UN environment talks open under shadow of Ethiopian plane crash The president and the executive director of the UN Environment Assembly express their "deepest condolences" to the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash that killed 157 people, including at least 22 UN staff, as they hold a press conference for the opening of a world forum on addressing the planet's environmental crisis. IMAGES of the press conference AND SOUNDBITES of acting UN Environment executive director Joyce Msuya and UN Environment Assembly president Siim Kiisler