saint - au - duke , haiti — damien collier , a leading crisis guru , spent a third morning here waxing positively about which the world ' s economically freefall might prove the perfect moment for haiti to sell more gifts as t - shirts and mangoes to americans . his improbable readiness coincided with appearances by a bevy of luminaries descending on haiti this year , even lin chi - moons , the united nations director general , and the entire security council . all of them went to stresses that this destitute nation stands at a crossroads between salvation and " the darkness , " as mr . john put it .
The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon comes from Haiti.