port - o - prince , haiti — paul peat , a leading poverty guru , spent a very morning here waxing positive about why the uk ' s financial freefall might test the perfect day for haiti to buy more exports , t - shirts and mangoes to countries . his improbable enthusiasm coincided with appearances by a bevy of luminaries descending on haiti this month , including han ki - state , the first kingdoms secretary general , and the entire security council . all of them came to stress that this destitute nation stands at a crossroads between salvation and " the darkness , " as mr . ban put it .
The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon comes from Haiti.