Lebanon: UN force commander confers with prime minister on security in south
19 November 2009 – The military chief of United Nations peacekeepers in Lebanon today met separately with Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri to discuss the security situation in the south of the country.
Lebanon and Israel must do more to achieve permanent ceasefire – UN envoy
10 November 2009 – Despite recent “worrying incidents” in southern Lebanon, where Israel and Hizbollah militants battled fiercely three years ago, talk of a new war is alarmist, but all sides must do more to translate the cessation of hostilities into a permanent ceasefire, a senior United Nations official warned today.
Lebanon: UN envoy and Hizbollah official meet to discuss recent rocket fire
30 October 2009 – The United Nations Special Coordinator today met with a senior Hizbollah official to discuss the recent incident in which a rocket was fired from a southern Lebanese village into northern Israel, prompting Israel to return fire.
UN finds more rockets aimed at Israel from southern Lebanon
29 October 2009 – A day after Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged maximum restraint by all sides, United Nations peacekeepers today found four more rockets, three of them set to be fired, in an area of southern Lebanon from which a missile zoomed into Israel on Monday.
Ban urges restraint after latest rocket firing from Lebanon into Israel
28 October 2009 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged maximum restraint by all sides after a recent incident in which a rocket was fired from southern Lebanon into northern Israel, prompting Israelis forces to return fire.
UN envoy discusses recent incidents in southern Lebanon with Arab League official
21 October 2009 – The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon met today with the head of the Arab League to discuss several recent incidents, including the September rocket attack on Israel and the discovery of some listening devices in south Lebanon.
UN investigates as more explosions reported in southern Lebanon
19 October 2009 – The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has launched an investigation into explosions that occurred during the weekend in the southern part of the country, the second incident of its kind in less than a week.
