Major Stefano Parisi of the Italian Army is currently serving in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).

Serving as a UNIFIL Peacekeeper During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Major Stefano Parisi (left) of UNIFIL helps hand over equipment and other accessories to Naqoura Municipality in south Lebanon as part of the mission’s effort to assist local communities fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. 31 March 2020. UN/Pasqual Gorriz.
Major Stefano Parisi attending a UNIFIL Coronavirus Crisis Cell (CCC) meeting via Microsoft Teams at UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura Municipality, south Lebanon, on 30 March 2020. Photo: Lt. Col. Prakash Lamichhane / UNIFIL

The support of my family and the opportunity offered by UNIFIL have propelled me, as a United Nations peacekeeper, to play an active part in this global, unconventional war for the good of the humankind.