With Wreath-laying Ceremony, UN Staff Mourn Colleagues Killed in Line of Duty

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–6 April 2011 – United Nations staff, led by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, today mourned the loss of at least 40 of their colleagues who perished in the line of duty over the past week with a wreath-laying ceremony at the world body’s Headquarters in New York.

Since last Wednesday, the UN has lost staff in Haiti, Côte d’Ivoire, Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Darfur region of Sudan.

“The roster…