UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Forces In Lebanon) was created by the United Nations, with the adoption of UN Security Council UN Security Council Resolution UN Security Council Resolution 425 and UN Security Council Resolution 426 on March 19, 1978, to confirm Israel withdrawal from Lebanon, restore the international peace and security, and help the Lebanese Government restore its effective authority in the area. The first UNIFIL troops arrived in the area on March 23, 1978. When Israel briefly expanded its Lebanese incursion in 1982, U.N. positions were overrun. During the occupation, their function was mainly the provision of food and aid to locals in Southern Lebanon. UNIFIL is currently primarily deployed along the U.N. drawn Blue_Line_%28Lebanon%29 dividing the Israeli occupied Shebaa Farms and southern Lebanon. Its activities have centred around monitoring military activity between Hizballah and the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) with the aim of reducing tensions and allaying continuing low-level armed conflict. UNIFIL has also played an important role in clearing landmines, assisting displaced persons, and providing humanitarian assistance in this underdeveloped region. UNIFIL forces have fallen out of favour in Israel and little regard has been given to their safety by the IDF[http://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N05/210/76/pdf/N0521076.pdf?OpenElement] following accusations that it was complicit in a fatal Israeli_Engineering_Corps#The_October_2000_Lebanon_abduction. Suspicions persist although the accusations are widely believed to be false[http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/meast/08/03/un.lebanon.report/index.html]. To date UNIFIL has suffered over 250 fatalities during the course of its deployment. ==See also == * Operation Litani * Lebanese Civil War == External links == *[http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/missions/unifil/ UNIFIL - UN official website] United Nations Lebanese history
==Abduction story== "Israeli families and official also accused individuals in the UN force of aiding the abduction." This seems only as an unproven claim. Who has revealed what about UN involvement in this case? User:Jakro64 22:31, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC) The story was put forth by the families of killed soldiers and implied by some members of the press. According to a partisan web site on the matter (and there are many), an Indian peacekeeper also claimed in a radio interview that UNIFIL cooperated with the abduction. Suspicion was also caused by the UN's denial of posession of a video filmed by Indian peacekeepers a day after the abduction, which it later admitted to having and turned over (as mentioned). A UN investigation has found the accusations to be false but the families are unconvinced and suing the UN. Even if one rejects the UN story, it is not clear what the motive would have been in aiding Hizballah since, according to the UN-drawn Blue Line, Hizballah is attempting to wrongfully claim Israeli terrirory. User:Kalanga 27 Feb 2005
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UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Forces In Lebanon) was created by the United Nations, with the adoption of UN Security Council UN Security Council Resolution UN Security Council Resolution 425 and UN Security Council Resolution 426 on March 19, 1978, to confirm Israel withdrawal from Lebanon, restore the international peace and security, and help the Lebanese Government restore its effective authority in the area. The first UNIFIL troops arrived in the area on March 23, 1978. When Israel briefly expanded its Lebanese incursion in 1982, U.N. positions were overrun. During the occupation, their function was mainly the provision of food and aid to locals in Southern Lebanon. UNIFIL is currently primarily deployed along the U.N. drawn Blue_Line_%28Lebanon%29 dividing the Israeli occupied Shebaa Farms and southern Lebanon. Its activities have centred around monitoring military activity between Hizballah and the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) with the aim of reducing tensions and allaying continuing low-level armed conflict. UNIFIL has also played an important role in clearing landmines, assisting displaced persons, and providing humanitarian assistance in this underdeveloped region. UNIFIL forces have fallen out of favour in Israel and little regard has been given to their safety by the IDF[http://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N05/210/76/pdf/N0521076.pdf?OpenElement] following accusations that it was complicit in a fatal Israeli_Engineering_Corps#The_October_2000_Lebanon_abduction. Suspicions persist although the accusations are widely believed to be false[http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/meast/08/03/un.lebanon.report/index.html]. To date UNIFIL has suffered over 250 fatalities during the course of its deployment. ==See also == * Operation Litani * Lebanese Civil War == External links == *[http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/missions/unifil/ UNIFIL - UN official website] United Nations Lebanese history
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==Abduction story== "Israeli families and official also accused individuals in the UN force of aiding the abduction." This seems only as an unproven claim. Who has revealed what about UN involvement in this case? User:Jakro64 22:31, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC) The story was put forth by the families of killed soldiers and implied by some members of the press. According to a partisan web site on the matter (and there are many), an Indian peacekeeper also claimed in a radio interview that UNIFIL cooperated with the abduction. Suspicion was also caused by the UN's denial of posession of a video filmed by Indian peacekeepers a day after the abduction, which it later admitted to having and turned over (as mentioned). A UN investigation has found the accusations to be false but the families are unconvinced and suing the UN. Even if one rejects the UN story, it is not clear what the motive would have been in aiding Hizballah since, according to the UN-drawn Blue Line, Hizballah is attempting to wrongfully claim Israeli terrirory. User:Kalanga 27 Feb 2005
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