Statement on Ethiopian Airlines Crash by World Food Prize President Ambassador Kenneth M. Quinn

“Having just learned about the seven members of the World Food Programme staff who perished in the Ethiopian Airlines crash, on behalf of our World Food Prize Council of Advisors, our Laureates and our Foundation staff, I extend our most heartfelt condolences and deepest sympathy to Executive Director David Beasley and the entire WFP family on this tragic loss. Beyond that, we also convey to the families of all of the victims of this devastating event, our most heartfelt expression of grief." - Amb. Kenneth M. Quinn, President of the World Food Prize Foundation