Libanon → United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon

Zusammenfassung

UNIFIL was created in 1978 after Israel's Litani operation and enlarged by Resolution 1701 in 2006 to support the Lebanese army's deployment south of the Litani. Resolution 2790, adopted unanimously on 28 August 2025, extended the mandate "for a final time" to 31 December 2026, when UNIFIL ceases operations and begins a drawdown and withdrawal to be completed within one year, in consultation with Lebanon. The United States said it was the last extension it would support. On 20 June 2026 the force numbered 8,005 military personnel from 47 contributing countries, according to the Secretary-General, and 7,565 from 46 countries on 23 September, according to UNIFIL; it had remained at all positions with a reduced footprint at exposed ones and handed one position to the Lebanese army. Seven peacekeepers were killed between 21 February and 20 June 2026: the UN attributes two deaths in one incident to the IDF, four in two incidents to non-state actors, "presumably Hizbullah", and one incident is undetermined. The Secretary-General's letter of 1 June 2026 set out three options for a successor presence, from about 5,525 to about 1,980 personnel, without recommending one. Lebanon's letter of 26 August 2026 called a limited extension "the most practical option", according to press reports; Israel's ambassador said the 2790 decision should be respected. No Council decision on a successor or a postponement exists as of 11 October 2026.

Warum es wichtig ist

UNIFIL is the only international presence on the ground between the two armies and the source of the Blue Line counts this module relies on. Its scheduled end removes both, and nothing in the June 2026 Framework, which does not mention UNIFIL, replaces them.

Abkommen

• Security Council resolution 2790 (2025) · unterzeichnet 2025-08-28

  A Council decision, not a bilateral instrument; listed because it sets the arrangement's end. OP1 extends the mandate "for a final time" to 31 December 2026; OP5 has UNIFIL cease operations on that date and draw down and withdraw within one year; OP4 calls on Israel to withdraw north of the Blue Line, including from the five positions; OP10 asked for options by 1 June 2026, delivered as S/2026/453.

Verwandte Ereignisse

• Israels Litani-Operation, und Resolution 425 schafft UNIFIL 14. – 19. März 1978

  Militärisch · Diplomatisch

• Resolution 1701 beendet den Krieg zwischen Israel und der Hisbollah von 2006 12. Juli – 14. Aug. 2006 (angenommen am 11. Aug.)

  Diplomatisch · Militärisch

• Resolution 2790 verlängert UNIFIL ein letztes Mal 28. Aug. 2025

  Diplomatisch · Militärisch

Was unbekannt bleibt

• UNIFIL's strength after 20 June 2026 is not established from an official source; press in October 2026 gave about 7,500.
• The next Secretary-General's report on 1701, covering 21 June to 20 October 2026, is not yet published.
• Lebanon's 26 August 2026 letter was read through press reporting, not from the UN document.

Lesarten, die die Belege ebenfalls stützen

• The end of UNIFIL can be read as the Council's judgment that the force could not implement 1701, or as the result of one permanent member's position; the US explanation of vote supports the second reading for the United States and says nothing of the others.

Aufgeführt, weil die Einschätzung des Eintrags nicht die einzige ist, die seine Quellen zulassen — nicht als Absicherung der obigen Einschätzung.