The board approved the statement by 32 to 2, with Cuba and Ecuador opposing it and Indonesia abstaining.
Pope Benedict XVI approved the statement's contents and ordered its publication, it said.
"With this information, the idea that they could have approved the statement of Warner's presumed innocence beggars belief.
(Ah'm saying nuttin'!) Later, President Banda was reported to have not known about or approved the statement.
"What he is now trying to do is overturn a fair and comprehensive process that he had previously agreed to and actively participated in because he presumably does not like the conclusions that were drawn by the appraiser he approved," the statement said.
In December 2003, the Army Corps of Engineers approved the statement and although agencies still disagreed on the wetlands issues, held public hearings in 2004.
Later, it was confirmed that Banda had not approved the statement released written by her press team and was "incandescent with anger" over the mix-up.
The International Panel on Chemical Pollution (IPCP), an international network of scientists working on various aspects of chemical pollution, also has approved the statement.
"I want to be clear that I have not made any untrue or misleading statements, apart from approving the statement about my location over Christmas that in hindsight could have been clearer.
A spokeswoman for the A.S.P.C.A., Elizabeth Estroff, said it was baffled by Dr. Corey's claims, adding that Dr. Corey had "ultimately reviewed, edited and approved the final statement" about the horse.
