The United Nations has finally woken up to the reality that the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is little more than a white elephant that should be retired to pasture. Acting on this realization, the United Nations Security Council voted unanimously on August 28 to terminate UNIFIL’s peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon by […]
France has circulated a draft resolution at the United Nations Security Council calling for the extension of the mandate held by the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). Ideally, it should be renewed because that international peacekeeping force has played a fairly useful and constructive role in southern Lebanon since its formation in 1978. […]