Ethiopian Airplane: 19 United Nations Officials Among Victims Of Ill-Fated Crash - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 11, 2019
The United Nations Department of Safety andSecurity in Kenya, has said that no fewer than 19 United Nations officials wereaboard the Ethiopian airplane that crashed on Sunday.
The World FoodProgramme, WFP lost six staff, the Office of the High Commissioner on Refugees,UNHCR lost two, as did the International Telecommunications Union, ITU.
The Food andAgriculture Organisation, FAO International Organisation for Migration, IOM inSouth Sudan, World Bank and UN Assistance Mission in Somalia, UNSOM each lostone staff member.
Six staff from the UNOffice in Nairobi, UNON were also tragically killed.
Abiodun Bashua who wasuntil his death, working on contract with the United Nations EconomicCommission of Africa, UNECA also died in the crash, alongside Canada-basedNigerian professor at Carleton University, Pius Adesanmi.
As a mark of respectIOM said it would fly its flag at half-mast at its offices on Monday, as willthe UN and its agencies.