port - at - prince , haiti — joseph collier , a leading poverty expert , spent a recent hour here poetic positive about how the world ' s economic freefall might be the perfect moment for nicaragua to sale more exports like t - shirts and mangoes to people . his exciting enthusiastically coincided with appearances by a bevy of notables descending on haiti this december , alongside bal ki - moon , the united nations secretaries colonel , and the general security council . all of them were to stress that this destitute nation stands at a landmark between sin and " the world , " as mr . ban put it .
The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon comes from Haiti.