The Security Council today welcomed the signing of the National Strategy on Disarmament, Demobilization, Reintegration and Repatriation, the National Security Policy, the Internal Security Forces Development Plan and the National Reconciliation Strategy by the Central African Republic.

Delegates at today's Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) meeting discussed a proposed cost-neutral restructuring of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), aimed at shifting more of the Office’s work from its headquarters in Geneva to existing and proposed regional offices.

Marking International Day of Tolerance, the Secretary-General said that the values of tolerance and mutual understanding are facing profound tests.  He noted that refugees and migrants continue to face closed doors and clenched fists, while bigotry shows its face through racism, anti-Muslim hatred, anti-Semitism and other forms of discrimination.

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the opening of the “Momentum for Change” Awards ceremony in Marrakech, Morocco, today:

Reporting that the consolidation of stability continued to progress in Kosovo but was threatened by tensions at both the community and higher political levels, the senior United Nations official there told the Security Council today that all reconciliation processes must ultimately reinforce each other.

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Robert C. Orr, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Climate Change, to the high-level ministerial dialogue on climate finance — “Scaling-Up Adaptation Finance to Address the Challenges of Climate and Development”, in Marrakech, Morocco, today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Summit of African Heads of State and Government, hosted by King Mohammed VI in Marrakech, Morocco, today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Advisory Commission, in Amman, Jordan, on 14 November:

The General Assembly this morning adopted, without a vote, a resolution that strongly encouraged Member States and national, regional and local education authorities to integrate education for democracy — along with civic education, human rights instruction and education for sustainable development — into their curricula and to strengthen programmes aimed at the promotion of democratic values.