The U.N. Lebanon Mission held a reception at the mission's residence in New York Thursday night to honor the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon on the occasion of its 40th anniversary.
"We have a saying in Arabic: If you live with a people for 40 days, you either leave them or you become one of them. We feel that UNIFIL has become part of Lebanon, part of its life, in times of peace and in war times,” said Amal Mudallali, permanent representative of Lebanon to the United Nations, according to a transcript of her speech at the reception, held before U.N. and UNIFIL representatives.
