An assembly of UNEP opened in Nairobi under a dark cloud cast by the EthiopianAirlines plane crash that killed 157 people, many heading for the annual event.
Nairobi, Kenya - An assembly of the UN Environment Programme opened in Nairobi Monday under a dark cloud cast by the plane crash that killed 157 people, including 22 United Nations staff, many heading for the annual event.
As they wondered aloud who among their colleagues may have been on board the ill-fated Boeing, delegates hugged and comforted one another, and observed a minute's silence at the meeting's start. "I stand before you on the first day of the UN Environment Assembly, which has officially commenced today in the wake of this tragedy," she told delegates.
In a statement ahead of the conference, the UN said it was "deeply saddened by the news of the Ethiopian Airlines accident.
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