The UN environment assembly opened in Nairobi with many of the participants in mourning for friends and colleagues who were on the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed on its way to the Kenyan capital. The UN flag flew at half-mast as participants arrived for work at UN agencies in Nairobi as well as the first plenary session of the environment assembly. “We have lost fellow delegates, interpreters and UN staff,” said the president of the assembly, Siim Kiisler, the Estonian environment minister. “Many of those that lost their lives were en route to provide support and participate in the UN environment assembly. Aviation authorities were investigating how a new plane with an experienced pilot suddenly fell from the sky.

Source: The Guardian March 11, 2019 12:57 UTC