11th Conference
8 - 17 August 2017, New York
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- Report of the Conference
- Provisional Agenda for the 11th Conferende
- Documentation for the Conference
- Provisional Rules of Procedure
- Actions taken on resolutions adopted by the 10th UNCSGN
- E/CONF.105/3, Submitted by UNGEGN Secretariat
- Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish
- E/CONF.105/3/CRP.3, Submitted on behalf of UNGEGN
- English
- Provisional Agenda for the 12th Conference
- Draft Organization of Work
- E/CONF.105/INF/3/Rev.3, Submitted by Secretariat
- English
- List of participants
- E/CONF.105/INF/4
- English
- List of documents [numerical order]
- E/CONF.105/INF/5, Submitted by Secretariat
- English
- Provisional Agenda for the 11th Conference
CONFERENCE DOCUMENTS

List of documents by agenda item

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Note:
- Agenda item 3 - Organizational matters
- Provisional Rules of Procedure
- Provisional Agenda for the 11th Conferende
- Agenda item 4 - Reflection on the past, present and future, the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names
- Milestones of actions at the Conferences and in the work of UNGEGN; creation of UNGEGN divisions and working groups
- E/CONF.105/49/CRP.49, Submitted on behalf of UNGEGN
- English | Annex | Presentation
- Norden Division - A short outline of the Division’s composition, history and contribution as of 2017
- E/CONF.105/59/CRP.59, Submitted by Norway
- English
- 50 Years of UNGEGNs Dutch- and German-speaking Division
- E/CONF.105/79/CRP.79 , Submitted by Austria
- English
- Brief insight in the history and activities of the Baltic Division of UNGEGN
- E/CONF.105/122/CRP.122, Submitted by Baltic Division
- English
- 50 Years of UNGEGN, Arab Division
- E/CONF.105/148/CRP.148, Submitted by the Arab Division
- English | Presentation
- Perspectives on the future operations of UNGEGN
- E/CONF.105/159/CRP.159, Submitted by UNGEGN Bureau
- English | Presentation
- UNGEGN, objectives, current structure and programme of work
- E/CONF.105/160/CRP.160, Submitted by UNGEGN Bureau
- English | Presentation
- 50 years of UNCSGN: Honouring some of those who got us here
- E/CONF.105/161/CRP.161, Submitted by UNGEGN Bureau
- English | Presentation
- Future organisation and methods of work of the Group of Experts on Geographical Names (Zero Draft Resolution)
- E/CONF.105/CRP.163, Submitted by the President of the Conference
- English
- Agenda item 5 - Reports by Governments on the situation in their countries and on the progress made in the standardization of geographical names since the Tenth Conference (for distribution only).
- (withdrawn)
- E/CONF.105/4
- National standardization of place names in the Republic of Kazakhstan
- National Report - Cameroun
- E/CONF.105/9/CRP.9, Submitted by Cameroun
- French
- Report of Sweden
- E/CONF.105/14/CRP.14, Submitted by Sweden
- English
- Report of Austria
- E/CONF.105/22/CRP.22, Submitted by Austria
- English
- Report of the Czech Republic
- E/CONF.105/24/CRP.24, Submitted by Czech Republic
- English
- Report of the Denmark
- E/CONF.105/25/CRP.25, Submitted by Denmark
- English
- Report of the Slovenia
- E/CONF.105/28/CRP.28, Submitted by Slovenia
- English
- National Report of Italy
- E/CONF.105/30/CRP.30, Submitted by Italy
- English
- Report on the activities of the Arab Republic of Egypt in the standardization of geographical names
- E/CONF.105/31/CRP.31, Submitted by Egypt
- Arabic
- National Report of the Republic of Cyprus for 2012-2017
- E/CONF.105/33/CRP.33, Submitted by Cyprus
- English
- National report on Progress made since the 10th UNCSGN
- E/CONF.105/35/CRP.35, Submitted by the State of Palestine
- English
- National Report for New Zealand
- E/CONF.105/37/CRP.37, Submitted by New Zealand
- English
- Report of Germany
- E/CONF.105/48/CRP.48, Submitted by Germany
- English
- Report of the Russian Federation
- Report on the Tunisian activities on geographical names 2012-2017
- E/CONF.105/53/CRP.53, Submitted by Tunisia
- English
- Report of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- E/CONF.105/55/CRP.55, Submitted by United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- English
- The standardization of geographical names in Japan
- E/CONF.105/57/CRP.57, Submitted by Japan
- English
- Report of Poland 2012-2017
- E/CONF.105/61/CRP.61, Submitted by Poland
- English
- Report of the Netherlands
- E/CONF.105/65/CRP.65, Submitted by Netherlands
- English
- Republic of Belarus
- Report of Finland
- E/CONF.105/76/CRP.76, Submitted by Finland
- English
- Report of Slovakia
- E/CONF.105/81/CRP.81, Submitted by Slovakia
- English
- Report of Ukraine
- E/CONF.105/82/CRP.82, Submitted by Ukraine
- English
- Report of the Government of the Republic of Indonesia
- E/CONF.105/86/CRP.86, Submitted by Indonesia
- English
- Report of Norway
- E/CONF.105/89/CRP.89, Submitted by Norway
- English
- Rapport présenté par Madagascar
- Report of Timor-Leste
- E/CONF.105/95/CRP.95, Submitted by Timor-Leste
- English
- Report of Brazil
- E/CONF.105/96/CRP.96, Submitted by Brazil
- English
- Report on Activities in Canada
- National Report of Turkey
- E/CONF.105/103/CRP.103, Submitted by Turkey
- English
- Report of Saudi Arabia
- Report concerning the progress made in Romania in the standardization of the geographical names between 2012-2017
- E/CONF.105/117/CRP.117, Submitted by Romania
- English
- National Report of Spain
- E/CONF.105/118/CRP.118, Submitted by Spain
- Spanish
- National Activities on Standardization of Malaysia Geographical Names
- E/CONF.105/119/CRP.119, Submitted by Malaysia
- English
- Report of the United States of America
- E/CONF.105/120/CRP.120, Submitted by United States of America
- English
- Report of Latvia
- E/CONF.105/121/CRP.121, Submitted by Latvia
- English
- Report of the Republic of Korea
- E/CONF.105/128/CRP.128, Submitted by the Republic of Korea
- English
- National Report of the Islamic Republic of Iran
- E/CONF.105/138/CRP.138, Submitted by the Islamic Republic of Iran
- English
- National report of Estonia
- E/CONF.105/139/CRP.139, Submitted by Estonia
- English
- Report from Australia
- E/CONF.105/143/CRP.143, Submitted by Australia
- English
- Botswana Geographical Place Names
- E/CONF.105/144/CRP.144, Submitted by Botswana
- English
- Report of Hungary 2012–2017
- E/CONF.105/145/CRP.145, Submitted by Hungary
- English
- Report of Mexico
- E/CONF.105/151/CRP.151, Submitted by Mexico
- English
- Report on Standardization of Geographical Names
- E/CONF.105/156/CRP.156, Submitted by South Africa
- English
- Agenda item 6 - Reports on the work of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical
Names, its divisions, working groups and task teams since the Ninth Conference. - Rapport de Division
- E/CONF.105/8/CRP.8, Submitted by Africa Central Division
- French | Presentation
- Report of the Working Group on Country Names
- E/CONF.105/12/CRP.12, Submitted by WG on Country names
- English
- Report of the Working Group on Exonyms
- E/CONF.105/23/CRP.23, Submitted by WG on Exonyms
- English
- Report of the East Central and South-East Europe Division (ECSEED)
- E/CONF.105/27/CRP.27, Submitted by East Central and South-East Europe Division (ECSEED)
- English
- Report of the Dutch- and German-speaking Division of UNGEGN
- E/CONF.105/41/CRP.41, Submitted by Dutch- and German-speaking Division
- English
- Report of the Working Group on Toponymic Data Files and Gazetteers 2012-2017
- E/CONF.105/42/CRP.42, Submitted by Working Group on Toponymic Data Files and Gazetteers
- English
- Report Of Eastern Europe, Northern And Central Asia Division On Its Activity Between 2012 - 2017
- Rapport de la division francophone
- E/CONF.105/52/CRP.52, Submitted by French-speaking Division
- French
- Report of the Working Group on Romanization Systems: Current status of UN Romanization systems for geographical names
- E/CONF.105/54/CRP.54, Submitted by WG on Romanization Systems
- English
- Report of the Working Group on Toponymic Terminology
- E/CONF.105/60/CRP.60, Submitted by WG on Toponymic Terminolog
- English
- Report of China Division
- Report of the Baltic division of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names
- E/CONF.105/83/CRP.83 , Submitted by Baltic Division
- English | Presentation
- Arab Division
- E/CONF.105/84/CRP.84 , Submitted by Arab Division
- English
- Report of the Norden Division
- E/CONF.105/102/CRP.102 , Submitted by Norden Division
- English
- Report of the Working Group on Geographical Names as Cultural Heritage
- E/CONF.105/108/CRP.108 , Submitted by Working Group on Geographical Names as Cultural Heritage
- English
- Report of the Asia South-East (ASE) Division
- E/CONF.105/110/CRP.110, Submitted by Asia South-East (ASE) Division
- English
- Evaluation of the UNCSGN and UNGEGN Sessions
- E/CONF.105/129/CRP.129, Submitted by the Repubic of Korea
- English
- Report of the USA/Canada Division
- E/CONF.105/147/CRP.147, Submitted by USA/Canada Division
- English
- Report of the Hellenic Division
- E/CONF.105/149/CRP.149, Submitted by the Hellenic Division
- English
- Informe de la División de América Latina
- E/CONF.105/150/CRP.150, Submitted by the Latin America Division
- Spanish
- Africa South Division Report
- E/CONF.105/155/CRP.155, Submitted by the Africa South Division
- English
- Report of the Portuguese-speaking Division
- E/CONF.105/163/CRP.163, Submitted by the Portuguese-speaking Division
- English
- Agenda item 7 - National and international meetings, conferences, symposiums, publicity and publications.
- Report by the International Hydrographic Organization
- Activities of the Joint ICA/IGU Commission on Toponymy since 2012
- E/CONF.105/19/CRP.19 , Submitted by Joint ICA/IGU Commission on Toponymy
- English
- The International Map Year 2015-2016
- E/CONF.105/64/CRP.64 , Submitted by Liaison officer for ICA
- English | Presentation
- Place Names Day and Place Names Bee in Latvia
- International Symposium on Application of Marine Geophysical Data and Undersea Feature Names, 2012~2016
- E/CONF.105/130/CRP.130, Submitted by the Republic of Korea
- English
- International Seminar on Sea Names, 2013~2016
- E/CONF.105/131/CRP.131, Submitted by the Republic of Korea
- English
- Agenda item 8 - Measures taken and proposed to implement United Nations resolutions on the
standardization of geographical names, including the economic and social benefits . - Actions taken on resolutions adopted by the 10th UNCSGN
- E/CONF.105/3, Submitted by UNGEGN Secretariat
- Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish
- E/CONF.105/3/CRP.3, Submitted on behalf of UNGEGN
- English
- Resolutions Adopted in 10 United Nations Conferences on Geographical Names –Arabic Version
- Report on New Zealand's Implementation of UN Resolutions
- E/CONF.105/36/CRP.36, Submitted by New Zealand
- English
- (withdrawn)
- E/CONF.105/90
- Activities of the Working Group on Evaluation and Implementation in taking measures to implement UNCSGN resolutions
- E/CONF.105/132/CRP.132, Submitted by the Republic of Korea
- English
- Relationship of UNGEGN with UN-GGIM – “Building bridges
- E/CONF.105/158/CRP.158, Submitted by the UNGEGN Bureau
- English | Presentation
- Agenda item 9 - National standardization.
- (withdrawn)
- E/CONF.105/10
- Recommendations for the naming of urban traffic areas
- E/CONF.105/21/CRP.21, Submitted by Austria
- English
- Toponymic Guidelines For Map And Other Editors For International Use
- E/CONF.105/26/CRP.26, Submitted by Denmark
- English
- Sultanate of Oman’s Geographic Names Achievements
- E/CONF.105/29/CRP.29, Submitted by Oman
- English
- Toponymic guidelines for map editors and other editors
- E/CONF.105/32/CRP.32, Submitted by United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- English
- Toponymic guidelines Federal Republic of Germany Sixth revised edition
- E/CONF.105/43/CRP.43, Submitted by Germany
- English
- China’s Campaign to Clean up and Standardize Non-standard Geographical Names
- China’s Second National Survey of Geographical Names
- Geographical Names Network in Sweden
- E/CONF.105/73/CRP.73, Submitted by Sweden
- English
- Good place-name practice – a tutorial for place-name standardization
- E/CONF.105/74/CRP.74, Submitted by Sweden
- English
- An Online Service for Settlement Names in Finland
- E/CONF.105/77/CRP.77, Submitted by Finland
- English
- Updating of Toponymic guidelines for map editors and other editors
- E/CONF.105/78/CRP.78, Submitted by Finland
- English
- Toponymic guidelines for map and other editors, for international use–some general remarks by the Coordinator
- E/CONF.105/80/CRP.80, Submitted by Toponymic Guidelines for Map and Other Editors for International Use
- English
- Development of Toponym Data Acquisition System in Indonesia
- E/CONF.105/85/CRP.85, Submitted by Indonesia
- English | Presentation
- Toponymic data and map production in the Netherlands: from field work to crowd sourcing
- E/CONF.105/87/CRP.87, Submitted by Netherlands
- English | Presentation
- (withdrawn)
- E/CONF.105/90
- Des guides pour une saine gestion de la toponymie urbaine
- The US Army Corps of Engineers Facilitating Communication Between Federal Agencies and the US Board on Geographic Names
- E/CONF.105/104/CRP.104, Submitted by United States of America
- English
- The Efforts of the National Survey Authority in the standardization of Omani geographical names
- E/CONF.105/105/CRP.105, Submitted by Oman
- Arabic | Presentation
- Toponymic Guidelines For Map And Other Editors For Malaysia, For International Use
- Identification of Islands and Standardization of Their Names
- E/CONF.105/115/CRP.115, Submitted by Indonesia
- English | Presentation
- Korea Committee on Geographical Names (KCGN): Accomplishments and Challenges
- E/CONF.105/134/CRP.134, Submitted by the Republic of Korea
- English
- Guidelines for the Standardization of Marine Geographical Names (Second Edition, 2016)
- E/CONF.105/135/CRP.135, Submitted by the Republic of Korea
- English
- Toponymic guidelines for international use by map editors and other editors for the Netherlands
- E/CONF.105/142/CRP.142, Submitted by the Netherlands
- English | Presentation
- Toponymic Guidelines For Map And Other Editors
- E/CONF.105/146/CRP.146, Submitted by Hungary
- English
- National Reports On Standardisation Of Geographical Names
- E/CONF.105/152/CRP.152, Submitted by South Africa
- English
- Louis Trichardt/Makhado Town “Name Change”
- E/CONF.105/153/CRP.153, Submitted by South Africa
- English
- Pretoria/Tshwane City Name Change
- E/CONF.105/154/CRP.154, Submitted by South Africa
- English
- Les Noms Urbains
- E/CONF.105/157/CRP.157, Submitted by Algeria
- French
- Toponymic Guidelines For Map And Other Editors For International Use
- E/CONF.105/164/CRP.164, Submitted by Madagascar
- English/French
- Agenda item 10 - Geographical names as culture, heritage and identity (including indigenous,
minority and regional language names) - Cultural aspects of Māori geographic naming in New Zealand
- E/CONF.105/38/CRP.38, Submitted by New Zealand
- English | Presentation
- National minority languages and regional languages in Germany
- E/CONF.105/44/CRP.44, Submitted by Germany
- English
- Slovene field and house names in Carinthia
- E/CONF.105/56/CRP.56, Submitted by Austria
- English
- Construction of Toponymic Culture in China
- Geographical names and linguistic minorities
- E/CONF.105/88/CRP.88, Submitted by Norway
- English
- Sami place names
- E/CONF.105/94/CRP.94, Submitted by Norway
- English
- Canadian Indigenous Naming Policy Scan
- Dictionary of Estonian Place Names (2016)
- E/CONF.105/101/CRP.101, Submitted by Estonia
- English
- Geographical names as culture, heritage and identity
- E/CONF.105/106/CRP.106, Submitted by State of Palestine
- English
- Changing Place Names to Reflect Heritage: A Case Study in Javanese Philosophy in Yogyakarta
- E/CONF.105/111/CRP.111, Submitted by Indonesia
- English
- Place Names and the Administrative Reform in Estonia
- E/CONF.105/140/CRP.140, Submitted by Estonia
- English
- Maritime Silk Road or Spice Road
- E/CONF.105/141/CRP.141, Submitted by Islamic Republic of Iran
- English
- Agenda item 11 - Exonyms
- Exonym use: Globally common characteristics and criteria
- E/CONF.105/16/CRP.16, Submitted by WG on Exonyms
- English
- The endonym/exonym divide – Questions resolved and still open at the 15th anniversary of the Working Group on Exonyms
- E/CONF.105/17/CRP.17, Submitted by Austria
- English
- Exonym Use in Austria
- E/CONF.105/18/CRP.18, Submitted by Austria
- English
- Selected German Language Exonyms
- E/CONF.105/45/CRP.45, Submitted by Germany
- English
- Polish names of foreign buildings and other urban objects
- E/CONF.105/62/CRP.62, Submitted by Poland
- English
- Report of Indonesia on World Country Exonyms
- E/CONF.105/112/CRP.112, Submitted by Indonesia
- English
- The New website of the Dutch Language Union on Dutch Exonyms
- E/CONF.105/116/CRP.116, Submitted by Netherlands
- English
- Agenda item 12 - Toponymic data files and gazetteers
- Gazetteer of Sea Geographical Names of Cyprus
- E/CONF.105/34/CRP.34, Submitted by Cyprus
- English | Presentation
- Status Report on the GeoLocator Service developments under European Location Services
- E/CONF.105/39/CRP.39, Submitted by Germany
- English
- Maintaining and publishing the geographical names database (GN-DE) within the German Spatial Data Infrastructure (GDI-DE)
- E/CONF.105/40/CRP.40, Submitted by Germany
- English
- Provision of an ISO / OGC-conform web service for Physiogeographic Regions of Germany – Names and Boundaries
- E/CONF.105/46/CRP.46, Submitted by Germany
- English
- Geographical Names in German Coastal Waters
- E/CONF.105/47/CRP.47, Submitted by Germany
- English
- Publication of geographical name information by vector tile format
- E/CONF.105/58/CRP.58, Submitted by Japan
- English
- Comment UTF-8 a re volutionne l'e criture des toponymes autochtones
- A Nationally Consistent Australian Feature Catalogue
- E/CONF.105/136/CRP.136, Submitted by Australia
- English
- Agenda item 13 - Terminology in the standardization of geographical names
- Proposition De Definition De Nouveaux Termes Pour Le Glossaire Terminologique
- E/CONF.105/124/CRP.124, Submitted by Task Team for Africa
- French
- Agenda item 14- Writing systems and pronunciation
- (withdrawn)
- E/CONF.105/5
- Rules of romanization of geographical names applied in Poland
- E/CONF.105/63/CRP.63, Submitted by Poland
- English
- New Developments in Formulating the Transformation Guidelines of Geographical Names from Foreign Languages into Chinese
- Necessite De Creation D’un Groupe Ou Sous-Groupe De Travail Sur Les Systemes De Transcription Des Langues Non Ecrites
- E/CONF.105/123/CRP.123, Submitted by Task Team for Africa
- French
- Problématique du Système de Romanisation Arabe
- E/CONF.105/125/CRP.125, Submitted by Task Team for Africa
- French
- Romanization System from Arabic letters to Latinized letters
- Agenda item 15- Country names
- List of Country Names
- E/CONF.105/13/CRP.13, Submitted by WG on Country names
- English
- Report of Indonesia on World Country Names: Short and Formal Names
- E/CONF.105/113/CRP.113, Submitted by Indonesia
- English
- Agenda item 16- Toponymic education
- The IBGE-UNGEGN International Toponymy course held in Rio de Janeiro, May 15-19, 2017
- E/CONF.105/66/CRP.66, Submitted by WG on Training Course in toponymy
- English | Presentation
- The UNGEGN Advanced Toponymy Manual
- E/CONF.105/67/CRP.67, Submitted by WG on Training Course in toponymy
- English | Presentation
- Report on the International Consortium of Universities
for Toponymic Education (ICUTE)
- E/CONF.105/127/CRP.127, Submitted by South Africa
- English
- Toponymic Training Project Indicative Action Plan
- E/CONF.105/162/CRP.162, Submitted by Madagascar
- English
- Agenda item 17- Features beyond a single sovereignty and international cooperation
- Features Used In Indonesian International Land Boundary Cooperation/Agreement
- E/CONF.105/114/CRP.114, Submitted by Indonesia
- English
* Please be informed that the technical reports , Submitted by regional entities and member states are not reviewed or edited by the Secretariat. These reports facilitate the technical discussion of the subject matters on the agenda and help clarify technical issues. The contents of the reports does not reflect the position of the United Nations Secretariat.
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