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Documents on the Standardization of Geographical Names DOCUMENTS ON THE STANDARDIZATION OF GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES Submitted to United Nations Conferences on the Standardization of Geographical Names Conference Location Year Date 1 Geneva 1967 4 - 22 September 2 London 1972 10 - 31 May 3 Athens 1977 17 August – 7 September 4 Geneva 1982 24 August – 14 September 5 Montréal 1987 18 - 30 August 6 New York 1992 25 August – 3 September 7 New York 1998 13 – 22 January 8 Berlin 2002 27 August – 5 September 9 New York 2007 21 – 30 August Compiled by: Helen Kerfoot (Ottawa, Canada) Chair, UNGEGN Last revised October 2007 (Additions/corrections welcomed: [email protected]) 1 UN Year Document Symbol Title Country / Division - Working Prepared by copy Co Organization UNGEGN Group - UN nf UNGEGN 1 yes 0 no [FIRST] UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON THE STANDARDIZATION OF GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES, Geneva, 4 - 22 September, 1967 1st 1967 E/CONF.53/3 United Nations Conference on the Standardization of 1E Co Geographical Names, Vol. 1 Report of the Conference (United 1F nf. Nations Publication E.68.I.9,1968) 1S 1 E/CONF.53/4 United Nations Conference on the Standardization of 1E Geographical Names, Vol. 2 Proceedings of the Conference 1F and technical papers (United Nations Publication E.69.I.8, 1969) 1S 1 The above reports were also published in French and Spanish 1 1967 E/CONF.53/1 Provisional agenda 1E 1F 1 1967 E/CONF.53/2 and Draft report of the Conference 1E Add.1-5 1 1967 E/CONF.53/C.1/1 Draft report of Committee I 1E 1F 1S 1 1967 E/CONF.53/C.2/1 Draft report of Committee II 1E 1F 1S 1 1967 E/CONF.53/C.3/1 Draft report of Committee III 1E 1F 1S 1 1967 E/CONF.53/C.4/1 Draft report of Committee IV 1E 1F 1S 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/INF/1 Information regarding general arrangements of immediate interest 1E and Add.1 to the participants 1F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/INF/2 List of documents issued for the Conference 1 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/INF/2/ Revised list of documents issued for the Conference 1 Add.1 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.1 Preparatory meeting for the United Nations Conference on the Group of 1E Standardization of Geographical Names: report of the Group of Experts 1F Experts 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.1/ Some problems in cartographic toponymy: background paper UN Conf. Sec. 0 Add.1 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.1/ Preparations for the forthcoming Conference on the Standardization UN Conf. Sec. 0E Add.2 of Geographical Names: background paper 1F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.2 Extracts from World Cartography , volume VII UN Conf. Sec. 1E 1F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.3 Report on the progresss made in the standardization of Kenya J. Loxton 1E geographical names: Kenya 1F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.4 Exchange of experience on problems identified in the Group of Kenya J. Loxton 1E Experts' report 1F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.5 National standardization - administrative structure of national names Kenya J. Loxton 1E authorities 1F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.6 Report on the progress made in the standardization of geographical Netherlands 1E names: Netherlands 1F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.7 National standardization: national gazetteers New Zealand R.P. Gough 1E 1F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.8 Exchange of experience on problems identified in the Group of Canada J.K. Fraser 1E Experts' report 1F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.9 Report on the progress made in the standardization of geographical FRG 1E names: Federal Republic of Germany 1F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.10 Writing systems: proposal on the transliteration and transcription of FRG 1E geographical names 1F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.11 Exchange of experience on problems identified in the Group of FRG 1E Experts' report 1F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.12 Report on the progress made in the standardization of geographical Austria 1E names: Austria 1F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.13 Report on the progress made in the standardization of geographical Hungary 1E names: Hungary 1F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.14 Writing systems: methods of transliteration Hungary 1E 1F October 2007 2 UN Year Document Symbol Title Country / Division - Working Prepared by copy Co Organization UNGEGN Group - UN nf UNGEGN 1 yes 0 no 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.15 International co-operation Hungary 1E 1F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.16 Codification of geographic names for United States government USA 1E needs 1F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.17 Report on the progress made in the standardization of geographical Thailand 1E names: Thailand 1F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.18 Identification code numbers for administrative divisions in Thailand Thailand 1E 1F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.19 National standardization: national gazetteers Thailand 1E 1F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.20 Writing systems: transfer of names from the Thai writing system to Thailand 1E Roman letters 1F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.21 Report on the progress made in the standardization of geographical Nigeria 1E names: Nigeria 1F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.22 Rapport sur la normalisation des noms géographiques au Cameroon 1E Cameroun (Report on the progress made in the standardization of 1F geographical names: Cameroon) 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.23 Report on the progress made in the standardization of geographical Australia Dep. of National 1E names: Australia Development 1F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.24 National standardization and writing systems Cyprus 1E 1F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.25 Report on the progress made in the standardization of geographical Israel 1E names: Israel 1F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.26 International co-operation - steps towards international USA M.F. Burrill 1E standardization 1F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.26 International co-operation - steps towards international USA M.F. Burrill 1E Add.1 standardization 1F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.27 Writing systems - transfer of names from one writing system to USA J.G. Mutziger 1E another - into Roman 1F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.28 Geographical terms - glossaries USA M.F. Burrill, E. Bonsack 1E 1F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.29 Romanization of Chinese characters for place names USA G.F. Beasley 1E 1F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.30 Report on the progress made in the standardization of geographical USA 1E names: United States of America 0F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.31 Writing systems: some general principles of transliteration and USA J.G. Mutziger 1E transcription 0F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.32 Writing systems: collection and treatment of geographic names in USA 1E Libya 0F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.33 National standardization: guidelines for preparing and submitting USA 1E proposals regarding domestic geographical names 0F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.34 Writing systems - transfer of names from one writing system to USA 1E another; Romanization Guide, 1967 0F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.35 Report on the progress made in the standardization of geographical Spain 1E names: Spain 0F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.35 Report on the progress made in the standardization of geographical Spain 0 Add.1 names: Spain 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.36 Principes de translittération de l'arabe en caractères latins : France 0 renseignements présentés par le Gouvernement français 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.37 See E/CONF.53/L.48 0 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.38 Problems of correlating national and international standardization of USSR A.M. Komkov 1E geographical names 1F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.39 See E/CONF.53/L.50 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.40 Report on the progress made in the standardization of geographical USSR 1E names: USSR 0F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.41 Problems of standardization of geographical names under the USSR A.M. Komkov 1E conditions of a multinational state 1F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.42 Report on the progress made in the standardization of geographical Dem. Rep. of 1E names: Democratic Republic of the Congo Congo 1F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.43 Standardization practices: International Civil Aviation Organization ICAO 1E 0F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.44 Guatemala - some of its toponymic problems Guatemala 1E 0F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.45 Report on the progress made in the standardization of geographical Venezuela 1E names: Venezuela 0F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.46 Report on the progress made in the standardization of geographical China 1E names: China 1F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.47 Exchange of experience on problems identified in the Group of USSR 1E Experts' report 1F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.48 Some problems in rendering geographical names from one system USSR L.I. Rosova V.I. Savina 1E of writing into another 1F October 2007 3 UN Year Document Symbol Title Country / Division - Working Prepared by copy Co Organization UNGEGN Group - UN nf UNGEGN 1 yes 0 no 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.49 and See E/CONF.53/L.41 above Corr.1 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.50 An international glossary of local geographic terms USSR E.M. Murzaev 1E 1F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.51 and See E/CONF.53/L.38 above Corr.1 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.52 Principes de transcription des toponymes africains France 1E 0F 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.53 Field geographic names reports - supplemental instructions (United USA 0 States Coast and Geodetic Survey) 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.54 Statement from the International Hydrographic Bureau IHB 0 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.55 Decisions relating to multilingual areas UK 0 1 1967 E/CONF/.53/L.56 National standardization - administrative structure of national names Canada J.K.
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