port - au - princes , washington — theo collier , a principal poverty guru , spent a recent morning here waxing affirmative about how the world ' s anticipated plunges might prove the perfectly moment for haiti to sell more gifts - t - shirts and mangoes to americans . his absurd enthusiasm coincided with appearances by a bevy of luminaries descending on haiti this month , including han du - lunar , the confederate nations secretary general , and the international police committee . all of them came to discuss that this destitute national stands at a compromise between salvation and " the darkness , " as mr . wat put it .
The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon comes from Haiti.