continued.
		Pending a comprehensive peace, UNIFIL sought at least to maintain the ceasefire along the Blue Line, through patrols and observation from fixed positions and close contact with the parties, with a view to correcting violations and preventing the escalation of incidents.
		On the humanitarian front, UNIFIL is ready to work in collaboration with the Lebanese government, but UNIFIL cannot replace the role of the Lebanese authorities in the area.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/UN/UNIFIL.html (1164 words)

	ISN Security Watch - UNIFIL: Enforcers or spectators?
		Charged with securing the peace and ensuring the authority of the Lebanese government in areas in which it operates, UNIFIL was confined to observer and humanitarian roles by the 1982-2000 Israeli occupation of its zone of operation.
		Emboldened by UNIFIL's record of weakness, during the recent conflict Hizbollah was accused of firing at Israeli positions from the cover of UNIFIL bases while Israel was condemned for air and artillery strikes in which UN personnel and refugee dependents died.
		UNIFIL may also be tasked with protecting the introduction and operation of government agencies in Hizbollah towns and villages, creating another potential point of conflict.
	www.isn.ethz.ch /news/sw/details.cfm?ID=16612 (1264 words)

	Norwegian UNIFIL Troops Have Built Strong Ties With South Lebanon
		UNIFIL was created in March 1978 as part of U.N. Resolution 425, in response to Israel's first full-fledged invasion of Lebanon.
		Its mandate was and still is a tall order: confirm the withdrawal of Israeli troops from south Lebanon, assist the Lebanese government in reinstating authority in the south, and insure the safety of the Lebanese in the mandated area.
		Alongside that dangerous and demanding responsibility is the role of UNIFIL personnel as humanitarians.
	www.washington-report.org /backissues/0795/9507013.htm (1069 words)

	UN Begins a Phased Withdrawal of Troops from Lebanon - Global Policy Forum - UN Security Council
		In a report to the Security Council this week, Annan said that the reconfiguration of the UNIFIL will be achieved through the non- replacement or reduction of military units during their normal rotations.
		UNIFIL was created to confirm the withdrawal of Israeli forces from southern Lebanon, help restore international peace and security, and assist the government of Lebanon in ensuring the return of its effective authority in the area.
		At the same time, UNIFIL was also mandated to assist the government of Lebanon to re- establish its authority over the south, ''which we have done'', he added.
	www.globalpolicy.org /security/issues/lebanon/2001/0503.htm (711 words)

	Press Releases: Lebanon, Lebanon: UNIFIL press release, 17 Aug 2006
		UNIFIL continued intensive ground and air patrolling throughout its area of operation to assess the situation on the ground and to monitor the cessation of hostilities.
		UNIFIL de-mining team from the Chinese contingent continued operations to clear unexploded ordnance (UXO) from the area.
		UNIFIL has been providing medical assistance and water to a number of local villages in its area of operations.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EGUA-6SRMXS?OpenDocument (535 words)

	Who Needs UNIFIL?
		The talks at which the subject of the UNIFIL videotape first came up were meant to be about something else.
		UNIFIL soldiers ride around the border district in their half-tracks as if they were on some kind of nature hike.
		UNIFIL is now inventing excuses for its existence that have nothing to do with its original mandate.
	christianactionforisrael.org /un/needs_unifil.html (526 words)

	UN Questions Usefulness of Peacekeepers - Security Council - Global Policy Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Because UNIFIL is in Lebanon at the request of the Lebanese government, the peacekeeping force is unable to prevent Hizbullah's state-sanctioned activities along the border, even when those activities breach the UN's own Blue Line.
		But UNIFIL is in the process of being reduced and its annual budget slashed.
		No further reduction in UNIFIL's manpower is expected after this year, however, due to the prevailing uncertainty in the Mideast.
	www.globalpolicy.org /security/issues/lebanon/2002/0730quest.htm (885 words)

	UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)
		UNIFIL was established in response to the March 1978 Israeli operation in southern Lebanon.
		Its mandate is to confirm the withdrawal of the Israeli Army from southern Lebanon, to restore international peace and security, and to assist the Lebanese government in ensuring the return of its authority in the area.
		UNIFIL helps maintain stability between Israel and Lebanon, thereby contributing to overall peace in the region.
	www.state.gov /p/io/fs/2003/26670.htm (134 words)

	Canadian Jewish News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		UNIFIL reported names of areas occupied by Israeli forces inside Lebanon during the conflict and those vacated by Israel after Resolution 1701 came into effect.
		She quotes a July 25 UNIFIL posting that says: “Yesterday and during last night, the IDF moved significant reinforcements, including a number of tanks, armoured personnel carriers, bulldozers and infantry, to the area of Al Ras inside Lebanese territory.
		UNIFIL soldiers taped the incident and for nine months denied they had a video of the incident.
	www.cjnews.com /viewarticle.asp?id=10069 (653 words)

	Electronic Lebanon: Three UNIFIL peacekeepers dead, one missing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Since the outbreak of hostilities, four military observers from OGL, one UNIFIL international staff member and his wife were killed, and four Ghanaian soldiers, one Indian soldier, and one OGL military observer were wounded as a result of firing.
		UNIFIL Force Commander was in repeated contact with Israeli Army officers throughout the afternoon, pressing the need to protect that particular UN position from firing.
		UNIFIL also received reports that a convoy of vehicles was attempting to leave Bint Jubayl northwards in the direction of Tibnin.
	electronicintifada.net /v2/article5241.shtml (1031 words)

	Security Council Extends Unifil?s Mandate by Six Months, Until 31 July 2002
		The focus of UNIFIL operations remained on the Blue Line and the adjacent area, with UNIFIL working with the parties to avert or correct violations and to defuse tensions.
		Although freedom of movement was re-established after UNIFIL brought specific restrictions to the attention of the Lebanese authorities, the restrictions are recurrent.
		Addressing the reconfiguration of UNIFIL, which had now assumed the functions of an observer mission, the Secretary-General recommends that the Force be stabilized at a strength of close to 2,000 (all ranks) by the end of 2002.
	www.unis.unvienna.org /unis/pressrels/2002/sc7280.html (1959 words)

	USATODAY.com - U.N. force in Lebanon getting weaponry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Under the resolution, the 2,000-strong UNIFIL is to be increased to 15,000.
		In her speech to lawmakers, Alliot-Marie said the French commitment to UNIFIL would cost $128 million for the first year, and that U.N. funds could reimburse between $12.8 million and $25.6 million.
		UNIFIL has been in Lebanon since 1978 to monitor the withdrawal of Israeli troops who invaded Lebanon the same year.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2006-08-31-mideast-peacekeepers_x.htm (892 words)

	Press Releases: Lebanon, Lebanon: UNIFIL press release, 14 Aug 2006
		UNIFIL dispatched a number of patrols throughout its area of operation this morning to assess the situation on the ground and to monitor the cessation of hostilities.
		UNIFIL Force Commander, General Pellegrini, has met with the senior representatives of the Lebanese Army and the Israeli Army at noon today, inside the UNIFIL position at the border crossing at Ras Naqoura, to discuss the implementation of and compliance with the agreement.
		UNIFIL strongly protested to the IDF command all these grave incidents which endangered the security and safety of UN personnel and caused enormous material damage to UN property.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KHII-6SP5BL?OpenDocument (547 words)

	"Why Israel Rejects 'Observers'," by Saul Singer
		UNIFIL (United Nations Force in southern Lebanon) was established in March 1978 pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution 425.
		Neither UNIFIL nor the Lebanese government deployed their forces along the border; it was Hezbullah that rushed in to fill the security vacuum.
		UNIFIL's neutrality and usefulness was most dramatically brought into question by the scandal surrounding a videotape made by UNIFIL soldiers shortly after the October 7, 2000, kidnapping by Hezbullah of three Israeli soldiers.
	www.jcpa.org /jl/vp459.htm (3796 words)

	UNIFIL Strengthened with international contingents with troops, armor & artillery
		UN Forces in South Lebanon (UNIFIL) are being strengthened with new forces from European and Asian countries.
		The new forces are far better equipped, compared with previous UNIFIL detachments deployed to South Lebanon in the past three decades.
		About a 1000 military personnel and their supporting equipment have been prepared for the dispatch to Lebanon while waiting for official decision from the United Nations on the time of departure, concept of operation, and the rule of engagement.
	www.defense-update.com /products/u/unifil.htm (241 words)

	Electronic Lebanon: UNIFIL: Civilians caught in the crossfire
		UNIFIL suspended last night a search operation to recover the mortal remains of the military observers killed in aerial bombardment on 25 July at the patrol base of the Observer Group Lebanon (OGL) in Khiyam.
		UNIFIL also provided humanitarian escorts to a group of 250 of them yesterday from Naqoura to Tyre, and to another group of around 300 this morning.
		UNIFIL evacuated some 176 UN dependents and foreign nationals from the country on board a French ship which delivered supplies to UNIFIL in Naqoura yesterday.
	electronicintifada.net /v2/article5275.shtml (824 words)

	UNIFIL
		The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was set up with the mandate to confirm the withdrawal of Israeli forces from southern Lebanon, to restore international peace and security and to assist the Government of Lebanon in ensuring the return of its effective authority in the area.
		For three years, UNIFIL in its entirety remained behind the Israeli lines, with its role limited to providing protection and humanitarian assistance to the local population to the extent possible.
		In July 1994, in his periodic report to the Security Council, the Secretary-General stated that although UNIFIL continued to be prevented from implementing its mandate, its contribution to stability in the region and the protection it provided to the local population remained important.
	www.gmu.edu /departments/t-po/peace/unifil.html (1147 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Region \| Protection or containment?
		While UNIFIL used to count on 2,000 troops, the goal now is to reach 15,000, just over half from European Union member states.
		As for UNIFIL's mandate, which has been a cause of some concern in Lebanon, it appears that it is little more than an enlarged UNIFIL as was before Israel's war on Lebanon.
		The expanded UNIFIL force will have to show its capacity to prevent a continuation of breaches of Lebanese territorial integrity this time round, and to mark a path for itself that does not bring back memories of repeated breaches following the Israeli withdrawal in 2000.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2006/810/re91.htm (943 words)

	Naharnet Newsdesk - Security Council Weighs Extended Mandate of UNIFIL
		In his report, Annan recommended that the mandate of UNIFIL be extended for only one month, despite a request for a six-month extension made by the Lebanese government.
		UNIFIL, which was set up in March 1978 to oversee an Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon that finally took place 22 years later, said Monday that Israel's onslaught was endangering its soldiers, one of whom was seriously wounded.
		Led by a French general, UNIFIL is made up of soldiers from China, France, Ghana, India, Ireland, Italy and Poland, but it is largely powerless militarily.
	www.naharnet.com /domino/tn/NewsDesk.nsf/Lebanon/1C53A6194229BC06C22571B6005B3E52?OpenDocument (661 words)

	USATODAY.com - Italian troops arrive in Lebanon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The commander of the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon known as UNIFIL, French Gen. Alain Pellegrini, said the expanded peacekeeping mission marked a break from the past.
		The previous UNIFIL is dead and the new one is very different," Pellegrini told reporters.
		UNIFIL was created in 1978 to monitor the withdrawal of Israeli troops who invaded Lebanon the same year.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2006-09-02-italy-peacekeepers_x.htm?csp=34 (929 words)

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