25th Session of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names
5 - 12 May 2009, Nairobi, Kenya
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Documents
  • Report of the Session
  • Provisional Agenda
  • Documentation for the session
    • GEGN/25/2, Submitted by UNGEGN Secretariat
    • English
  • Statute and Rules of Procedure of the UNGEGN
    • GEGN/25/3, Submitted by UNGEGN Secretariat
    • English
  • Provisional List of Participants
    • GEGN/25/4 , Submitted by UNGEGN Secretariat
    • English
  • List of Documents
    • GEGN/25/5 , Submitted by UNGEGN Secretariat
    • English
  • Provisional Agenda for the Tenth United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names
    • GEGN/25/6, Submitted by UNGEGN Secretariat - Agenda item 20
    • English
  • Contact Information on National Geographical Names Authorities
    • GEGN/25/7 , Submitted by UNGEGN Secretariat - Agenda item 6
    • English
  • Resolutions adopted at the nine United Nations Conferences on the Standardization of Geographical Names: 1967, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1998, 2002, 2007 (English)
    • GEGN/25/8(a), Submitted by UNGEGN Chairperson - Agenda item 8
    • English
  • Résolutions adoptées par les neuf conférences des Nations Unies sur la normalisation des noms géographiques: 1967, 1972, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1998, 2002, 2007 (French)
    • GEGN/25/8(b), Submitted by UNGEGN Chairperson - Agenda item 8
    • English
  • Resolutions from the Ninth United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names, 2007, New York
  • Report of the Chairperson
    • GEGN/25/10, Submitted by UNGEGN Chairperson - Agenda item 3
    • English
  • Report of the UNGEGN Secretariat
    • GEGN/25/11, Submitted by UNGEGN Secretariat - Agenda item 4
    • English
  • List of documents according to Agenda item
    • GEGN/25/12, Submitted by UNGEGN Secretariat
    • English
  • Draft Organization of Work
    • GEGN/25/13, Submitted by UNGEGN Secretariat
    • English
  • Provisional agenda for the twenty-sixth session of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names
    • GEGN/25/14, Submitted by UNGEGN Bureau - Agenda item 21
    • English
  • The Nature of the Endonym
    • W.P.1, Submitted by United Kingdom - Agenda item 15
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  • Report of the Convenor of the Working Group on Training Courses in Toponymy 2007-2009
    • W.P.2, Submitted by Working Group on Training Courses in Toponymy - Convenor The Netherlands - Agenda item 9
    • English
  • Symposium and Proceedings "Geographical Names as a Part of the Cultural Heritage"
    • W.P.3, Submitted by Dutch- and German-speaking Division - Austria - Agenda item 17
    • English
  • Onomastic Research Within a Project on Historical Mining Sites. The Research Program "HiMAT" in Austrian Tyrol
    • W.P.4, Submitted by Austria - Agenda item 10
    • English
  • Report of the Dutch- and German-speaking Division
    • W.P.5, Submitted by Dutch- and German- speaking Division , Chair, Austria - Agenda item 5
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  • Report of the Working Group on Exonyms
    • W.P.6, Submitted by Working Group on Exonyms - Convenor, Austria - Agenda item 15
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  • Toponymic Guidelines for Map and Other Editors: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland-Revised and Enlarged Edition, 2009
    • W.P.7, Submitted by United Kingdom - Agenda item 18
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  • A Paper to Outline the Process and Benefits of Marketing the What's in a Name - Australia's Geographical Names E-Learning Package Directly to State Curriculum Authorities
    • W.P.8, Submitted by Australia - Agenda item 14
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  • Report of the Working Group on Publicity and Funding
    • W.P.9, Submitted by Working Group on Publicity and Funding - Convenor, United Kingdom - Agenda item 14
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  • Experience in the Documentation Using GIS in Egypt
    • W.P.10, Submitted by Egypt - Agenda item 19
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  • Guidelines for the Use of Exonyms
    • W.P.11, Submitted by Working Group on Exonyms - Austria. United Kingdom, New Zealand - Agenda item 15
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  • Names and National Parks - Remarks on a New Onomastic Guide From Austria
    • W.P.12, Submitted by Austria - Agenda item 10
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  • Geographical Names and the Railway Industry
    • W.P.13, Submitted by Austria - Agenda item 15
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  • Recommendations for the Use of Names for Places Outside the German Speaking Area on Road Signposts in Austria, Germany and Switzerland
    • W.P.14, Submitted by Austria - Agenda item 15
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  • The Establishment of a Geographical Names Authority for the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and Activities Performed with Respect to Geographical Names and Cartography in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
    • W.P.15, Submitted by Afghanistan - Agenda item 8
    • English
  • Report of the East Central and South-East Europe Division
    • W.P.16, Submitted by East Central and South-East Europe Division - Chair, Croatia - Agenda item 5
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  • Report of the Working Group on Evaluation and Implementation
    • W.P.17, Submitted by Working Group on Evaluation and Implementation - Convenor, Republic of Korea - Agenda item 8
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  • Database for United Nations Conferences on the Standardization of Geographical Names
    • W.P.18, Submitted by Republic of Korea - Agenda item 8
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  • Report of the Asia East Division (other than China)
    • W.P.19, Submitted by Asia East Division (other than China) - Chair, Republic of Korea - Agenda item 5
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  • International Seminar on the Naming of Seas, 2008
    • W.P.20, Submitted by Republic of Korea - Agenda item 9
    • English
  • Report of the Baltic Division
    • W.P.21, Submitted by Baltic Division, - Chair, Estonia - Agenda item 5
    • English
  • Report of the Working Group on Romanization Systems
    • W.P.22, Submitted by Working Group on Romanization Systems-Convenor, Estonia - Agenda item 12
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  • Report of Division of Eastern Europe, Northern and Central Asia
    • W.P.23, Submitted by Eastern Europe, Northern and Central Asia Division - Chair, Russian Federation - Agenda item 5
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  • Activities of Working Group on Geographical Names of CIS Member-States Council on Geodesy, Cartography, Cadastre and Earth Remote Sensing
    • W.P.24, Submitted by Russian Federation - Agenda item 6
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  • Updating of Toponymic Guidelines for Map Editors and other Editors Finland
    • W.P.25, Submitted by Finland - Agenda item 18
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  • List of Finnish Names of Foreign Places
    • W.P.26, Submitted by Finland - Agenda item 15
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  • The National Land Survey of Finland Geographic Names Register WFS (Web Feature Service)
    • W.P.27, Submitted by Finland - Agenda item 10
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  • Implementation of Resolutions in Finland Publications on the Origin and Meaning of Geographical Names in Finland
    • W.P.28, Submitted by Finland - Agenda item 8
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  • Toponymic Guidelines for Map Editors and Other Editors, for International Use: Survey and prospects
    • W.P.29, Submitted by Toponymic Guidelines - Convenor, Austria - Agenda item 18
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  • Toponymic Guidelines for Map Editors and Other Editors, for International Use
    • W.P.30, Submitted by Austria - Agenda item 18
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  • Office treatment of names: Transposition of Austrian Maps into the UTM-System
    • W.P.31, Submitted by Austria - Agenda item 10
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  • What is an endonym? Still a question after decades of standardization
    • W.P.32, Submitted by Austria - Agenda item 15
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  • Project EuroGeoNames(EGN) - Results of the eContentplus-funded period 2006-2009
    • W.P.33, Submitted by Germany - Agenda item 10
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  • Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe (INSPIRE) - Status report on the developments of Implementing Rules for geographical names data
    • W.P.34, Submitted by Germany - Agenda item 10
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  • Activities of Suriname relating to the Agenda Item
    • W.P.35, Submitted by Suriname - Agenda item 17
    • English
  • Report of the Asia, South-East and Pacific South-West Division
    • W.P.36, Submitted by Asia, South-East and Pacific South-West Division - Chair, Indonesia - Agenda item 5
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  • Place-Names Activities in 2009 - The Year of Cultural Inheritance in Norway
    • W.P.37, Submitted by Norway - Agenda item 14
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  • The Norwegian Place-Name Act - changes in process
    • W.P.38, Submitted by Norway - Agenda item 8
    • English
  • Report of the Portuguese-speaking Division
    • W.P.39, Submitted by Secretariat, Brazil - Agenda item 5
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  • The Database of Geographical Names in Brazil - BNGB and the Process to Spread Place Names to Brazilian Society
    • W.P.40, Submitted by Brazil - Agenda item 10
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  • Progress Report on National Hearings on Geographical Names (South Africa)
    • W.P.41, Submitted by South Africa - Agenda item 14
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  • Brazilian team produces a concise glossary of terms in Portuguese and a multilingual vocabulary for translators in Portuguese, English, French and Spanish
    • W.P.42, Submitted by Brazil - Agenda item 11
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  • Cooperation Brazil-Canada in Training and Designing a Sustainable Program for the Standardization of Geographical Names in Brazil
    • W.P.43, Submitted by Brazil - Agenda item 9
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  • Report of the China Division
    • W.P.44, Submitted by China Division - Chair, China - Agenda item 5
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  • Codes for the Administrative Divisions of the People's Republic of China:Brief Introduction
    • W.P.45, Submitted by China - Agenda item 10
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  • The Progress Made in China on Standardizing Geographical Names
    • W.P.46, Submitted by China - Agenda item 19
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  • The Arabic Language and the Arabization of Borrowed Words
    • W.P.47, Submitted by Lebanon - Agenda item 11
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  • Proposed Modifications to the Glossary of Terms for the Standardization of Geographical Names
    • W.P.48, Submitted by Lebanon - Agenda item 11
    • English
  • Training Courses in Geographical Names in Jordan
  • Report of the Eighth Meeting of the Asia South-West Division (other than Arabic)
    • W.P.50, Submitted by Iran - Agenda item 5
    • English
  • Development and Completion Process of the National Iranian Geographical Names Database
    • W.P.51, Submitted by Iran - Agenda item 10
    • English
  • GIS Applications in the 2006 Population, Housing and Buildings Census
    • W.P.52, Submitted by Egypt - Agenda item 10
    • English
  • Arabic Division Report
    • W.P.53, Submitted by Chair, Lebanon - Agenda item 5
    • English
  • Geographical Names and the Importance of Their Registration at the National Level
    • W.P.54, Submitted by Saudi Arabia - Agenda item 10
    • English
  • Toponymic Database Romanization Application (software)
    • W.P.55, Submitted by Tunisia - Agenda item 12
    • English
  • Delineation Guidelines
  • Report of the Working Group on Toponymic Terminology
    • W.P.57, Submitted by Convenor, Sweden - Agenda item 11
    • English
  • Toponymic Guidelines for Map and Other Editors for International Use
    • W.P.58, Submitted by Denmark - Agenda item 18
    • English
  • Research on French Origins and Influence in the Toponymic Heritage of Western Canada
  • Spirit of Place and the Act of Naming Restoring the Fascination of Geography
  • The Reasons for Exonyms and Differences in Writing Geographical Names
    • W.P.61, Submitted by Jordan - Agenda item 19
    • English
  • Estonian Place Names in the National Information System and the Place Names Register
    • W.P.62, Submitted by Estonia - Agenda item 10
    • English
  • Report on the UNGEGN liaison with the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
    • W.P.63, Submitted by Australia - Agenda item 6
    • English
  • Report of the Norden Division (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden)
    • W.P.64, Submitted by Norden Division - Chair, Demark - Agenda item 5
    • English
  • Changes in the Names of New Municipalities through Municipality Mergers in Japan
    • W.P.65, Submitted by Japan - Agenda item 10
    • English
  • Report of the Working Group on Country Names
    • W.P.66, Submitted by Working Group on Country Names - Chair, United States - Agenda item 13
    • English
  • The Management of Place Names in the Post-Colonial Period in Namibia
    • W.P.67, Submitted by Namibia - Agenda item 17
    • English
  • Historical Geographical Names: Their Role in the History and Identification of the Nations
    • W.P.68, Submitted by Iran - Agenda item 19
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  • Comprehensive Book of Directions on Toponymic Guidelines for Registration on Maps and Other Processors(For Iranian Geographical Names)
    • W.P.69, Submitted by Iran - Agenda item 18
    • English
  • Establishment of National Gazetteers and Publication Working Group
    • W.P.70, Submitted by Iran - Agenda item 10
    • English
  • Works on Gazetteers, Populated Places Databases, Historical Names and Map Series Conducted in Turkey (2007-2009)
    • W.P.71, Submitted by Turkey - Agenda item 10
    • English
  • Translating Toponymic Terminology in Turkish (2007-2009): A Consistent Framework
    • W.P.72, Submitted by Turkey - Agenda item 11
    • English
  • Withdrawn because it was submitted in 2007
  • Withdrawn because it was submitted in 2007
  • Latest Enhancements on the South African Geographical Names Council Database
    • W.P.75, Submitted by South Africa - Agenda item 10
    • English
  • Appointment of the South African Geographical Names Council (SAGNC)
    • W.P.76, Submitted by South Africa - Agenda item 14
    • English
  • Report of the Working Group on Toponymic Data Files and Gazetteers 2007-2009
    • W.P.77, Submitted by Working Group on Toponymic Data Files and Gazetteers - Co-Convenor, United States - Agenda item 10
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  • Request for Expertise from UNGEGN for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN): Internationalized Domain Name Country Code Top-Level Domain (IDN ccTLD) Fast Track Process
    • W.P.78, Submitted by ICANN - Agenda item 19
    • English
  • Rapport d'activités de la Division Afrique de l'Ouest
    • W.P.79, Submitted by Burkina Faso, le président de la Division Afrique de l'Ouest - Agenda item 5
    • French
  • Report of the Liaison Officers, International Council of Onomastic Sciences (ICOS)
    • W.P.80, Submitted by Norway - Agenda item 6
    • English
  • Report by the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)
    • W.P.81, Submitted by International Hydrographic Bureau, Monaco - Agenda item 6
    • English
  • Report of the Canada-USA Division 2007-2009
    • W.P.82, Submitted by Geographical Names Board of Canada and the United States - Agenda item 5
    • English
  • Report of the Pan American Institute of Geography and History 2007-2009
    • W.P.83, Submitted by Chairman, PAIGH Working Group on Geographical Names - Agenda item 6
    • English
  • Report of the Task Team for Africa - Problèmatique de la normalisation des noms géographiques en Afrique
    • W.P.84, Submitted by Task Team for Africa - Chair, Algeria - Agenda item 7
    • French
  • Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN): Introduction of new generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) names and the consideration of Geographic Names
    • W.P.85, Submitted by ICANN - Agenda item 19
    • English
  • Etat d’avancement de la base de données algérienne
    • W.P.86, Submitted by Conseil National de l'Information Geographique - Agenda item 10
    • French
  • Possible Solutions to Some of the Challenges African Countries Have in Establishing Standardizing Authorities in their Respective Countries
    • W.P.87, Submitted by South Africa - Agenda item 7
    • English
  • The UNGEGN glossary and the ICOS List of Key Onomastic Terms – a comparison
    • W.P.88, Submitted by Working Group on Toponymic Terminology - Convenor, Sweden - Agenda item 11
    • English
  • The Audio Guide to the Pronunciation of Geographical Names in the Placenames Database of Ireland
    • W.P.89, Submitted by Ireland - Agenda item 16
    • English
  • The Placenames Database of Ireland
    • W.P.90, Submitted by Ireland - Agenda item 10
    • English
  • Report of the Working Group on Pronunciation
    • W.P.91, Submitted by Working Group on Pronunciation - Convenor, Ireland - Agenda item 16
    • English
  • List of Country Names and Theirs Capital in Turkish Language (2007-2009)
    • W.P.92, Submitted by Turkey - Agenda item 13
    • English
  • Toponymic Guidelines for Map and Other Editors for International Use, Belgium
    • W.P.93, Submitted by Belgium - Agenda item 18
    • English
  • L’activité de la division francophone
    • W.P.94, Submitted by French-Speaking Division - Chair, France - Agenda item 5
    • French
  • The Arabic Division of Experts on Geographical Names (ADEGN)
    • CRP.1, Submitted by Arabic Speaking Division - Chair, Lebanon - Agenda item 12
    • English
  • Tous les noms géographiques méritent d’être sauvegardés
    • CRP.2, Submitted by France - Agenda item 15
    • French
  • Systèmes français de romanisation
    • CRP.3, Submitted by France - Agenda item 12
    • French
  • Activities of Survey of Kenya towards Standardization of Geographical Names
    • CRP.4, Submitted by Kenya - Agenda item 19
    • English