Joint United Nations Program (UNIFIL) Local Communities, Civil Society, Local Migration Services with Troops.

Its President and Commander-in-Chief, Major General Aroldo Lazaro, paid tribute to the tens of thousands of UN peacekeepers who served with UNIFIL, including more than 11,000 military and civilian personnel.

You should measure: "I add my voice to the world today in honoring courage and commitment, enough of a great difference in Lebanon, and that sixteen years of unprecedented stability in Lebanon is the best proof of that."

During the period, the brigade in the Lebanese Armed Forces laid wreaths in honor of the peacekeepers who fell while performing their duties. During the year 1978, 324 UNIFIL peacekeepers lost their lives for the cause of peace in southern Lebanon, and more than 4000 lost their lives. UN peacekeeper with missions around the world since 1948.

It is worth noting that in 2002 the United Nations General Assembly designated 29 May to commemorate the International Day for Peace of the United Nations to pay tribute to the professionalism, dedication and courage of military and civilian peacekeepers serving in United Nations peacekeeping operations, and to memorialize, the memory of those who lost their lives in the cause of peace . The date was chosen to celebrate the establishment of the first peacekeeping mission, the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization, of which more than 50 observers are currently working with UNIFIL for peace and stability in southern Lebanon.