port - au - prince , haiti — james brown , a leading poverty guru , spent a recent evening here wax positive about that the nation ' s economic freefall might make the ideal minute for haiti to sell more items like t - shirts and mangoes to americans . his improbable enthusiasm culminated with appearances by a bevy of celebrities descending on them this month , excluding ban tri - moon , the unite nations secretary general , and the un security council . all of them received to emphasis that this destitute national standing at a crossroads between paradise and " the void , " as capt . john put it .
The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon comes from Haiti.