The World Food Programme is mourning the death of seven staff members who lost their lives in the Ethiopian Airlines crash on Sunday.
They were among the 157 people on board who perished in the airline tragedy.
"As we confront this terrible loss, we reflect that all these WFP colleagues were willing to travel and work far from their homes and loved ones to help make the world a better place to live in. That was their calling, as it is for the rest of the WFP family," Executive Director David Beasley said.
The seven staff members were;
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Ekta Adhikari (28) from Nepal, whose duty station was Addis Ababa
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Maria Pilar Buzzetti (30) from Italy, duty station Rome
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Virginia Chimenti (26) from Italy, duty station Rome
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Harina Hafitz (59) from Indonesia, duty station Rome
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Zhen-Zhen Huang (46) from China, duty station Rome
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Michael Ryan (39) from Ireland, duty station Rome
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Djordje Vdovic (53) from Serbia, duty station Bangkok, on assignment to Rome
On Monday, delegates at the assembly of the UN Environment Programme at Gigiri, Nairobi observed a minute of silence, in memory of the victims of Flight ET 302.
The UN also lost 19 UN workers. Many of those that lost their lives were en-route to provide support and participate in the UN Environment Assembly.
