UN laments death of Polish President

UN: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon lamented on Saturday the death of Polish President Lech Kaczynski in an air disaster in Russian territory.

In a message circulated at the UN headquarters in New York, Ban extols the performance of the late Polish president in serving his people at the helm of his country. It also notes that the air crash occurred as Kaczynski was heading for a ceremony to consolidate relations between his country and Russia.

At least one hundred people died in the plane crash, including his wife, the Governor of the Central Bank, the Army Chief, a Deputy Foreign Minister and several legislators, according to official reports from Warsaw. United Nations, Prensa Latina