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E/CONF.~~/CRP.~ 26 November 1997 ENGLISH ORIGINAL: ENGLISH AND FRENCH SEVENTH UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON THE STANDARDIZATION OF GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES New York, 13-22 January 1998 Item 8 of the provisional agenda* MEASURES TAKEN AND PROPOSED TO IMPLEMENT UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTIONS ON THE STANDARDIZATION OF GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES Resolutions adopted at the six United Nations Conferences on the Standardization of Geosraphical Names 1967, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1992 Prepared bv the Canadian Permanent Committee on GeosraDhical Names * E/CONF.~I/I. 97-35719 (E) /. I ll1lll11111111111111111111 Illll lllll llll1111 -3- PTED AT THE SIX UNITED NATI DARDIZATIBN OF GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 1967,1972,1977,1982,1987,1992 A. LI§TED BY SUBJECT €3. CROSS-REFERENCED BY CONFERENCE APPENDIX 1 - LIST OF UN REPORTS OF THE SIX CONFERENCES PREPARED FOR THE UNITED NATIONS BY THE CANADIAN ANENT COMMITTEE ON GEOGRAPHICALNAMES /. TI The six United Natio~sConferences on the §t~~~~~di~ationof Geographical Names (convened in 1967, 1972, 15177/ 1982, 3987 and 1992) have adopted 152 resolutions. Under the guidance of ax de lic~seler,former Secretary of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geogra hica'i Names (UNGEGN), the resolutions of the first four conferences were grouped iuad er general subject headings, and documented for the Fifth Conference held in Montreal ira 1987. Following that conference, the Secretariat of the Chnadiaxa Permanent Committee on Geographical Names conipiled a compendium to include all the resolutions of the first five conferences. In the second hadition, resolutions from the Sixth Conference held in New York in 1992 were added. To make this reference volume as useful as possible, footnotes and references were updated to facilitate consultation, and a table was iricliided to indicate under which subject heading each resolution can e fousid. Some ~~~r~ve~~~~t~in layout have now been made in this reprint of the second edition. It is hoped that this ~~o~~~~~~~~~~~will continue to be a valuable reference for all those involved in the work of UNGEGN and those ~art~~~~a~~~~~in the Seventh UN Conference on the ~~~~~~~r~i~a~~~~~of ~e~~~a~~icalNames, in New York in January 1998. The text of the resolutions can also be found (in English and in French) on the Canadian Geographical Names Canadian P~~~~ ittee Ottawa, 1997 /. E/CONF.~~/CRP.~ 26 November 1997 ENGLISH ORIGINAL: ENGLISH AND FRENCH SEVENTH UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON THE STANDaRDIZATION OF GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES New York, 13-22 January 1998 Item 8 of the provisional agenda* MEASURES TAKEN AND PROPOSED TO IMPLEMENT UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTIONS ON THE STANDARDIZATION OF GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES Resolutions adopted at the six United Nations Conferences on the Standardization of Geoqraphical Names 1967, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1992 Prepared by the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geoqraphical Names 97-35719 (E) /. Ill 111l111111 Ill11 11111 1111 1111 -5- TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE A. RESOLUTIONS LISTED BY SUBJECT 14 1. UN CONFERENCE ON THE STANDARDIZATION OF GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES Second United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names ............... ...................... ..................................................... 14 Third United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names ............................. ........................................................ ..... 14 Fourth United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names .. .... .... ... .. ... ... .. ... .. ... .. ... ... .. .. ... .. .. ... .. ... .. .. .. .. ... 15 Use of the Arabic language as a working language at future United Nations Conferences on the Standardization of Geographical Names ......,. 15 Fifth United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names ..... ... ... .. .. ... .. .,.. .. .. ... .. ...... ... ... .. ... .. ... .. ... .. .. ... .. .. .. .. .. ........,...... .. .. ... ... ... 16 Sixth United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names .. .. .. , . , . .. 16 National reports .................................................................................................... 17 Reports of international organizations concerned with the standardization of geographical names .... ... ... ... ... ... .. ,.. .. ... .,, .... ... .. ,.. ,. ... ,. .. ... ., 17 Seventh United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names ..... .. .. .., . ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. .. ., ... .. .. ... .. , .. ,. .... 18 2. UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES I/1 : United Nations Permanent Committee of Experts on Geographical Names ... .. , . , . .. 18 II/2 : Work of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names .... 19 I1/3 : Name of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names .... 19 II/4 : Linguistic/geographical divisions ........ .. .. ... .. ............... .. ..”. ... .... .. .. .. ..... .. .. .. .. ... 20 I11 / 5 : Divisional activities and meetings ..................................................................... 20 III/26 : African linguistic/geographic divisions ........................................................... 21 /. IV/21 Commendation of the Work of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names ..... ................................................ 21 IV/22 Principles of activities and structure of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names .................... ........................... 22 IV / 23 Statement of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names of aims and functions and its effect on Working Groups ... ... 22 IV/24 Divisional activities ..................................... ... 23 IV / 25 Funding support of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names ..... ,............ ................................................. 23 v/2 Statute of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names .. 24 V/3 Creation of a Celtic Division and an East Mediterranean Division (other than Arabic) ................................................... ....................................... 24 V/4 Work performed by the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names and its future activities .................................................. 25 v/10 Co-operation with the Pan American Institute of Geography and History 25 VI/1 Creation of an Africa South Division, a Baltic Division and an Eastern Europe, Northern and Central Asia Division ..................................................... 26 w/2 Reactivation of the Latin America Division .... ........a_...... ..... e............ ....... 1.. 26 w3 Statement of the aims and functions of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names ........... .............. 26 w4 Working Group on Evaluation ............................... .............I..... ........ 27 vI/5 Working Group on Publicity and Funding 28 vI/12 Liaison with the ScientificCommittee on Antarctic Research .................. ..... 28 3. INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION IN THE STANDARDIZATION OF GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 11/31 : A common understanding of the aims and objects of the international standardization of geographical names ...... .. ... ., . .. .. , .. .. ... ... .. .. .. ,.. .. .. ... ... 29 n/33 : International co-operation in the standardization of geographical names .. 29 IV/2 : Acceleration of work on standardization of geographical names ................. 30 V/6 : Promotion of national and international geographical names standardization programmes ..... .. .. .. .. ... ... .. .. .+. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 30 VI/8 : Information from countries regarding changes in geographical names ...... 31 /. 1 -7- 4. TOPONYMIC GUIDELINES FOR MAP AND QTHER EDITORS W/4 : Publication of toponymic guidelines for map and other editors ................... 31 V/11 : Differentiation of toponyms from other map text ........................................... 32 V/14 : Publication of toponymic guidelines ................................................................. 33 VI/7 : Toponymic guidelines for map and other editors ........................................... 33 5. NATIONAL STANDARDIZATION 1/4 National standardization ..................................................................................... 34 11/27 Assistance for programmes of field collection of names and of office treatment of names ............................................................................................... 37 11/32 Dissemination of decisions by national authorities ......................................... 38 I11/4 Reliability statement on geographical names in documents .......................... 38 III/16 National standardization ..................................................................................... 38 v/ 12 Collection of basic information on the national standardization of geographical names .............................................................................................. 39 v/15 Establishment of national geographical names authorities ........................... 39 w9 Recognition of national standardization ........................................................... 40 6. REGIONAL MEETINGS I/7 : Regional meetings ................................................................................................ 40 11/12 : Sixth Congress of Academies of the Spanish Language ................................. 41 11/19 : Regional meetings ...............................................................................................