page_title: United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
section_title: Personnel
hierarchical_section_title: United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon / History / Personnel
caption_attribution_description: C.I.S.S. humanitarian staff with some italian UNIFIL soldiers in Lebanon. This photo is part of a reportage made in Lebanon for Wikinews
context_page_description: The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, or UNIFIL, is a UN-NATO peacekeeping mission established on 19 March 1978 by United Nations Security Council Resolutions 425 and 426, to confirm Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon which Israel had invaded five days prior, in order to ensure that the government of Lebanon would restore its effective authority in the area. The 1978 South Lebanon conflict came in the context of Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon and the Lebanese Civil War.
  The mandate had to be adjusted twice, due to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982 and after the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000. Following the 2006 Lebanon War, the United Nations Security Council enhanced UNIFIL and decided that in addition to the original mandate, it would, among other things, monitor the cessation of hostilities; accompany and support the Lebanese Armed Forces as they deploy throughout the south of Lebanon; and extend its assistance to help ensure humanitarian access to civilian populations and the voluntary and safe return of displaced persons.
  UNIFIL's mandate is renewed annually by the United Nations Security Council; it was most recently extended on 28 August 2020.
context_section_description: As of 19 June 2018, UNIFIL employs 10,480 military personnel, including 500 women, from 41 countries. It is supported by 239 international civilian staff, including 78 women, and 583 national civilian staff, including 153 women. It is led by Major General Michael Beary.
  The UNIFIL military personnel also includes a contingent from Kazakhstan. The Kazakh peacekeeping forces joined the mission for the first time ever in late 2018. 120 soldiers from Kazakhstan were deployed as part of the Indian battalion in Lebanon on 31 October 2018.
  The resolution extending the mission in August 200 reduced the troop ceiling from 15,000 to 13,000.
caption: C.I.S.S. humanitarian staff with Italian UNIFIL soldiers in Lebanon
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