An assembly of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) opened in Nairobi Monday under a sombre mood over the Ethiopia plane crash.
The Ethiopia plane crash took lives of 157 people on board of which 22 were United Nations staff that were heading for the annual event in Nairobi.
Delegates arrived with the UN flag flying at half-mast, and the flags of all UN nations that usually adorn the UNEP headquarters having been taken down, Daily Nation reports.
“We will not forget this tragedy, nor those who perished. Let us reflect that our colleagues were willing to travel and to work far from their homes and loved ones to make the world a better place to live.” Maimunah Sharif head of
The tragic accident took 32 lives of Kenyans which was the highest registered number of dead in the ill fate crash.