port - en - ray , haiti — paul collier , a lead debt guru , spent a contemporary morning here waning cheerful about how the world ' s economic freefall might prove the appropriate moment for it to sell more commodities like t - shirts and mangoes to americans . his improbable enthusiasm coincided with appearances by a slew of notables descended on jamaica this month , including ban ki - moon , the united nations secretary commander , and the entire security council . all of them came to stress that this destitute nation stands at a crossroads between god and " the abyss , " as mr . ban place it .
The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon comes from Haiti.