page_title: United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
section_title: Mandate
hierarchical_section_title: United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon / Mandate
caption_attribution_description: English: Sisu XA-180 in Ferdiss, South-Lebanon. Picture taken in 1998 by myself H. Dahlmo 15:53, 30 November 2005 (UTC).
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: UNIFIL is tasked with achieving the following objectives:
  Confirm the withdrawal of Israeli forces from southern Lebanon
  Restore international peace and security
  Assist the Government of Lebanon in ensuring the return of its effective authority in the area
  Mandating resolutions by the United Nations:
  31 January 2006: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1655
  31 July 2006: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1697
  11 August 2006: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701
caption: A Finnish XA-180 in the UNIFIL operation in Lebanon
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