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United Nations (U.N.) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon poses with children during a visit to the slum of Cite Soleil in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Thursday. Ban Ki-moon is in Haiti for the first time to observe a U.N. force that is slowly transitioning from a military to a policing role.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CMC):

The United Nations Secretary General on Thursday, told a group of Haitian children living in Haiti's once most dangerous slum that he was working to help create better living conditions for them and for children around the world.

As he wrapped up a 24-hour visit to the impoverished Caribbean country, Ban Ki-Moon promised to help create a better environment in which all children may have access to proper education, health care and could live in a stable country where basic needs are satisfied.

"As Secretary General of the United Nations, I'll do my best to provide you with a better future," said Ban, who was addressing a group of poor children in the slum of Cite Soleil in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince.

"I'll work hard for you to have a stable country where you can grow up, have an education and be able to work," he said after receiving flowers from slum children who came to welcome him.