III Special Subgroup Meeting

Completion of the Chernobyl Audit

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III Meeting of the EUROSAI WGEA Special Subgroup on the Audit of Natural, Man-caused Disasters Consequences and Radioactive Wastes Elimination headed by the Chairman of the Accounting Chamber of Ukraine Dr. Valentyn Symonenko was organized in the Accounting Chamber of Ukraine on May 13, 2008 in Kyiv. This Meeting became the final stage in conducting the International Co-ordinated Audit of the Chernobyl Shelter Fund.

The Meeting was attended by auditors from all 8 SAIs members of the Special Subgroup and SAI of Norway as an observer. Concerned Ukrainian government senior officials visited this Meeting as well.

The Meeting aimed at approving the draft Joint Report of the International Audit and outlining the prospective activities of the Special Subgroup for 2009-2011.

In addition, the Chair of the Special Subgroup forwarded the proposal on the reorganization of the EUROSAI WGEA Special Subgroup into the EUROSAI Working Group on the Audit of Natural, Man-caused Disasters and Radioactive Wastes which was supported by the Meeting participants.

The issue of the reorganization of the EUROSAI WGEA Special Subgroup into the EUROSAI Working Group was included into Agenda of VII EUROSAI Congress scheduled for June 2-5, 2008 in Krakow, Poland.

Meeting participants also agreed that after the EUROSAI Congress the Chairman of the Special Subgroup would inform all its members on the decision taken, time and place of the next meeting.