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Small loans provided to poor entrepreneurs are a valuable tool for fighting poverty and reaching global development goals, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today.

Concluding a three-day UN-backed meeting in Bucharest aimed at preparing for the 2003 World Summit on the Information Society, European countries today adopted a declaration containing a set of principles and a strategy for action on the issue.

As fighting between various groups in Colombia continues, the United Nations refugee agency today voiced concern that more civilians would be forced to flee to neighbouring countries.

Hailing the unanimous adoption of a new Security Council resolution aimed at returning United Nations weapons inspectors to Iraq, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on Baghdad to comply with the text’s demands.

The Security Council today voted unanimously to return United Nations weapons inspectors to Iraq, offering Baghdad a last chance to comply with its disarmament obligations and recalling previous warnings of "serious consequences" in case of non-compliance.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today announced the addition of 18 new sites to a global network of land or coastal ecosystems dedicated to finding solutions to reconcile the preservation of biodiversity with sustainable development.

Following the adoption of a landmark resolution aimed at returning United Nations weapons inspectors to Iraq, members of the Security Council today stressed that the text, which was cosponsored by the United States and the United Kingdom, contains no provisions for the automatic use of force.

Following the adoption of a milestone resolution aimed at garnering Iraq's compliance with Security Council requirements, including the dismantling of all weapons of mass destruction, the head of the United Nations arms inspectors today said they would arrive in the country in 10 days.

Reaching international targets to cut poverty and combat other global ills will top the agenda of a meeting of senior United Nations officials convened by Secretary-General Kofi Annan which opened today.

United Nations officials today hailed a major private-sector donation to the global drive to eradicate polio, but cautioned that more remains to be done to protect children from the debilitating disease.