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Minutes
of the 8th ECOSAI Governing Board Meeting
(June 09, 2003),Tehran Iran.
The
Eight ECOSAI BoG was held on 9th of June 2003 in Tehran, Islamic Republic
of Iran. The following members attended the meeting as Heads of Delegations.
- Mr.
Seyed Kazem Mirvalad, President of the Supreme Audit Court of Iran
and President of ECOSAI.
- Mr.
Mouammad Yunis Khan, Auditor General of Pakistan and Secretary General
of ECOSAI.
- Mr.
Mehmet Damar, President of the Turkish Court of Accounts.
- Mr.
Abbas Allahverdiev, Deputy of the Chairman of the Chamber of Accounts
of Azerbaijan.
- Mr.
Alybek Madeliev, Auditor of the Accounts Chamber.
- Mr.
Soner Vehbi, President of the Court of Audit of Muslim Community
of Northern Cyprus attended the meeting as an observer.
1.
Opening of the Meeting.
The
meeting started with the recitation from the Holy Quran. Thereafter
the President of the Supreme Audit Court of the Islamic Republic of
Iran and ECOSAI, Seyed Kazem Mirvalad, formally inaugurated the meeting
and welcomed the delegates. He said that he was hopeful about the meeting
being productive and useful as well as being positive step towards improving
performance of ECOSAI and resolving its problems. The speech was followed
by adoption of the Agenda.
2.
Discussion of the Agenda points.
- Activity
Report by the Secretary General
The Auditor-General of Pakistan/ Secretary General of ECOSAI presented
the Activity Report. He mentioned that although ECOSAI had made
progress, it still had a long way to go. He spelled out the need
to activate the no-active members. He was of the opinion that ECOSAI
should continue as an autonomous entity and may not become a subgroup
of ASOSAI or INTOSAI. This mater needs to be considered carefully
by all members of ECOSAI.
- Presentation
and approval of the annual accounts for the year ended 31.12.02
Mr. Mohammad Mohsin Khan, Deputy Auditor General, SAI Pakistan while
presenting the accounts of ECOSAI for the year ending 31.12.02 stated
that ECOSAI’s auditor viz. Azerbaijan Republic and Kyrgyz
Republic had certified accounts covering a period from 1.1.99 to
1.4.03 whereas the accounts presented in the meeting needed to be
certified on the basis of financial year ending 31.12.02. Since
the Audit could not be conducted in Pakistan at the ECOSAI Secretariat,
such issues could not be clarified with the auditors period. The
auditors had given an unqualified certificate however they needed
to visit Pakistan for audit relating to the period referred to above.
The need to conduct audit in Pakistan for the 2002 accounts was
also supported by the Azerbaijan and Kyrgyz Republics.
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The
Auditor-General of Pakistan (AGP) proposed that Iran and Turkey
should serve as auditors by rotation. The proposal was supported
by all the members.
Decision:
It was agreed that:
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The auditor from Azerbaijan and Kyrgyz Republics shall visit Pakistan
to audit the accounts for the financial year ending on 31.12.03.
Their expenses shall be borne by the ECOSAI Secretariat out of the
funds of the organization.
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Starting
with 2003, Turkey and Iran shall serve as auditors of ECOSAI by
rotation.
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