On Sunday, President Jovenel Moïse left the country from Hugo Chavez International Airport in Cap-Haïtien to New York to attend the 73rd Ordinary Session of the UN General Assembly from September 23 to 28. He was accompanied by his wife Martine, several ministers including Bocchit Edmond (Foreign Affairs), Ronald Décembre (Economy) and Marie Greta Roy Clément (Health) and Jean Baden Dubois, Governor of the Bank of the Republic of Haiti (BRH).

Moïse will take advantage of his stay to hold several bilateral meetings and participate in several summits on Haiti on the sidelines of this Assembly which will bring together 84 Heads of State and 44 Heads of Government.

During his stay, President Moïse will meet with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. He will meet in private (this Monday) Stefano Manservisi, the Director General of International Cooperation and Development of the European Commission. He will be received in audience (Tuesday) by John J. Sullivan Assistant Secretary of State of the United States of America before attending a session on the "Transformational Investment Strategy in Haiti". On Wednesday he will meet separately with Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Luis Alberto Moreno, President, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

The Head of State will participate in a High Level Round Table on the theme "Establishing Sustainable Paths to End Cholera in Haiti : Two Years to Pass the Last Stage", organized by the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary UN General in Haiti, Mrs. Josette Sheeran.

Moïse will make a 10-minute speech at the "Concordia Annual Summit" this year around the theme "Disaster Preparedness in Haiti's Development". At the same time, he will take part in a roundtable at the "Bloomberg Global Business Forum" on Wednesday on "Building Resilient Economies and Preserving Marine Ecosystems in the Commonwealth Coast Countries and Haiti"

On Thursday, the Head of State will participate in the Conference "Highlighting Private Financing for the Sustainable Development Goals : Haiti on the Frontline" before speaking at the UN platform for the second time in its mandate..

He will be back home Friday, September 28, 2018.

SL/ HaitiLibre