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In 1959, Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) paved the way for a small group of experts to meet and provide technical recommendations on standardizing geographical names at the national and international levels. This meeting gave rise to the United Nations Conferences on the Standardization of Geographical Names (UNCSGN) and to the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN).
The UNCSGN is held every five years, and UNGEGN meets between the Conferences to follow up the implementation of resolutions adopted by the Conferences. Today, UNGEGN is one of the seven standing expert bodies of ECOSOC, with over 400 members from over 100 countries.
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Last update: 18 September 2009 |
April 28-30, 2010,
WG on Exonyms,
Dutch- and German-speaking Division
Tainach, Austria
Contact: Peter Jordan (Peter.Jordan@oeaw.ac.at)
June 21-23, 2010,
WG on Evaluation and Implementation
WG on Publicity and Funding,
Vancouver, Canada
Contacts: Ki-Suk Lee
(leekisuk@snu.ac.kr)
Sungjae Choo
(sjchoo@khu.ac.kr)
David Munro
(davidmunro@kinaskit.co.uk)
April 28-30, 2010,
WG on Exonyms,
Dutch- and German-speaking Division
Tainach, Austria
Contact: Peter Jordan (Peter.Jordan@oeaw.ac.at)
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In February 1948, the ECOSOC recommended that Governments of Member States stimulate surveying and mapping of their national territories and that the Secretary-General of the United Nations take appropriate action to further such efforts. In February 1948, the ECOSOC recommended that Governments of Member States stimulate surveying and mapping of their national territories and that the Secretary-General of the United Nations take appropriate action to further such efforts. The ECOSOC adopted resolution 556(XVIII) on 27 July 1954 and the first conference was held in the region of Asia and the Pacific in 1955.
The ECOSOC, at its fifty-sixth session, from 22 April to 17 May 1974, adopted resolution 1839 (LVI) which "Requests the Secretary-General to make the necessary arrangements to convene the First United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for the Americas during the first quarter of 1976".
Secretariat
The Statistics Division serves as Secretariat to UNGEGN and the regional conferences, and organizes and services the UNCSGN, the UNGEGN sessions and the regional cartographic conferences. In addition, the Secretariat organizes ad hoc training courses, seminars, and expert group meetings, mostly in cooperation with host governments and international scientific and professional organizations. Subjects include application of modern technology in surveying and mapping in developing countries, geographical information systems (GIS) for application in basic mapping and applied mapping such as mapping for statistics, population census, environmental protection, tourism, land use, and cadastral registration; legal aspects in map production; and toponymy. The Statistics Division also promotes the development of geographical information systems for population and demographic statistics in developing countries.
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