UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (C) dances with Guarani indigenous women during a visit to Santa Rita community, in Concepcion municipality, 310 Km from Santa Cruz, Bolivia on June 13, 2014
Sanat Cruz De La Sierra, Bolivia:
UN chief Ban Ki-moon celebrated his 70th birthday on Friday in an indigenous community in Bolivia, on the eve of a G77 leaders summit this weekend.
Wearing a straw hat, a necklace of flowers and a big grin, Ban joined in a folk dance with men and women from the Santa Rita community in Bolivia's eastern Concepcion region.
And in the neighboring village of El Torno, Ban was presented with a birthday cake made from coca leaves as school children sang him "happy birthday."
The UN secretary-general arrived earlier in the department of Santa Cruz on Bolivian President Evo Morales's airplane. The two were among a number of world leaders who attended the World Cup opening ceremonies in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
The upcoming summit will mark the 50th anniversary of the G77, a group created by 77 countries in Geneva in 1964 that now counts 133 member states.
Its main goal is to promote economic development, in particular through South-South cooperation.
Wearing a straw hat, a necklace of flowers and a big grin, Ban joined in a folk dance with men and women from the Santa Rita community in Bolivia's eastern Concepcion region.
And in the neighboring village of El Torno, Ban was presented with a birthday cake made from coca leaves as school children sang him "happy birthday."
The UN secretary-general arrived earlier in the department of Santa Cruz on Bolivian President Evo Morales's airplane. The two were among a number of world leaders who attended the World Cup opening ceremonies in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
The upcoming summit will mark the 50th anniversary of the G77, a group created by 77 countries in Geneva in 1964 that now counts 133 member states.
Its main goal is to promote economic development, in particular through South-South cooperation.
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