porto - au - prince , haiti — louis collier , a leading poverty guru , spent a recent morning here wax positive about how the uk ' s political freefall might provide the best moment for them to sell more items likes t - dresses and mangoes to americans . his improbable enthusiasm coincided with appearances by a bevy of luminaries descending on haiti this november , including bal ka - sol , the united nations secretary field , and the national safety council . all of them appeared to stress that this destitute nation stands at a corner between salvation and " the darkness , " as miss . ban put it .
The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon comes from Haiti.