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Haiti's President Cancels UN Speech

Sandra Lemaire

   Matiado Vilme and Renan Toussaint in Port-au-Prince contributed to this
   report
   WASHINGTON / NEW YORK / PORT-AU-PRINCE - Haiti's President, Jovenel
   Moise, will not travel to the United States as planned Tuesday, to
   speak before the United Nations General Assembly. The president issued
   a statement late Monday announcing that Foreign Minister Bocchit Edmond
   would lead Haiti's delegation to the U.N. and speak before the general
   assembly on behalf of the nation.

   The cancellation comes after news of a postponement of his departure
   for New York, and on the heels of a chaotic, violent day at the Haitian
   Senate that saw two people wounded when a Senator fired his gun ahead
   of a vote to confirm the prime minister designate. An AP
   photojournalist and a parliament security guard were wounded during the
   incident.

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