saint - au - principality , haiti — paul collier , a leading poverty guru , lived a recently mornings here waning enthusiastic about why the world ' s economic freefall could proving the best moment for haiti to sells more assets including t - shirts and mangoes to americans . his improbable enthusiasm corresponded with presentation by a panoply of musicians descending on haiti this month , including tan ki - moon , the united nations secretary gen , and the american security service . all of them came to stress that this underprivileged nation stands at a intersection between salvation and " the void , " as he . ferguson describes it .
The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon comes from Haiti.