6th Conference
25 August - 3 September, 1992, New York


Documents
  • Vol. I Report of the Conference (United Nations Publication E.93.I.23., 1993)
  • Vol. I. Report of the Conference (United Nations Publication E.93.I.23., 1993)
  • Vol. II. Technical papers (United Nations Publication E/F/S.95.I.39., 1997)
  • Provisional agenda
  • Provisional agenda
  • Rules of procedure
  • Draft report of the Conference
  • Draft report of the Conference
    • E/CONF.85/3/Add 1
    • English
  • Draft report of the Conference
    • E/CONF.85/3/Add 2
    • English
  • Draft report of the Conference
    • E/CONF.85/3/Add 3
    • English
  • Documentation for the Conference
    • E/CONF.85/INF/1
    • English | French | Spanish
  • Advance information regarding general arrangements of interest to the participants
  • List of documents
  • List of documents
  • Other documents
    • E/CONF.85/INF/3/Rev.1/Add.1
    • English
  • List of participants
  • List of participants
  • Provisional allocation of agenda items and schedule for the Conference
  • Annotated provisional agenda
    • E/CONF.85/INF/6, Submitted by UN Conf. Sec.
    • English
  • Questionnaire on toponymic databases
    • E/CONF.85/INF/7, Submitted by UN Conf. Sec.
    • English | French | Spanish
  • Glossary of toponymic terminology (UNGEGN)
  • Resolutions adopted at the five United Nations Conferences on the Standardization of Geographical Names
    • E/CONF.85/CRP.2, Submitted by UN Conf. Sec.
    • English
  • United Nations activities in the field of standardization of geographical names
    • E/CONF.85/CRP.3, Submitted by UN Conf. Sec.
    • English
  • Draft Report of Committee I
  • Draft Report of Committee III
    • E/CONF.85/CRP.5
    • English
  • Toponymic guidelines for map and other editors: China
  • Toponymic guidelines for map and other editors: Netherlands
    • E/CONF.85/L.2, Submitted by Netherlands
    • English
  • Eastern Mediterranean Division (other than Arabic) report for the period 1987-1992
  • The legal status of official endonyms in Israel
    • E/CONF.85/L.4, Submitted by Israel
    • English
  • Proposal for a resolution concerning the multilingual edition of the Glossary of Toponymic Terminology
  • Working Group on Toponymic Terminology: report for the period 1989-1992
  • Donor-recommended exonyms: a different approach to traditional names
  • Report of Austria
  • Austrian Standard A 2659, Part 1: Codes for the representation of names of countries
    • E/CONF.85/L.9, Submitted by Austria
    • English
  • Ortschaften" according to communes
  • Overview of the communes, 1 January 1991
  • Standardization in a multilingual area of Austria
  • Activities of the Board on Geographical Names of the Austrian Cartographic Commission
  • Toponymic guidelines for map and other editors: Austria (revised edition, April 1992)
    • E/CONF.85/L.14, Submitted by Austria
    • English
  • A data file on toponyms of Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe at the Austrian Institute of East and South-East European Studies
  • Report on toponymic data files for Austria
  • Comparative multilingual gazetteer of the geographical names of the Danubian countries: selected pages
  • Report of the Russian Federation
  • Rapport présenté par la Roumanie
  • Noms géographiques de Roumanie
  • Report of Poland
    • E/CONF.85/L.21, Submitted by Poland
    • English
  • Report of South Africa
  • Toponymic guidelines for map and other editors: South Africa
  • Report of Sweden
    • E/CONF.85/L.24, Submitted by Sweden
    • English
  • US GeoData: the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
  • Report of the Format and Attribution Committee of the Place-Name Survey of the United States
  • Report of the Terminology Committee of the Place-Name Survey of the United States
  • A syllabus for ADP technology and toponymic application
  • Possible procedures for development of an automated names processing system
  • Report on the gazetteer program of the USA
  • Report of the United Kingdom
  • Transfer of technology to developing countries
  • Rapport de la Division romano-hellénique
  • Rapport de la France
  • Révision de la carte au 1/50 000 de Nouvelle-Calédonie
  • Report of the Dutch- and German-speaking Division
  • Report of Switzerland
  • withdrawn
    • E/CONF.85/L.38
    • English
  • Report of the East, Central and South-East Europe Division
  • Report of the Working Group on Toponymic Data Files and Gazetteers
  • Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names and its activities, 1987-1992
  • Principios y procedimientos para denominación geográfica (1990)
  • Bilan des activités de la Commission de toponymie du Québec 1987-1992
  • Table des matières du Guide toponymique du Québec 1990
  • Traitement des noms géographiques dans les services competents: utilisation des noms de personnes dans la toponymie
  • Politique relative aux noms autochtones du Québec et sa révision en 1991
  • Toponymic guidelines for map and other editors: Canada, updated to 1992
  • Core data fields for the records of approved Canadian geographical names
  • The Canadian Geographical Names Data Base: an overview
  • A long-term vision and development plan for a Canadian digital toponymic service
  • La gestion des données informatisées à la Commission de toponymie du Québec (le nouveau système TOPOS)
  • The treatment of modified extended Roman alphabets and syllabics in Canadian toponymic databases
  • Dictionnaire illustré des noms de lieux du Québec
  • Document of understanding concerning the treatment of names of geographical features shared by Canada and the United States (1989)
  • Compte rendu du stage de formation en toponymie tenu à Québec du 7 au 19 août 1988
  • Canadian documents for United Nations training courses in toponymy
  • Technical assistance to develop national geographical names programmes
  • Report of New Zealand
  • Report of the Asia South-East and Pacific South-West Division
  • Report of the Islamic Republic of Iran
  • Report of Kenya
  • Report of the Africa East Division
  • Promoting a geographical names programme
  • Toponymic guidelines for Australia (Second Edition)
  • Nomenclature in Australia, 1992
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander place-names: guidelines for recording and use
  • Report of the Norden Division
  • Report of Finland
  • Report of Hungary
  • Remarks on definitions
    • E/CONF.85/L.70, Submitted by Hungary
    • English
  • Report of Japan
  • National standardization of geographical names in Japan
  • Automated data processing in Japan
  • Toponymie et traduction : les problèmes et les solutions proposées par le CUENGO
  • Report of Estonia
  • Toponymic guidelines: Estonia
  • Draft resolution: creation of a Baltic Division
  • Project: "Inventory and organization of geographical names"
  • Report of Thailand
  • The romanized transliteration of Thai
  • Modification of romanized transcription of Thai
  • Report of Czechoslovakia
  • Report of Norway
  • Procedure for the collection and data recording of place-names
  • The Norwegian Place-name Act
  • Report on the toponymy course for Southern Africa, held in Pretoria from 29 June to 9 July 1992
  • Report of the Temporary Convenor of the Working Group on Toponymy Courses
  • Report on coordination of UNGEGN with other technical and professional groups
    • E/CONF.85/L.88, Submitted by UNGEGN
    • English
  • Report of the Netherlands
    • E/CONF.85/L.89, Submitted by Netherlands
    • English
  • Collecte et traitement des noms géographiques de la Commission de toponymie de l'Institut de topographie et de cartographie de Guinée
  • Report of Ukraine
    • E/CONF.85/L.91, Submitted by Ukraine
    • English
  • Report of Germany
    • E/CONF.85/L.92, Submitted by Germany
    • English
  • Toponymic guidelines for map and other editors: Federal Republic of Germany (second edition)
    • E/CONF.85/L.93, Submitted by Germany
    • English
  • Gazetteer, Federal Republic of Germany; Supplementary Volume East
    • E/CONF.85/L.94, Submitted by Germany
    • English
  • Report of the United States/Canada Division (1987-1992)
  • Report of Indonesia
    • E/CONF.85/L.96, Submitted by Indonesia
    • English
  • Roumanie : projet de résolution. Information des pays du monde sur les changements des noms géographiques (Romania: draft resolution "Information from countries regarding changes in geographical names")
    • E/CONF.85/L.97, Submitted by Romania
    • French
  • Draft Report - Plenary meetings
    • E/CONF.85/L.98
    • English | French | Spahs
  • Country report: Jordan
    • E/CONF.85/WP1, Submitted by Jordan
    • English
  • The standardization of Latvian toponymy
    • E/CONF.85/WP2, Submitted by Latvia
    • English
  • Toponymic guidelines for cartography: Ireland
    • E/CONF.85/WP3, Submitted by Ireland
    • English
  • Guidelines for the preparation of lists of exonyms
  • Normalización de Nombres Geográficos en el Autónomo de Geografía y Cartografía Nacional
    • E/CONF.85/WP5, Submitted by Venezuela
    • Spanish
  • Informe Correspondiente a las Actividades de la Republica de Venezuela en Materia de Nombres Geográficos en Venezuela
    • E/CONF.85/WP6, Submitted by Venezuela
    • Spanish
  • Sistema de Procesamiento automatizado de Datos en Venezuela
    • E/CONF.85/WP7, Submitted by Venezuela
    • Spanish
  • The Geographic Names Processing Systems at the Defense Mapping Agency
    • E/CONF.85/WP8, Submitted by USA
    • English
  • Foreign names gazetteers published since 1987
    • E/CONF.85/WP9, Submitted by USA
    • English
  • Programs of the United States Board of Geographic names on nmaes in Antarctica
    • E/CONF.85/WP10, Submitted by USA
    • English
  • Report by the Convenor of the Working Group on Romanization systems
  • Work of the Intergovernmental Ocenaographic Commission (IOC) and the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) on undersea feature names
    • E/CONF.85/WP12, Submitted by USA
    • English
  • Work of UNGEGN
    • E/CONF.85/WP13, Submitted byUSA
    • English
  • United National resolutions on the standardization of geographical names and measures to implement them
    • E/CONF.85/WP14, Submitted by USA
    • English
  • Scope and direction of future work of the United Nations on the standardization of geographical names
  • A symposium: "The Board - yesterday, today and tomorrow
    • E/CONF.85/WP16, Submitted by USA
    • English
  • A symposium: "The Board - yesterday, today and tomorrow (with publication)
    • E/CONF.85/WP17, Submitted by USA
    • English
  • Report of the Pan American Institute of Geography and History (PAIGH)
    • E/CONF.85/WP18, Submitted by USA
    • English
  • Linguistic terminology in toponymy
    • E/CONF.85/WP19, Submitted by USA
    • English
  • Public sale catalog of the US Board on Geographic Names
    • E/CONF.85/WP20, Submitted by USA
    • English
  • Report on the activities of the United States in the area of geographic names
    • E/CONF.85/WP21, Submitted by USA
    • English
  • Exonyms: provisional list of exonyms: exonyms deletions, changes or additions since 1988
    • E/CONF.85/WP22, Submitted by USA
    • English
  • The Foreign Names Information Bulletin of the USBGN
    • E/CONF.85/WP23, Submitted by USA
    • English
  • Digital gazetteer prototype (draft)
    • E/CONF.85/WP24, Submitted by USA
    • English
  • Toponymic databases: report by the Convenor
  • Liste des exonymes des pays, capitales et divisions administratives de l'Europe
  • Toponymic field work completed in Canada, 1987-1992
    • E/CONF.85/WP27, Submitted by Canada
    • English
  • "Guide to the field collection of Native geographical names"
    • E/CONF.85/WP28, Submitted by Canada
    • English
  • Report of Ireland
    • E/CONF.85/WP29, Submitted by Ireland
    • English
  • Names of countries and capitals of the world
    • E/CONF.85/WP30, Submitted by Greece
    • English
  • Names of countries and capitals of the world
    • E/CONF.85/WP31, Submitted by Israel
    • English
  • List of country names
    • E/CONF.85/WP32, Submitted by Thailand
    • English
  • "The role of the Advisory committee on names for undersea and maritime features / Le role du Comité consultatif des noms d'entités sous-marines et marines"
  • "Canada - geographical names and the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names"
    • E/CONF.85/WP34, Submitted by Canada
    • English
  • Report presented by China
    • E/CONF.85/WP35, Submitted by China
    • English
  • Report of Cyprus
    • E/CONF.85/WP36, Submitted by Cyprus
    • English
  • Toponymic data bases and editing of text
    • E/CONF.85/WP37, Submitted by Sweden
    • English
  • The Scientific Committee on antarctic Research (SCAR) approach to Antarctic place-names
    • E/CONF.85/WP38, Submitted by SCAR
    • English
  • Report of Slovenia
    • E/CONF.85/WP39, Submitted by Slovenia
    • English
  • A document from Poland
    • E/CONF.85/WP40, Submitted by Poland
    • English
  • Rapport de la Délégation Marocaine
    • E/CONF.85/WP40A, Submitted by Morocco
    • French
  • Toponymic guidelines for map and other editors - Austria: addenda and corrigenda
    • E/CONF.85/WP41, Submitted by Austria
    • English
  • Country report - Malaysia
    • E/CONF.85/WP42, Submitted by Malaysia
    • English
  • Les fichiers de toponymes en France
    • E/CONF.85/WP43, Submitted by France
    • French
  • "Naming Canada's geographical features"
    • E/CONF.85/WP44, Submitted by Canada
    • English
  • Report of the Organization of Islamic Capitals and Cities
    • E/CONF.85/WP45, Submitted by IOCC
    • English
  • Guideline to the Romanizationn of Korean
    • E/CONF.85/WP46, Submitted by DPRK
    • English
  • National report on geographical place names in the Sultanate of Oman
    • E/CONF.85/WP47, Submitted by Oman
    • English
  • Report of the Celtic Division
  • Report of the Delegation of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
    • E/CONF.85/WP49, Submitted by Libya
    • English
  • Draft revision of the Statute of the UNGEGN
    • E/CONF.85/WP50, Submitted by UNGEGN
    • English
  • Report of Yemen
    • E/CONF.85/WP51, Submitted by Yemen
    • English
Other Documents
  • Order of the Day, 26 August 1992
  • Order of the Day, 27 August 1992
  • Order of the Day, 28 August 1992
  • Order of the Day, 29 August 1992
    • English
  • Order of the Day, 30 August 1992
    • English
  • Order of the Day, 31 August 1992
  • Order of the Day, 31 August 1992
  • Opening Statement, Mrs. Dunja Pastizzi-Ferencic, Director, Science, Technology, Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Division
  • Press Release: Sixth UN Conference on Geographical Names Discusses Computerization of Cartographic Information
  • Press Release: Conference on Geographical Names Continues, Debate on Use of Terms
    Reference to 'Macedonia', 'Taiwan' Among Issues Discussed
  • Press Release: International Cooperation and Education in the Study of Place Names Discussed by Conference on Geographical Names
    Both Koreas call for 'Readjustment'of Name 'Sea of Japan'
  • Press Release: Technical Assistance and Cooperation in Cartographic Work Discussed at Conference on Geographical Names
  • Press Release: Conference on Geographical Names Discusses National Reports on Standardization of Names
    Renaming of Places Prompted by Political Changed Discussed
  • Press Release: Mechanism to Deal with Complaints Arising from Changes in Place-Names Called for at the Conference on Geographical Names
  • Press Release: Conference on Geographical Names Discusses Final Report
    Recommends Establishment of Three New Divisions of Group of Experts
  • Press Release: Recommendation on Issues Related to Treatment of Place-Names Approved by Conference on Geographical Names
  • Press Release: Conference on Geographical Names Discourages Changes of Place-Names by "Unathorized Bodies"
  • Press Release: Calls on United Nations to Financially Assist Training Courses on Applied Toponymy: Selects Venue for Next Conference
  • La sixième Conférence des Nations Unies sur la normalisation des noms géographiques sur adopte une série de rapports sur le fichier toponymiques
  • La sixième Conférence sur la normalisation des noms géographiques examine une serie de rapports sur les fichiers toponymique et la terminologie
  • La sixième Conférence sur la normalisation des noms géographiques examine des rapports relatifs a L'enseignement et aux systems d' ecriture
  • La sixième Conférence sur la normalisation des noms géographiques termine l'examen de la question de la cooperation internationale sur la toponymie
  • La sixième Conférence sur la normalisation examine les rapports nationaux sur les progrès accomplis depuis la cinquième conférence
  • La sixième Conférence sur la normalisation des noms géographiques adopte une partie de son rapport
  • La sixième Conférence des Nations Unies sur la normalisation des noms géographiques adopte une nouvelle série de résolutions
  • Concluding Remarks, Mrs. Dunja PAstizzi-Ferencic, Director, Science, Technology, Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Division
  • Informe Argentino a la sexta conferencia de Naciones Unidas sobre la normalizacion de nombres geograficos
  • Sexta conferencia de las Naciones Unidas para la normalizacion de los nombres geograficos