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GEGN/22/INF/1

2 July 2004

Original: English

Report of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names on the work of its twenty-second session*

(United Nations Headquarters, 20-29 April 2004)

List of Documents (Annex II) and List of Participants (Annex III).

* For the text of the report, see GEGN/22.

04-41552 (E) *0441552* GEGN/22/INF/1

Annex II List of documents

No. Title/country/division/working group Agenda item

GEGN/22/1 Provisional Agenda 2 GEGN/22/2 Statute and Rules of Procedure of the Group of Experts on Geographical Names GEGN/22/3 Provisional List of Participants GEGN/22/4 Provisional List of Documents GEGN/22/5 Provisional List of Documents according to Agenda Item GEGN/22/6 (a) Resolutions adopted at the Eight United Nations (English) Conferences on the Standardization of Geographical Names: 1967, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1998, 2002 GEGN/22/6 (b) Résolutions adoptées pár les huit conférences des (French) Nations Unies sur la normalisation des noms géographiques: 1967, 1972, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1998, 2002 GEGN/22/7 Report of the Chairperson 3 GEGN/22/8 Resolutions from the Eighth United Nations 20 Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names, 2002, Berlin GEGN/22/9 Report of the Secretary 4 GEGN/22/10 Provisional Agenda for the Ninth United Nations 21 Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names GEGN/22/11 Addresses of Experts on Geographical Names GEGN/22/12 Provisional Agenda for the Twenty-third 22 Session of the Group of Experts W.P. 1 The need for pronunciation guides for 16 geographical names – steps towards a solution (Submitted by ) W.P. 2 Pronunciation guide for Hebrew 16 geographical names (Submitted by Israel) W.P. 3 Sobre los progresos realizados en material 5 de normalización de nombres geográficos (Submitted by ) W.P. 4 Preparation of new UNGEGN manuals on the 20 standardization of geographical names (Resolution VIII/15) (Submitted by UNGEGN Chair) W.P. 5 Report of the Convenor of the Working Group on 8 Training Courses in Toponymy 2002-2004 (Submitted by the Convenor) W.P. 6 Report of the 5 (Submitted by Netherlands)

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W.P. 7 Report of the International Cartographic 6 Organization 2002-2004 (Submitted by the ICA Liaison Officer) W.P. 8 Report of the Dutch and German-Speaking 5 Division 2002-2004 (Submitted by the Division Chair) W.P. 9 Hydrological Atlas of 9 (Submitted by Austria) W.P. 10 Diachronic index of settlement names in the 9 Banat 1890-1992 (Submitted by Austria) W.P. 11 File settlement names in the Vistula catchment area 9 from 12th century to the present (Submitted by Austria) W.P. 12 Report of Austria 5 (Submitted by Austria) W.P. 13(a) The Canadian Geographical Names Service (CGNS) 9 (Submitted by ) W.P. 13(b) Le Service canadien de toponymie (SCT) 9 (Submitted by Canada) W.P. 14(a) Commemorative naming practices for geographical 20 features in Canada (Submitted by Canada) W.P. 14(b) Pratiques de désignation commémorative des 20 entités géographiques au Canada (Submitted by Canada) W.P. 15(a) Some Canadian activities with respect to 18 indigenous names (Submitted by Canada) W.P. 15(b) Activités canadiennes en matière de toponymie 18 autochtone (Submitted by Canada) W.P. 16 Names of countries, their capitals and inhabitants 12 (Submitted by ) W.P. 17 Toponymic guide collecting and elaborating 9 geographical names (Submitted by Poland) W.P. 18 Administrative division of Poland 17 (Submitted by Poland) W.P. 19 Compte rendu d’activité de la division francophone (2002-2004) 5 (Submitted by the Division Chair) W.P. 20 The first gazetteer of 1:1000 000 9 (Submitted by Latvia) W.P. 21 Report of the Division 5 (Submitted by China Division) W.P. 22 Problems of characters and pronunciation on Chinese 16 geographical names (Submitted by China) W.P. 23 The stability and appropriateness of the United Nations 11 systems for the romanization of Arabic geographical Names (Submitted by ) W.P. 24 Minority languages in Austria 18 (Submitted by Austria) W.P. 25 Geographical names in various versions (languages) 5 (Submitted by ) W.P. 26 Addresses, place-names and legislation in 5 (Submitted by Sweden) W.P. 27 The future of the Swedish civil parishes and their names 5 (Submitted by Sweden) W.P. 28 The official Swedish place-names database 9 (Submitted by Sweden)

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W.P. 29 National report on the activities in the field of 5 Standardization of Geographical Names (Submitted by ) W.P. 30 Report of the Baltic Division 5 (Submitted by the Division) W.P. 31 Report of the 5 (Submitted by Lithuania) W.P. 32 Report of the UNGEGN “East Central and South-East 5 Europe” Division (Submitted by the Division Chair) W.P. 33 Report of Working Group on Exonyms 7 (Submitted by the Convenor) W.P. 34 Report of the Working Group on Exonyms 15 (Submitted by the Convenor) W.P. 35 Workshop on Toponymy – Frankfurt am Main 6 15 September 2003 (Submitted by ) W.P. 36 Training Course in Toponymy 8 Enschede, Frankfurt am Main, Berlin 11 August – 6 September 2002 (Submitted by Germany) W.P. 37 Gazetteer Federal Republic of Germany GN 250/GN 1000 9 (Submitted by Germany) W.P. 38 Dictionary of Geographical Regions of Germany 9 (Third Edition) (Submitted by Germany) W.P. 39 Geographical names in the German coastal area 9 (Submitted by Germany) W.P. 40 EuroGeoNames (EGN)- A Project on a European 9 Geographical Names GIS Network (Submitted by Germany) W.P. 41 List of Country Names in the German Language 12 (Eighth Edition) (Submitted by Germany) W.P. 42 Status report on the promotion of Minority and indigenous 20 geographical names in the Federal Republic of Germany (Submitted by Germany) W.P. 43 National Names Authorities – An Initial List 14 (Submitted by UNGEGN Chair and UNGEGN Secretariat) W.P. 44 Kven Place-Names 18 (Submitted by Norway) W.P. 45 Twenty-second International Congress of Onomastic 6 Sciences- Pisa () 28 August-4 September 2005 (Submitted by Austria) W.P. 46 Report by the Convenor of the Working Group on 7 Romanization Systems (Submitted by the Convenor) W.P. 47 New Legislation in concerning geographical names 17 (Submitted by Estonia) W.P. 48 Updates to the report on the current status of United Nations 11 Romanization Systems for geographical names (Submitted by UNGEGN Working Group on Romanization) W.P. 49 Toponymic guidelines for map editors and other 17 Editors – (Fourth, revised edition 2004) (Submitted by Finland) W.P. 50 Report of the Norden Division 5 (Submitted by the Division Chair) W.P. 51 Council of Geographic Names Authorities 6 (Submitted by )

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W.P. 52 Report of the Pan American Institute of Geography & History 6 (Submitted by PAIGH Liaison Officer) W.P. 53 Report the Islamic Republic of 5 (Submitted by Iran) W.P. 54 Transcription Procedure for Iranian Geographical Names 11 (Submitted by Iran) W.P. 55 Consultation on the Norwegian Place-Names Act 5 (Submitted by Norway)

W.P. 56 Report of the United States/Canada Division 5 (Submitted by the Division) W.P. 57 (a) Un cours d’introduction à la toponymie diffusé sur le web 8 (Submitted by Canada) W.P. 57 (b) An introductory toponymy course on the web 8 (Submitted by Canada) W.P. 58 Contact information - national names authorities 14 or other agencies, March 2004 (Submitted by UNGEGN Chair and Secretariat) W.P. 59 A Japanese Edition of the Textbook 8 “Toponymy – The Lore, Laws and Language of Geographical Names” (Submitted by Israel) W.P. 60 Report of the United Kingdom Division 5 (Submitted by the United Kingdom Division) W.P. 61 Report of the Working Group on Publicity and Funding 13 (Submitted by United Kingdom) W.P. 62 Listes de noms de pays et de capitales IGN CNT 12 AFNOR/ISO ONY Particularités de chaque publication en 2004 (Submitted by ) W.P. 63 Romano-Hellenic Division Report 5 (Submitted by Romano-Hellenic Division) W.P. 64 Multilingual Glossary of Geographical Features 9 (Submitted by Italy) W.P. 65 Summary Report of the Working Group on 7 Country Names (Submitted by the Convenor) W.P. 66 United States Department of State Lists of Independent 12 States of the World and of Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty (Submitted by United States of America) W.P. 67 Report of the UNGEGN Liaison with the Scientific 6 Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) (Submitted by SCAR) W.P. 68 Report of the Asia South East-Pacific South West Division 5 (Submitted by Division Chair) W.P. 69 Central Place Name Register of Norway 9 (Submitted by Norway) W.P. 70 Report of Asia South-West Division (other than Arabic) 5 (Submitted by the Islamic Republic of Iran) W.P. 71 Trabajos realizados en la Repúblic de para la 9 preparación de documentos de datos toponumicos y nomenclatures (Submitted by Cuba) W.P. 72 Tratamiento dado a lost exónimos en la República 15 de Cuba (Submitted by Cuba)

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W.P. 73 Standard Lebanese Geographic Names Romanization 11 Rules (Submitted by ) W.P. 74 Geographic Names in the United Arab Emirates 5 (Submitted by United Arab Emirates) W.P. 75 U.N. Work on Geographical Names 20 (Submitted by Sweden) W.P. 76 Report of the Republic of 5 (Submitted by Mozambique) W.P. 77 International Council of Onomastic Sciences 6 (Submitted by Austria)

W.P. 78 Cultural Toponymy on the Sudanese Nile 5 (Submitted by Sudan) W.P. 79 Report of UNGEGN Working Group on Evaluation 14 and Implementation (Submitted by the Convenor) W.P. 80 Summary Report of Working Group on Evaluation 7 and Implementation (Submitted by the Convenor) W.P. 81 Report of Asia East Division (other than China) 5 (Submitted by the Acting Division Chair) W.P. 82 Geographic Information Provision System with 9 Geographic Names Database as a Search Key (Submitted by ) W.P. 83 On Exonyms of the Hungarian Language 15 (Submitted by ) W.P. 84 Toponymic Websites in Hungary 9 (Submitted by Hungary) W.P. 85 A National Report on Geographical Names Activity 5 in (Submitted by Indonesia) W.P. 86 Surveys and Treatment of Geographical Names in 9 the Republic of Korea (Submitted by Republic of Korea) W.P. 87 Activity on Geographical Names in 5 (Submitted by Vietnam) W.P. 88 The Establishment of the Korean Committee on 5 Marine Geographical Names (KCMGN) and other Developments (Submitted by the Republic of Korea) W.P. 89 Report of the International Hydrographic Organisation 6 (Submitted by the International Hydrographic Organisation) W.P. 90 Toponymic Data in Republic of Korea 9 (Submitted by the Republic of Korea) W.P. 91 Eighth Conference on the Standardization of 14 Geographical Names, Berlin, August 2002 Evaluation of the work of the Conference (Submitted by Chair, UNGEGN and Convenor of Working Group on Evaluation & Implementation) W.P.92 Report of the Working Group on Toponymic Data 7 Files and Gazetteers for the Period 2002-2004 (Submitted by the Convenor) W.P. 93 Resolution VIII/1 on Indigenous and Minority Group 20 Geographical Names (Submitted by ) W.P. 94 Sociedad Geográficas de España 13 (Submitted by )

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W.P. 95 Nomenclátor Geográfico Conciso de España 9 (Submitted by Spain) W.P. 96 Autoridades Nacionales en Nombres Geográficos 23 en España: Sitios en la Web (Submitted by Spain) W.P. 97 Withdrawn W.P. 98 Lista de nombres de Paises y Capitales del mundo 12 (Submitted by Spain) W.P. 99 Report of Ireland 5 (Submitted by Ireland) W.P. 100 Provincial Geographical Names Committees 14 (Submitted by ) W.P. 101 Capacity Building for Provincial Geographical Names 14 (Submitted by South Africa) W.P. 102 Incorrect use of Geographical Names in the Media 13 (Submitted by South Africa) W.P. 103 South African Geographical Names Database 9 (Submitted by South Africa) W.P. 104 Names of Local Authorities 18 (Submitted by South Africa) W.P. 105 Names of Features on Marion Island 17 (Submitted by South Africa) W.P. 106 Geographical Names Data Base 20 (Submitted by Algeria) W.P. 107 Rapport de l’Algérie 5 (Submitted by Algeria) W.P. 108 Report of 5 (Submitted by Thailand) W.P. 109 Summary report of the Working Group on 7 Training Courses in Toponymy (Submitted by the Convenor) W.P. 110(a) Etat des lieux a 5 (French) (Submitted by Madagascar) W.P. 110(b) Report of the Situation in Madagascar 5 (English) (Submitted by Madagascar) W.P. 111(a) ’s activities in the field of geographical 5 (Arabic) names (Submitted by Jordan) W.P. 111(b) Jordan’s activities in the field of geographical 5 (English) Names (Submitted by Jordan) W.P. 112 Toponymic guidelines for map editors and 17 Other editors –ITALY (Third draft edition) (Submitted by Italy) W.P. 113 Country Report of 5 (Submitted by Malaysia) W.P. 114 Rapport du Maroc 5 (Submitted by ) W.P. 115 United Nations Geographic Database and on the 9 United Nations Maps (Submitted by the United Nations Cartographic Section) W.P. 116 Situation Report – 5 (Submitted by Sri Lanka) W.P. 117 Reporte de la División de América Latina 5 (Submitted by the Latin America Division)

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W.P. 118 Italian Main Exonyms of European 15 Geography Elements (Submitted by Italy) W.P. 119 Registro Nacional de Nombres Geografáficos 9 de México (Submitted by ) W.P. 120 WITHDRAWN W.P. 121 Some challenges in the standardization of geographical 14 Names in sub-Saharan Africa (Submitted by Peter Raper, Former Chairman, UNGEGN)

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Annex III List of participants

Africa Central Division (Angola, Burundi, Cameroon,a , Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principet)

Africa East Division (, Djiboutis , , , Lesotho, Madagascars , Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique,r Seychelles, Sudan, Swaziland, , United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

Mrs. Nivoarimanga Secretary of National Committee on RATOVOARISON Geographical Names (Madagascar)

Africa South Division (Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique,r Namibia, South Africa,b Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Madagascars)

Mr. Luis ABRAHAMO Head, Division of the National Directorate (Mozambique) of Geography and

H.E. Ambassador Dumisani Ambassador, Permanent Mission of South Africa KUMALO to the United Nations (South Africa)

Mr. Tommy NTSEWA Chair of the South African Geographical Names Council (South Africa)

Mr. Vusithemba NDIMA Chief Director, Heritage Department of Arts and Culture (South Africa)

Mr. Mbongiseni Trueman Deputy Director, Geographical Name Unit, Department KUBHEKA of Arts and Culture (South Africa)

Ms. Thulile ZUNGU Assistant Director, Geographical Name Unit, Department (South Africa) of Arts and Culture

Africa West Division (Benin,c , Cape Verde, Côte d'Ivoire,c Gambia, , Guineac, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, ,c Mauritania, Niger, , , Sierra Leone, Togo)

H.E. Nana EFFAH-APENTENG Ambassador & Permanent Representative (Ghana) Permanent Mission of Ghana to the United Nations

Mr. Ridwan BRIMAH Deputy Director of Surveys, Survey Department (Ghana)

Mr. Robert AFRIYIE First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Ghana to (Ghana) to the United Nations

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Mr. Nikabou KPAPOU Directeur de la Cartographie (Togo)

Arabic Division (Algeria, . Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanonw, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Morocco, , , Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, , United Arab Emirates, )

Mr. Brahim ATOUI Secretaire General du Conseil National de l’ Information (Algeria) Geographique

Mr. Saliem M. KHALIFEH, Chairman (Jordan) Geographic Names Committee & Director-general Royal Geographic Center

Mr. Ibrahim A. AL-JABER Secretary of the National Committee of Geographical (Jordan) Names

Mr. Mohammad A. MANSOUR Royal Jordanian Geographic Centre (Jordan)

Mr. Ali OUFRID Direction of Cartography, Agence Nationale de la (Morocco) Conservation fonciere, du Cadastre et de la Cartography

Mr. Jamal EL FOUAR Direction de la cartographie-Agence Nationale de la (Morocco) Coservation Foncierè, lu Cadastre de la Cartographie

Mr. Saif Salim AL QAYDI Associate Professor – Geography Program (United Arab Emirates) United Arab Emirates University

Mr. Ghassan Issa AL-THQIB Director of Survey Department (Kuwait)

Mr. Elie EL-KIK Directorate of Geographical Affairs (Lebanon)

Mr. Mohammed ALSHAHRANI Geographic Names Manager, General (Saudi Arabia) Director of Military Survey

Mr. Majid H. ALKHAMASH Geographic Information System (Saudi Arabia)

Mr. Naser M. AL-MUTAIRI Geographic Names Collector, General Director (Saudi Arabia) of Military Survey

Mr. Abdulrahman S.AL-HAMIDI GIS Unit supervisor (Saudi Arabia)

Mr. Haytham H. AL-MALKI Permanent Mission of New York (Saudi Arabia)

Mr. Herman BELL Consultant, National Committee for Geographical (Sudan) Names

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Mr. Jaber Ali DABOUL Head of G.I.S. (Syrian Arab Republic)

Dr. Imad Eldin MOUSLI General Establishment of (Syrian Arab Republic)

Asia East Division (other than China) (Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Japan, Republic of Korea)

Mr. Shigeki SUMI Deputy Director-General (Japan) Multilateral Cooperation Department Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Mr. Massanori KOIDE Director (Japan) Topographic Department Geographical Survey Institute

Mr. Katsumi MORIYASU Deputy Director, United Nations Administration Division (Japan) Multilateral Cooperation Department Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Mr. Masahi MIZUKAMI Minister, Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations (Japan)

Mr. Fumio IWAI Counselor, Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations (Japan)

Mr. Toru SHIMIZU First Secretary (Japan) Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations

H.E. Mr. SUH Dae-won Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea (Republic of Korea) to the United Nations

Mr. HA Chan-ho Minister, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea (Republic of Korea) to the United Nations

Mr. SHIN In-kee President, National Geographic Information Institute (Republic of Korea)

Mr. SHIN Boo-nam Counsellor, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea (Republic of Korea) to the United Nations

Mr. OH Soon-bock Director, Oceanographic Division, National Oceanographic (Republic of Korea) Research Institute

Ms. OH Young-ju Deputy Director, United Nations Division, Ministry of (Republic of Korea) Foreign Affairs and Trade

Mr. KANG Seok-hee First Secretary, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea (Republic of Korea) to the United Nations

Mr. AN Ki-deung Assistant Director, National Geographic Information Institute (Republic of Korea)

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Mr. KIM Jin-hyun President, The Society for East Sea (Republic of Korea)

Mr. Lee Ki-Suk Professor, Department of Geography Education (Republic of Korea) Seoul National University

Mr. LEE Sang-tae Officer Director, Research and Compilation Division (Republic of Korea) National Institute of Korean History

Mr. YANG Bo-kyung Professor, Department of Geography, (Republic of Korea) Sungshin Women’s University

Mr. KIM Shin Professor, Kyung Hee University (Republic of Korea)

Asia South-East and Pacific South-West Division (Australia, Darussalam, Bhutanu, , Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic,d Malaysia, Myanmar, ,e Nauru, Papua New Guinea, , , Thailand, Vanuatu, Viet Nam)

Mr. Brian GOODCHILD Secretary, Geographic Names Committee of the (Australia) West Australian Dept. of Land Information & Chair of the Committee for Geographical Names

Mr. Pengiran Haji Matusin Surveyor-General. Survey Department, Ministry HAJI MATASAN of Development (Brueni Darussalam)

Ms. Mas Suriaiawati Haji Senior Surveyor, Survey Department, Ministry ABD HAMID of Development (Brunei Darussalam)

Mr. Rudolf MATINDAS Chairman of the National Coordination Agency (Indonesia) for Surveys and Mapping (BAKOSURTANAL)

Mr. Klaas VILLANUEVA Deputy-Chairman of Base Mapping Division (Indonesia) (BAKOSURTANAL)

Mr. Jacub RAIS Expert of Toponymy, Government Advisor (Indonesia)

Mrs. Henny LILYWATI Head of Center of Topographic Base Mapping and Spatial (Indonesia) Planning, (BAKOSURTANAL)

Mr. Agus PRIJANTO Head of Topographic Base Mapping Division (Indonesia) (BAKOSURTANAL)

Mr. Widodo SANTOSO Toponymic Researcher, Topographic Base Mapping Division (Indonesia) (BAKOSURTANAL)

Mr. Suwarno RAHARDJO Director of Boundaries of General Directorate of Public (Indonesia) Governance, Department of Home Affairs

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Mr. Elvius DAILAMI Head of Sub-Directorate of Toponymy, Department (Indonesia) of Home Affairs

Mr. Budi SULISTIYO Agency for Marine and Fisheries Research, Department (Indonesia) of Marine and Fisheries

Ms. Alex Sri ATMINI Head of Sub-Directorate of Small Islands Indentification, (Indonesia) General Directorate for Coastal and Small Islands, Department of Marine and Fisheries

Mr. Alex WRETRAUBUN Director of Small Islands Empowerment, General Directorate (Indonesia) for Coastal and Small Island, Department of Marine and Fisheries

Dato’ Hamid BIN ALI Director General of Survey and Mapping (Malaysia)

Dr. Abdul Kadir TAIB Deputy Director-General of Survey and Mapping (Malaysia)

Mr. TENG Chee Boo Director of Survey (Mapping Services Section) (Malaysia)

Mr. Tim MCIVOR Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission (New Zealand) of New Zealand to the United Nations

Mr. S.K. WIJAYASINGHE, Superintendent of Surveys, Geographic Information (Sri Lanka) System Branch, Survey Department

Mr. Songsak Deputy Director-General, Land Development Department WONGBHUMIWATANA Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (Thailand)

Mr. Peerasak OONOK Deputy Director of Plans and Project Division (Thailand) Royal Thai Survey Department, Ministry of Defense

Mr. Pairoj PHUEKVILAI Surveyor-General, Department of Lands, Ministry of Interior (Thailand)

Mrs. Wanarat THOTHONG Director of Cartographic and Mapping Division (Thailand) Land Development Department Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives

Mrs. Phatane U-OMSIN Deputy Director of Geography Division, Royal Thai Survey (Thailand) Dept., Supreme Command Headquarters, Ministry of Defense

Mr. Trinh Anh CO Senior Expert in Cartography of MONRE, Secretary-General (Vietnam) of the Geodetic-Cartography-Remote Sensing Association of Vietnam

Mr. Le Minh TAM Deputy-Director General, Department of Survey and (Vietnam) Mapping, Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment

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Asia South-West Division (other than Arabic) (, ,f ,g Islamic Republic of Iran, ,h & Montenegroi,Turkmenistan, Turkey,q)

Mr. Hadjigholam SARYAZDI Director for Border Affairs, Legal Department (Islamic Republic of Iran) Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Mr. Mostafa DOLATYAR Counsellor, Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic (Islamic Republic of Iran) of Iran

Mr. Mehran MAGHSOUDI Secretary of Iranian Committee for Standardization (Islamic Republic of Iran) of Geographical Names, National Geography Center

Baltic Division (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)

Mrs. Elvi SEPP Secretary of the Place Names Board, Ministry of (Estonia) Internal Affairs

Mrs. Malle HUNT Estonian Maritime Administration, Head of the Books (Estonia) of Reference Section

Mr. Peeter PÄLL Vice-Chairman, Place Names Board, Head of Department (Estonia) Institute of Estonian Language

Ms. Vita STRAUTNIECE Head of Laboratory of Toponymy. State Land (Latvia) Service, the Republic ofLatvia

Ms. Ieva KAĢE Specialist of Laboratory of Toponymy, State Land (Latvia) Service of the Republic of Latvia

Ms. Danuté MARDOSIENÉ Deputy Head of GIS and Cartography (Lithuania) Division of National Land Service, Ministry of Agriculture

Celtic Division (France,j Ireland)

Mr. Dớnall MAC GIOLLA Chief Placenames Officer, Department EASPAIG of Community Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Ireland)

China Division (China)

Mr. LIU Baoquan Director, China Institute of Toponymy (China)

Mr. DAI Junliang Director-General, Department of Administrative Division (China) & Geographical Names Management, Ministry of Civil Affairs Mr. MA Yaou Counsellor, Treaty and Law Department, Foreign Ministry (China)

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Mr. LIU Lianan Researcher, China Institute of Toponymy (China)

Mrs. LI Shiyang Assistant Researcher, Department of Administrative Division (China) & Geographical Names Management, Ministry of Civil Affairs

Mr. KONG Jinhui Deputy Division-Director, National Bureau of Surveying (China) and Mapping

Mrs. Zhang Yanling Senior Editor, Sinomaps Press (China)

Dutch and German-speaking Division (Austria, ,k Germany, Netherlands, South Africa,b Suriname,i ,k)

Ms. Isolde HAUSNER Chairperson of Board on Geographical Names (Austria) Austria, AKO

Mr. Peter JORDAN Director, Austrian Institute of East and Southeast European (Austria) Studies, Vienna

Mr. Albrecht VON DER Minister Plenipotentiary, Permanent Mission of HEYDEN of Germany to the United Nations (Germany)

Mr. Joern SIEVERS Chairman, Permanent Committee on Geographical (Germany) Names, Federal Agency for Cartography & Geodesy

Mr. Pier-Giorgio Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy, ZACCHEDDU (Germany)

Ms. Christina DECKER Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of Germany (Germany) to the United Nations

Mr. Ferjan ORMELING Chairman, Names Committee, Royal Netherlands (Netherlands) Academy of Sciences

East Central and South-East Europe Division* (, , , , Cyprus,g , ,m Hungary, Poland, Serbia & Montenegroi, , , the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey,q ,n)

Mr. Pavel BOHÁČ Secretary of the Commission on geographical names (Czech Republic) Land Survey Office

Mr. Juraj KOUDELKA First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Czech Republic (Czech Republic)

Mr. Béla POKOLY Senior Adviser, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural (Hungary) Development

Mr. Milan OROŽEN ADAMIC President of National Commission, Scientific Research (Slovenia) Centre, Anton Melik Geographical Institute

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Mr. Jerzy ALBIN Chief, Geodesist of the Country (Poland)

Ms. Izabela KRAUZE-TOMCZYK Cartographer, Senior Specialist, Secretary (Poland) of the Commission on the Standardization of the Geographical Names beyond the Borders of Poland

Mr. Maciej ZYCH Member of the Commission on the Standardization of (Poland) the Geographical Names beyond the Borders of Poland

Ms. Aleksandra FULGOSI Advisor at the Government of Serbia (Serbia & )

Mr. Milorad VUČKOVIĆ Advisor at the Government of Serbia (Serbia & Montenegro)

Ms. Slavica RADOMIROVIĆ Special Expert, Coordination Center of Serbia (Serbia & Montenegro) and Montenegro

Ms. Marija ANTONIJEVIĆ Third Secretary, Permanent Mission of Serbia & (Serbia & Montenegro) Montenegro

Eastern Europe, Northern and Central Asia Division (, Azerbaijan,f , Bulgariam, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Ukraine,n )

Mr. Manuk VARDANYAN Chairman (Armenia) State Committee of Real Property Cadastre

Mr. Hayk SAHAKYAN Head of Department (Armenia) International Cooperation and Cadastral Projects’ Implementation State Committee of Real Property Cadastre

Mr. Yerzhan KAZYKHANOV Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent (Republic of Kazakhstan) Mission of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United Nations

Mr. Serik ZHANIBEKOV Counselor, Permanent Mission of the Republic of (Republic of Kazakhstan) Kazakhstan to the United Nations

East Mediterranean Division (other than Arabic) (Cyprus,g Israel)

Mr. Naftali KADMON Convenor, Working Group on Toponymic Terminology (Israel)

French-speaking Division (Belgium,k Benin,c Cameroon,a Canada,o Côte d'Ivoire,c, Djiboutis, France,j Guineac, Lao People's Democratic Republic,d Lebanonw,Luxembourgv, Madagascars, Mali,c Monacov, Romaniav, Sao Tome & Principet, Switzerland,k)

Mr. André LAPIERRE Chair, Advisory Committee on Toponymy, Research (Canada) Geographical Names Board of Canada

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Ms. Danielle TURCOTTE Directrice et Secrétaire par interim Commission (Canada) de toponymie du Québec

Mr. Benoit BOISVERT Informaticien, Commission de toponymie du Québec (Canada)

Mr. Pierre PLANQUES President de la Commission IGN de toponymie (France) Institut Geographique National

Ms. Élisabeth CALVARIN, Expert auprès de la commission de toponymie (France) de l’IGN

India Division (, Bhutanu , , Pakistanh, Sri Lankah)

Latin America Division (Argentina, , , , , , Cuba, , , , , Haiti, , Mexico, , , , , Spain,p Suriname, , )

Ms. María Cristina MORANDI Servicio de Hidrografia Naval de la Armada Argentina (Argentina)

Mr. Gustavo AINCHIL Permanent Mission of Argentina to the United Nations (Argentina)

Mr. Marcelo Suarez SALVIA First Secretary,Permanent Mission of Argentina (Argentina) to the United Nations

Mr. Juan VIDAL GARCIA Chief of Planning and Control Department (Chile) Military Geographic Institute (IGM)

Mr. Juan VIDAL Chief of Planning and Control Department (Chile) Miluitary Geographic Institute

Mr. Álvaro SANDOVAL Counsellor Ministry (Colombia)

Mr. Julián Gustavo HERNÁNDEZ Assistant Counsellor Ministry (Colombia)

Mr. Rodolfo M.D. PORTILLO Secretario Ejecutivo de la Comision Nacional (Cuba) de Nombres Geográficos

Mr. Manuel Acosta BONILLA Permanent Secretary (Honduras) Permanent of Honduras to the United Nations

Mr. Angel Porfirio SÁNCHEZ Director-General del Instituto Geográfico Nacional (Honduras)

Mr. Marco Antonion SUAZO Permanent Representative (Honduras)

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Ms. Susana RODRIGUEZ RAMOS Subdirectora de Diseño Cartográfico del Instituto (Mexico) Nacional de Estadistica, Geografia e Informatica (INEGI)

Mr. Jorge Lescano SANDOVAL Professor, Principal Facultad Ingenieria Geografica y (Peru) Ambiental de la Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal

Ms. Julia López CAMACARO Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of Venezuela to (Venezuela) the United Nations

Mr. Domingo Blanco GUTIÉRREZ Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of Venezuela to (Venezuela) The United Nations

Norden Division (, Finland, , Norway, Sweden)

Mr. John JENSEN Cartographer, Ministry of the Environment, National (Denmark) Survey and Cadastre

Ms. Sirkka PAIKKALA Special Researcher, Research Insitute for the Languages (Finland) of Finland, Helsinki

Mr. Teemu LESKINEN Surveyor, National Land, Survey of Finland (Finland)

Mr. Botolv HELLELAND Senior Lecturer/Place Name Adviser, Section (Norway) for Name Research

Mr. Johnny ANDERSEN Task Manager, Norwegian Mapping Authority (Norway)

Mr. Staffan NYSTRÖM Place-Name Expert, National Heritage Board (Sweden)

Mr. Leif NILSSON Place-Name Consultant, Institute for Dialectology (Sweden)

Ms. Annette TORENSJÖ Head of Section, National Land Survey (Sweden)

Romano-Hellenic Division (Belgium,k Canada,o Cyprus,g France,j Greece,m Holy See, Italy, Luxembourgv, Moldova, Monacov , Romaniav, Spain,p Switzerland,k Turkey,q)

Mr. Prodromos VASILEIOU President of the Permanent Committee of Cyprus (Cyprus) on the Standardization of Geographical Names

Mr. Menelaos CHRISTODOULOU Secretary of the Permanent Committee of Cyprus on (Cyprus) the Standardization of Geographical Names

Ms. Penelope EROTOKRITOU Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of the (Cyprus) Republic of Cyprus to the United Nations

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Mr. Emmanuel GOUNARIS Minister Plenipotentiary, Expert (Greece) Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Mr. Georgios MAKRIDIS Colonel Deputy Director, Hellenic Military Geographical (Greece) Service, Ministry of Defense

Mr. Ioannis PAPAIOANNOU Consultant, Hellenic Hydrographic Service (Greece) Ministry of Defense

Mr. Salvatore ARCA Director of “Scuola Sycriose di Scieuze geografiche” (Italy) Instituto Geográfico Militare

Mr. Giovanni ORRU International Affairs Branch Chief, National Mapping (Italy) Agency of Italy

Mr. Andrea CANTILE Cartographic Director-National Mapping Agency (Italy) of Italy

Ms. Margarita AZCÁRATE Técnico Superior, Gabinete de Toponimia, LUXÁN Instituto Geográfico Nacional (Spain)

Ms. Adela ALCÁZAR Técnico Superior, Gabinete de Toponimia GONZÁLEZ Instituto Geográfico Nacional (Spain)

Mr. Alim BARUT Head of Inspection Board, The Ministry of Interior (Turkey)

Mr. Ahmet YILDIRIM Head of Cartography Branch, General Command of Mapping (Turkey) Ministry of National Defence

Mr. Altay CENGIZER Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Turkey to the (Turkey) United Nations

Ms. Damla SAY Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Turkey to the Unite (Turkey) Nations

Ms. Sinem GÜLTEKIN Attaché, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Turkey) Department of International Organizations

United Kingdom Division (, , South Africa,b United Kingdom of Great Britain and , New Zealand,e)

Mr. David M MUNRO Chairman, UK Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (United Kingdom)

Mr. Paul J. WOODMAN Secretary, UK Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (United Kingdom)

Mrs. Caroline A. BURGESS Senior Toponymist, Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (United Kingdom)

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Ms. Catherine R. CHEETHAM Toponymist, Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (United Kingdom)

United States of America-Canada Division (Canadao, United States of America)

Ms. Helen KERFOOT Emeritus Scientist, Natural Resources Canada (Canada)

Ms. Barbara MACINTOSH Executive Secretary, Geographical Names Board (Canada) of Canada

Ms. Kathleen O’BRIEN Coordinator, Geographical Names Board of Canada (Canada)

Mr. Leo DILLON Cartographer, U.S. Department of State (United States)

Mr. Randall E. FLYNN Executive Secretary, Foreign Names, US BGN (United States)

Ms. Bonnie GALLAHAN U.S. Board on Geographic Names, Advisor (United States) U.S. Geological Survey

Mr. Charles HEYDA Scientific Linguist, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; (United States) Foreign Names Staff, U.S. Board on Geographic Names

Mr. Marvin LINDROTH U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) (United States) Foreign Names Staff

Mr. Curtis LOY Chairman, U.S. Board on Geographic Names, Chief (United States) Geographer, Coast Survey/NOAA

Mr. Raymond MILEFSKY International Boundaries Specialist (United States) U.S. Department of State

Mr. Douglas MOORE Foreign Names Staff, U.S. Board on Geographic Names, (United States) National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Mr. Trent C. PALMER Foreign Names Staff, U. S. Board on Geographic Names (United States)

Mr. Roger L. PAYNE Executive Secretary, U.S. Board on Geographic Names (United States)

Mr. George G. TROOP Foreign Names Staff, U.S. Board on Geographic Names (United States)

Mr. Michael VOYLES Foreign Names Staff, U.S. Board on Geographic Names (United States) National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

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OBSERVERS

GLOBAL SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE (GSDI)

Mr. Alan R. STEVENS, International Program Coordinator, Federal Geographic Data Committee, Global Spatial Data Infrastructure

HOLY SEE

Mr. Walter PETROVITZ, Department of Languages and Literature

INTERNATIONAL CARTOGRAPHIC ASSOCIATION (ICA)

Mr. Ferjan ORMELING, ICA Secretary-General

INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF ONOMASTIC SCIENCES (ICOS)

Ms. Isolde HAUSNER, Former President of ICOS

Mr. Botolv HELLELAND

Mr. Leif NILSSON

INTERNATIONAL MAP TRADE ASSOCIATION (IMTA)

Mr. William TEFFT, Publishing Manager, Map Link

INTERNATIONAL STEERING COMMITTEE FOR GLOBAL MAPPING (ISCGM)

Mr. Masanori KOIDE, Director of the Topographic Department of GSI, Japan

INTERNATIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC ORGANIZATION (IHO)

Mr. Randal E. FLYNN, Executive Secretary, Foreign Names, US BGN

INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL UNION (IGU)

Professor Ki-Suk LEE, Seoul National University

NAMES SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (NSA)

Mr. Peter Edmund RAPER, President of Names Society of Southern Africa

Ms. Lucie MÖLLER, Executive Member/Secretary, Names Research Institute

PAN AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY (PAIGH)

Mr. Roger PAYNE, Chairman, Working Group on Geographical Names of PAIGH’s Cartographic Commission

UNITED NATIONS CARTOGRAPHIC SECTION

Mr. Hiroshi MURAKAMI, Chief, Cartography Section, Department of Peacekeeping Operations

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Mr. Vladimir BESSARABOV, Cartographer, Cartography Section, Department of Peacekeeping Operations

Ms. Hélène BRAY, Cartographer, Cartography Section, Department of Peacekeeping Operations

UNITED NATIONS TERMINOLOGY AND REFERENCE SECTION

Mr. Nigel CASSAR, Chief United Nations Terminology & Reference Section

UNITED NATIONS MAP LIBRARY

Ms. Brenda BROOKS, Map Librarian

SECRETARIAT OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Mr. Willem DE VRIES, Officer-in-Charge, Statistics Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs

Mr. Amor LAARIBI, UNGEGN Secretary, Statistics Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs

Ms. Sangeeta SHARMA, Division for General Assembly and ECOSOC Affairs

------Notes: a Member of the Africa Central Division and the French-speaking Division. b Member of the Dutch and German-speaking Division, the Africa South Division, and the United Kingdom Division. c Member of the Africa West Division and the French-speaking Division. d Member of the Asia South-East and Pacific South-West Division and the French-speaking Division. e Member of the Asia South-East and Pacific South-West Division and the United Kingdom Division. f Member of the Asia South-West Division (other than Arabic) and the Eastern Europe, Northern and Central Asia Division. g Member of the East Mediterranean Division (other than Arabic), the Asia South-West (other than Arabic) Division and the Romano-Hellenic Division. h Member of the Asia South-East and Pacific South-West Division and the India Division. i Member of the Asia South-West Division (other than Arabic) and the East Central South-East Europe Division. j Member of the Celtic Division and the Romano-Hellenic Division, and the French-speaking Division k Member of the Dutch and German-speaking Divisio and the Romano-Hellenic Division, and the French-speaking Division. l Member of the Dutch and German-speaking Division and the Latin America Division. m Member of the East Central and South-East Europe Division and the Romano-Hellenic Division. n Member of the East Central South-East Europe Division, and the Eastern Europe, Northern and Central Asia Division.

22 GEGN/22/INF/1 o Member of the Romano-Hellenic Division, the United States of America-Canada Division, and the French-speaking Division. p Member of the Latin America Division and the Romano-Hellenic Division. q Member of the Asia South-West (other than Arabic) Division, East Central and South-East EuropeDivision and the Romano-Hellenic Division. r Member of the Africa East Division and the Africa South Division. s Member of the Africa East Division and Africa South Division and the French-speaking Division.

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