At least 19 UN-affiliated personnel killed in Ethiopian crashDanielle Moore, 24, was traveling to UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi. "Early indications are that 19 staff members of UN affiliated organizations perished," said International Organization for Migration head Antonio Vitorino. "Numerous other staff members from at least five UN and affiliated organizations are understood to have also perished," he said. Along with the IOM, the World Food Program, UN Refugee Agency, World Bank, UN Environment Agency and others lost colleagues, he said. "The United Nations is in contact with the Ethiopian authorities and working closely with them to establish the details of United Nations personnel who lost their lives in this tragedy."

Source: Standard Digital March 11, 2019 05:04 UTC