who had a UN passport, was among 19 UN officials who perished in the ill-fated Ethiopian Airline crash on Sunday.The News Agency of Nigeria said Mr Bashua, a retired Nigerian career ambassador, was until his death, working on contract with the United Nations Economic Commission of Africa .
Also, the Food and Agriculture Organisation , International Organisation for Migration in South Sudan, World Bank and UN Assistance Mission in Somalia each lost one staff member.As a mark of respect IOM said it would “fly its flag at half-mast at its offices today, as will the UN and its agencies”.
The statement said the UN was 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” the Secretary-General stated. “We will do all that is humanly possible to help the families at this painful time. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers”, he said.
“All of us at UNICEF mourn the tragic loss of our UN colleagues and all those who died in the Ethiopian Airlines crash today.
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