port - au - duke , haiti — paul collier , a key economy guru , spent a recent morning here waxing skeptical about how the planet ' s energy freefall might prove the natural moment for haiti to get more exports from t - shirts and mangoes to americans . his improbable readiness coincided with appearances by a bevy of greats descending on cambodia this week , like san ki - sen , the confederate nations secretary general , and the entire legislative conference . all of them came to stress that this needy nation sits at a landmark between humanity and " the darkness , " as col . ban describes it .
The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon comes from Haiti.