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United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES NN EE WW SS LL EE TT TT EE RR NUMBER 23 JULY 2000 Inside this issue: § Preface Message from the Chairman 1 Report from the Vice-Chair 2 § News from Headquarters From the Secretariat 4 § From the Divisions No. 23, July 2000 United Nations Group of Experts on French-Speaking Division 5 Geographical Names Newsletter (ISSN Norden Division 7 1014-798) is published by Statistics Division, United Nations Department of § From the Working Groups Economic and Social Affairs. Working Group on Country Names 8 The designations employed and the Working Group on Gazetteers and Toponymic Data Files 9 presentation of the material in this Working Group on Toponymic Terminology 12 publication do not imply the expression of Working Group on Publicity and Funding 13 any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Working Group on Romanization Systems 14 Seceretariat of the United Nations Working Group on Training Courses in Toponymy 14 concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, or of its authorities § From the Countries or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries Canada 15 Latvia 18 Slovakia 23 Sudan 24 United States of America 25 § Other Reports and News GeoNames 2000 27 Ptolemy 29 15th UNRCC-AP 29 7th UNRCC-Americas 30 UNGEGN-Newsletter-23-Final.doc 1 News from the Headquarters Impressum U N G E G N The Newsletter of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN Secretariat of the Group of Experts on NNEEWWSSLLEETTTTEERR Newsletter) is issued approximately twice Geographical Names a year by the Secretariat of the Group. Room DC2-1418 The Secretariat is established within the United Nations Statistical Division (UNSD), Department New York, NY 10017 for Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), USA Secretariat of the United Nations. It publishes contributions/reports from the Tel: 212 963 3042 or: 212 963 5951 Experts of the Group, its Fax: 212 963 9851 Linguistic/Geographical Divisions and its E-mail: [email protected] Working Groups. and [email protected] Contributions for the Newsletter can only be considered when they are made available in digital form. They should be sent to the following address: ii UNGEGN-Newsletter-23-Final.doc Preface Preface Message from the Chairman Dear UNGEGN Experts: Geographical Names publication is being expanded to I was very pleased to receive a recommends the publication in include the fourth version of the copy of the Draft Report of the combined volumes of the Glossary of Toponymic 20th Session of the UNGEGN, Guidelines. A number of Terminology under the editorship and to read how successful the UNGEGN experts have sent me of Mr Naftali Kadmon (Israel); an Session was. the Guidelines of their countries edited version by Mr Randall E. I express my sincere appreciation for this purpose. However, a Flynn (USA) of the report on to Dr Hermann Habermann, resolution was adopted at the 7th Toponymic Data Exchange Director of the UN Statistics Conference advocating web- Formats and Standards; the list of Division, under whom the Group based or electronic publication of Names of Countries, edited by Ms of Experts falls, and to his staff; to the Guidelines. Electronically Sylvie Lejeune (France); and a Ms Helen Kerfoot, who acted as published Guidelines are less report on Romanization Systems, Chair in terms of Rule 7 (1) of the expensive to maintain, quick to edited by Mr Peeter Pall (Estonia). UNGEGN Rules of Procedure; to keep updated, and readily With a view to determining the Mr Botolv Helleland, the acting accessible. Furthermore, more required print run, I would Vice-Chair; to the Rapporteurs, and more countries are publishing appreciate experts informing me Mr Roger L. Payne and Mr their Guidelines independently. how many copies each would need Randall E. Flynn; to the Publishing these Guidelines in for his or her country. Chairpersons and members of the combined volumes as well would I take this opportunity of Divisions; to the Convenors and be a duplication of existing reminding experts of my current members of the Working Groups; publications. In addition, address, namely to the interpreters and other publishing Guidelines in Names Research Institute support staff of the United combined volumes in printed P.O. 26582 GEZINA Nations, and to all others who media would be an expensive Pretoria 0031 SOUTH AFRICA helped make the 20th Session of undertaking, and it is uncertain My e-mail address is the UNGEGN the success it was. where such funding would be [email protected] I learnt with appreciation that found. Perhaps a decision on Telephone: 27-12-332-1518 or 27- seven Toponymic Guidelines for whether to continue with the 12-800-1486 Map and Other Editors had been publication of Guidelines in Fax: 27-12-332-4182. submitted to the Session. These combined volumes may be Guidelines have often been cited considered at the next UNGEGN I look forward to meeting you as among the most useful Session. again in Berlin, if not before. products of the Group of The second edition of United Experts. As you know, resolution Nations Documents on Peter E. Raper 7 of the 6th UN Conference on Geographical Names is Chairman, UNGEGN the Standardization of progressing favourably. This Report from the Vice-Chair The Twentieth session of the UNGEGN glossary of and planning for the Eighth UN UNGEGN is now behind us, and terminology (one publication in Conference we can look back on the valuable six languages) and I also met with Mr. Miklos work of Member states presented the UNGEGN brochure Pinther, Cartographic Section at this session in New York in publicizing the work of (Library and Publications January 2000. Clearly we still have geographical names (separate Division), the author of WP 71 work to undertake to encourage brochures in the six UN presented at the Twentieth session and continue the tasks of languages) of UNGEGN, about the geographical names • Finding a way to reproduce development of the United standardization, and on behalf of and distribute the technical Nations Geographic Database. UNGEGN I have taken several documents of the Seventh UN Conceptually this provides a very steps to start following up various Conference on the interesting opportunity for each activities of the Twentieth session, Standardization of Geographical Member state to provide and hoping this will also move us Names (1998) promote its own correct, up-to- towards the Eighth Conference in • Ensuring UN Secretariat date standardized toponymy for a Berlin in August 2002. support and action on the data base with world-wide development of an UNGEGN coverage. I will keep in touch (1) Meetings at United website as a focal point to with the Cartographic Section Nations Headquarters provide information and links to about the development of this In mid-March I spent two days at other UNGEGN sites project, and ways in which United Nations Headquarters in • Planning for three issues of UNGEGN members can be kept New York, meeting with Mr. the UNGEGN Newsletter to be current and can contribute to this Hermann Habermann and Mr. put in place before the 2002 UN data base. Amor Laaribi (Statistics Division). Conference The UNGEGN brochure on Discussion took place to further • Re-iterating the necessity of, standardization of geographical progress on the following: and ensuring, UN Secretariat names (the English-language • UN editing, printing and support in UNGEGN activities version produced through the distribution of the report of the and in maintenance of Working Group on Publicity and twentieth session of UNGEGN “archival” UNGEGN Funding, and recently printed by (in the six UN languages) documents Mr. John Parker in Australia) is • Producing a brief report from • Considering ways of improving now available on the UN UNGEGN to ECOSOC on the the functioning of UNGEGN Cartography Section web site Twentieth session for technical sessions (refer to http://www.un.org/ endorsement of the Twenty-first • Providing outreach to Member Depts/Cartographic/english/htm session states not yet participating in ain.htm) • Initiating and implementing geographical names the process for the United standardization programmes (2) Reference Compendium of Nations to publish: • Continuing cooperation in Technical Papers promoting UNGEGN activities UNGEGN-Newsletter-23-Final.doc 2 I am in the process of expanding be happy to add them, before was also the opportunity to and updating the Compendium of providing the digital file to the discuss plans being developed for Technical Papers presented at UN UN Secretariat and the UN the Eighth UN Conference in Conferences on the Standardization of Map Library. Berlin in August 2002. Geographical Names and the Sessions of (3) GeoNames 2000 UNGEGN (see WP 8, from January 2000). Documents from GeoNames 2000 symposium in Frankfurt am Main, March 29-30, the Twentieth session of UNGEGN have been added, 2000 was most successful and I congratulate Dr. Jörn Sievers and previous information is being upgraded, and information his organizing committee on an interesting and productive supplied by UNGEGN members included. If you have prepared meeting. A summary report of this symposium is included in this lists of UN documents available in your office, I would Newsletter. In Frankfurt there REQUEST TO DIVISIONS, This material is incomplete and responsible for nationally AND DIVISION CHAIRS now out-of-date. However, it standardized names within the - Compilation of contact seems a basic tool for countries in their Division. information on authorities UNGEGN and for general Please forward material on this responsible for national information and topic to Ms. Jenny Javier at the geographical names communication purposes. The UN Secretariat as soon as it is standardization UN Secretariat could compile available. In the past, the UN Secretariat this material, but needs your and UNGEGN working groups help in researching it! I request Helen Kerfoot endeavoured to compile a all Divisions to compile the Vice-Chair, UNGEGN contact list of authorities contact names and addresses, e- Natural Resources Canada responsible for nationally mail, website, fax and phone Ottawa, Canada standardized geographical numbers, etc.
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