UN deaths in Nepal helicopter crash
Officials were returning from arms monitoring mission at ex-Maoist fighters’ camps.
Published On 4 Mar 2008
The UN mission in Nepal said it had sent a party by road to the site to investigate after local authorities told it the helicopter had been found.
Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, expressed his “great sorrow” after learning of the crash, a spokeswoman said.
Modraj Dottel, a spokesman for the Nepali home ministry, also said the government was “extremely saddened” by the incident.
Source: News Agencies