Following the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon in March 1978, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was established by the United Nations on 1978-03-19 following the adoption of Security Council Mandates 425 & 426. Its original mission was restore international peace and security, and help the Government of Lebanon restore its effective authority in the area. UNIFIL troop deployment began on 1978-03-23, by re-assigning personnel from UNEF (Egypt) and UNDOF (Syria).
The following countries have contributed to UNIFIL:
Armenia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Croatia, Cyprus, El Salvador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Malaysia, Nepal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Turkey and United Republic of Tanzania.
This document lists amateur radio activity by members of UNIFIL using a 4U callsign. There were also numerous UNIFIL stations QRV using /OD5 rather than /4U. This may not be a complete list. Additions/errors please to Alan 5B4AHJ. QSL images required for all calls without a blue link.
Callsign | QRV |
EI43UN | 1978 |
OH6XP/4U | 1983-84 |
OH7NR/4U | 1984 |
OH7RE/4U | 1984 |
OH9TH/4U | 1983-84 |
SM1TDE/4U | 1993-94 |
SM5EIT/4U | 1982 |
SM6EIG/4U | 1984 |
WB8HWO/4U | 1989-92 |
Related articles
United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) in Syria
United Nations Energency Force II (UNEF II) in Egypt
References
United Nations UNIFIL
United Nations United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
Wikipedia United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon