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mandated to follow up on the implementation of resolutions and to continue activities between the United Nations Conferences on the Standardization of Geographical Names held every five years. UNGEGN aims to emphasize the importance of the standardization of geographical names at the national and international levels, to show the benefits of this, and to assist countries in standardization of geographical names where it is lacking. Furthermore, UNGEGN facilitates and encourages the discussion of the results of work on national standardization and arising issues, the dissemination of best practices, and a wide user community awareness of nationally authorized geographical names.
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The remit of UNGEGN is to deal with the problems of domestic and international standardization of geographical names, and to offer suggestions and recommendations for (mainly linguistic) standardization. Being one of the seven expert groups of the United Nations Economic and Social Council, UNGEGN is
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standardization through Working Groups and Special task teams, as well as through Divisions. These so-called Divisions are groups of countries with common interests based on geography and/or language. To interact with other scientific organizations, UNGEGN has appointed a number of liaison officers.
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At the 6th UN Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names (New York, August/September 1992) resolution nr. 14 recommends toponymic guidelines in combined volumes, in at least one of the working languages of the United Nations, and that provision should be made to issue the guidelines in
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UNGEGN is composed of experts from various linguistic/geographical divisions that have been established by the UN Conferences on the Standardization of Geographical Names. Countries decide for themselves the division(s) to which they wish to belong; some belong to more than one division. A division
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The question of standardizing geographical names was raised by the United Nations Cartographic Section of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in the late 1940s. After discussions in the 1950s and ECOSOC resolution 715A (XXVII) of 1959, the first meeting of a group of experts was
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in New York City. It can be conducted at a different location, if a country offers to host the conference and to pay the additional costs of hosting the conference away from UN HQ. Each country may send a delegation. Members of these delegations are mainly experts on geographical names from their
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UNGEGN reports to the UN Conferences on the Standardization of Geographical Names held at five-yearly intervals. It is supported by a Secretariat provided by the United Nations Statistics Division, and its Bureau. UNGEGN meets formally on two occasions between Conferences and works on names
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Under the umbrella of UNGEGN, several Working Groups have been created to follow up topics and issues which cut across the Divisional structure of UNGEGN. In addition, UNGEGN has a Task Team for Africa and coordinates the work of countries in developing their toponymic guidelines.
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Resolution nr. 14 of this Conference recommends that countries should be strongly encouraged to publish and keep up to date Toponymic Guidelines, and that the United Nations Secretariat should provide appropriate assistance for their publication and dissemination.
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chair is selected within a division and he/she is encouraged to stimulate activities in the standardization of geographical names within the division, through technical meetings, correspondence, etc.
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Resolution nr. 4, passed at the 4th UN Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names in 1982, presented a checklist of items which toponymic guidelines should contain:
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convened in New York City in 1960. This group recommended that a UN Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names be held. In 1967 this took place in
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were adopted in favour of the promotion of toponymic guidelines. At the 4th UN Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names (
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Alphabets of the language or languages and, furthermore, in the case of non-Roman alphabets and scripts, the officially introduced
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UNGEGN – United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names: UN Conferences on the Standardization of Geographical Names
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Working Group on Geographical Names Data Management (until 2021 as Working Group on Toponymic Data Files and Gazetteers)
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The UNGEGN Bureau consists of a Chair, two Vice-Chairs and two Rapporteurs. The current Bureau is composed as follows:
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The title of the Toponymic Guidelines has been modified in 1982 and 1986. Whereas Breu in his sample used the title
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Experts during the 26th Session of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (2–6 May 2011,
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Manual for the standardization of geographical names. United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names
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recognizable in the existing place names, but only as far as their knowledge could be of benefit to the
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Currently, there are 24 divisions that guide the work of UNGEGN during and between its sessions:
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Legal status of geographical names in the respective languages of multilingual countries;
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Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names held in August/September 1977 at
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Goods and on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals
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At the 5th United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names (
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United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management
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United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
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Vice-Chairs: Sungjae Choo (Republic of Korea), Hasanuddin Abidin (Indonesia)
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The most recent conference, the 11th, was held in New York in August 2017.
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Technical reference manual for the standardization of geographical names
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United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
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United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names
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Peculiarities of dialect and areal distribution of the main dialects;
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Toponymic guidelines for map and other editors, for international use
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United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development
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The echo on Breus proposal was positive. In the years to come four
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United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
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Links to recently published or updated UNGEGN Toponymic Guidelines
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United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
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List of members of the United Nations Economic and Social Council
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The former Working Group on Pronunciation was disbanded in 2017.
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Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters
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Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management
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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
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issues of a certain country, especially from the perspective of
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Information on Toponymic Guidelines on the UNGEGN Official site
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Wien 2004 (= Wiener Schriften zur Geographie und Kartographie).
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http://unstats.un.org/unsd/publication/seriesm/seriesm_88e.pdf
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Names authorities and measures taken in names standardization;
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Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International
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https://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/UNGEGN/ungegnConf11.html
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Rapporteurs: Trent C. Palmer (USA), Wendy Shaw (New Zealand)
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International geographic data and information organizations
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Glossary of words necessary for the understanding of maps;
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Areal distribution of languages in multilingual countries;
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is a periodic international conference organised by the
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Working Group on Geographical Names as Cultural Heritage
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United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund
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Aspekte der Kartographie im Wandel. Festschrift für
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United Nations Office, Vienna
United Nations Economic and Social Council
standardization
geographical names
UNGEGN conference
international guidelines
Geneva
Josef Breu
Romanization Systems
United Nations Statistical Commission
United Nations Headquarters
toponymic
standardization
United Nations
Athens
Josef Breu
New York
resolutions
Geneva
Montreal
romanization
Linguistic substrata
cartographer
dialect
standard language
Geographic Names Information System
Toponymy
United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management
WGRS website

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