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Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Ukrainian Passenger Plane Crash in Iran

08 January 2020

  • The Secretary-General is deeply saddened by the crash of a Ukrainian airliner near Tehran today. 
Caption: UN Secretary-General António Guterres
Photo: © UN Photo/Mark Garten

The Secretary-General is deeply saddened by the crash of a Ukrainian airliner near Tehran today. 

He expresses his deepest condolences to the families of the victims and to the Governments of all the countries whose nationals lost their lives in this tragedy.

Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General

New York, 8 January 2020

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