Mr Atwood told Good Morning Ulster that the investigation would look at issues including fraud and procurement to determine whether there were "any further causesforconcern".
As far as current global observations are concerned, Hansen cites both the decline of Arctic sea ice and the worldwide retreat of mountain glaciers as causesfor major concern.
Stagnation in aid commitments, which have left a funding gap of seven billion dollars annually, and a cut in the share of national income to education in some countries, are causesfor serious concern and must be reversed, said the representatives from 39 governments including several major donor countries, intergovernmental organizations and civil society.