27/08/2007 (Agence Europe) - The Portuguese presidency has welcomed the extension of the mandate of the United Nations Force in the Lebanon until 31 August 2008. The provisional UN force has been there since 1978 and is 11,500 Blue Helmets strong. The decision to extend the mandate was unanimously agreed on Friday 25 August by the fifteen members of the UN Security Council. The EU underlined in a press release that together with the Lebanese forces, UNIFIL had played a crucial role in...