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Organizations lose 46 staff in Ethiopian Airlines jet crash

The U.N. reported losing 21 staff who worked for its agencies; other international organizations reported losing 25 staff.

An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 at Bole International Airport, Addis Ababa
An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 at Bole International Airport, Addis Ababa (AN/Alan Wilson)

The United Nations and other humanitarian and environmental organizations mourned the loss of 46 staff in a crash of an Ethio­pian Airlines jetliner bound from Addis Ababa for Nairobi that killed all 157 people aboard.

The 46 staff worked for 28 U.N. agencies and other international organizations including a fair number who were headed to Kenya to attend the U.N. Environment Assembly, according to figures compiled by Arete News.

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