26th Session of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names
2 - 6 May 2011, Vienna, Austria
Last update: 17 June 2011
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Report
GEGN documents
- Provisional Agenda
- Documentation for the Session
- Statute and Rules of Procedure of the UNGEGN
- GEGN/26/3, Submitted by UNGEGN Secretariat
- English
- List of Participants
- GEGN/26/4 rev.1, Submitted by UNGEGN Secretariat
- English
- List of Documents
- GEGN/26/5 , Submitted by UNGEGN Secretariat
- English
- Provisional Agenda for the Tenth Conference
- GEGN/26/6, Submitted by UNGEGN Secretariat
- English
- Contact Information on National Geographical Names Authorities
- GEGN/26/7 and Add.1, Submitted by UNGEGN Chairperson
- English | English (Add.1)
- Resolutions adopted at the nine United Nations Conferences on the Standardization of Geographical Names: 1967, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1998, 2002, 2007
- Resolutions from the Ninth United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names, 2007, New York
- Report of the Chair
- GEGN/26/10 rev1, Submitted by UNGEGN Chairperson
- English
- Report of the UNGEGN Secretariat
- GEGN/26/11, Submitted by UNGEGN Secretariat
- English
- Draft organization of work for the 26th session of the UNGEGN
- GEGN/26/12 rev3, Submitted by UNGEGN Secretariat
- English
- Provisional agenda for the twenty-seventh session
- GEGN/26/13, Submitted by UNGEGN Secretariat
- English
- Agenda item 1 - Adoption of the agenda
- Provisional Agenda
- Agenda item 2 - Report of the Chair
- Report of the Chair
- GEGN/26/10 rev1, Submitted by UNGEGN Chairperson
- English
- Agenda item 3 - Report of the Secretariat of the Group of Experts
- Report of the UNGEGN Secretariat
- GEGN/26/11, Submitted by UNGEGN Secretariat)
- English
- Agenda item 4 - Reports of the Divisions
- Report of the East Central and South-East Europe Division (ECSEED)
- W.P.3, Submitted by East Central and South-East Europe Division - Chair, Croatia
- English
- Report of Eastern Europe, Northern And Central Asia Division
- W.P.8, Submitted by Eastern Europe, Northern and Central Asia Division - Chair, Russian Federation
- English
- Divisional Report on United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names for Asia South East and Pacific South West (UNGEGN ASEPSW)
- W.P.9, Submitted by Asia, South-East and Pacific South-West Division - Chair, Malaysia
- English
- Report of the Norden Division (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden)
- W.P.10, Submitted by Norden Division - Chair, Denmark
- English
- The Ninth Regional Meeting of Asia South – West Division (other than Arabic)
- W.P.15, Submitted by Asia South – West Division (other than Arabic) - Chair, Iran
- English
- Division de l’Afrique Centrale
- W.P.18, Submitted by Africa Central Division - Chair, Cameroon
- French
- Report of the China Division
- Report of the Arabic Division/ADEGN Report
- W.P.40, Submitted by Arabic Division - Chair, Egypt
- Arabic with English summary
- Rapport de la Division Afrique de l’Est
- W.P.41, Submitted by Africa East Division - Chair, Madagascar
- French
- Report of the United Kingdom Division
- W.P.42, Submitted by United Kingdom Division - Chair, United Kingdom
- English
- Baltic Division
- W.P.45, Submitted by Baltic Division - Chair, Estonia
- English
- Relato De Las Actividades De La División De Los Países De La Lengua Portuguesa
- W.P.48, Submitted by Portuguese-speaking Division - Vice -Chair, Brazil
- Spanish
- Report of the Canada-USA Division 2009-2011
- W.P.75, Submitted by the Canada-USA Division
- English
- Report of the Dutch- and German-speaking Division
- W.P.76, Submitted by Dutch-and German-speaking Division - Chair, Belgium
- English
- Report of the Africa South Division
- W.P.89, Submitted by Africa South Division
- English
- Rapport D' Activites De La Division Afrique De L'Ouest
- W.P.91, Submitted by Africa West Division - Chair, Burkina Faso
- English
- Informe De Avance En La Normalizacíon De Nombres Geográficos De Los Países Miembros De La Divisíon De América Latina
- W.P.92, Submitted by Latin America Division - Chair, Mexico
- Spanish
- L’activité de la division francophone
- W.P.93, Submitted by French-speaking Division - Chair, France
- French
- Overview of Division Reports
- W.P.83 rev.1, Submitted by the UNGEGN Bureau
- English
- Some comments and questions about the work of UNGEGN Divisions
- W.P.84, Submitted by the UNGEGN Chair
- English
- Agenda item 5 - Reports of the liaison officers and international organizations
- Contact Information on National Geographical Names Authorities
- GEGN/26/7 and Add.1, Submitted by UNGEGN Chairperson
- English | English (Add.1)
- Report of the Pan American Institute of Geography & History)
- W.P.81, Submitted by PAIGH
- English
- Report by the International Hydrographic Organization
- W.P.88, Submitted by IHO
- English
- Report of the Liaison Officer, International Council of Onomastic Sciences (ICOS)
- W.P. 90, Submitted by ICOS
- English
- Agenda item 6 - Activities of the Task Team for Africa
- Rapport du Task Team for Africa
- W.P. 4, Submitted by Task Team for Africa - Coordinator, Algeria
- French
- South Africa: Map Africa 2010
- W.P. 51, Submitted by South Africa
- English
- Botswana Place Names
- W.P. 60, Submitted by Botswana
- English
- L’Usage des Toponymes en RD Congo: Pour une nécessaire normalisation
- CRP. 1, Submitted by Democratic Republic of the Congo
- French
- Agenda item 7 - Implementation of resolutions and activities relating to the Working Group on Evaluation and Implementation
- Report of the Working Group on Evaluation and Implementation
- W.P. 46, Submitted by Working Group on Evaluation and Implementation - Convenor, Republic of Korea
- English
- Resolutions adopted at the nine United Nations Conferences on the Standardization of Geographical Names: 1967, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1998, 2002, 2007
- Resolutions from the Ninth United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names, 2007, New York
- Agenda item 8 - Activities relating to the Working Group on Training Courses in Toponymy
- Rapport final de l’atelier de formation sur la normalisation des noms géographiques
- W.P. 19, Submitted by Division de la l'Afrique Centrale
- French
- Report of the Convenor of the Working Group on Training Courses in Toponymy 2009-2011
- W.P. 72 rev.1, Submitted by Working Group on Training Courses in Toponymy - Convenor, The Netherlands
- English
- International Seminar on Sea Names, 2009-2010
- W.P. 47, Submitted by the Republic of Korea
- English
- Agenda item 9 - Activities relating to the Working Group on Toponymic Data Files and Gazetteers
- Report of the Working Group on Toponymic Data Files and Gazetteers 2009-2011
- W.P. 37, Submitted by Working Group on Toponymic Data Files and Gazetteers - Convenor, Germany
- English
- La base de données Toponymiques en Algérie
- W.P. 1 rev.1, Submitted by Algeria
- French
- Development of Digital Japan Basic Map (Geographical Name Information)
- W.P. 7, Submitted by Japan
- English
- Preparation of first volume of Iranian Geographical Names Gazetteers
- W.P. 14, Submitted by Iran
- English
- Nomenclator Geografico Nacional
- W.P. 17, Submitted by Spain
- Spanish
- National gazetteer of Poland: “Geographical names of Poland” Vol. 1. “Hydronyms”
- W.P. 26, Submitted by Poland
- English
- EuroGeoNames (EGN) – EuroGeoNames (EGN) – Implementing a sustainable European gazetteer service
- W.P. 38, Submitted by Germany
- English
- Text-encoding issues in geographical names
- W.P. 43, Submitted by Working Group on Toponymic Data Files and Gazetteers
- English
- South Africa: Geographical Name Database
- W.P. 53, Submitted by South Africa
- English
- Marine Geographical Names in the Republic of Korea
- W.P.82, Submitted by Korea
- English
- The Development of a Web Feature Service-Gazetteer (WFS-G) for the US Board on Geographic Names
- W.P. 85, Submitted by USA
- English
- Agenda item 10 - Activities relating to the Working Group on Toponymic Terminology
- Report of the Working Group on Toponymic Terminology
- W.P.80, Submitted by the Working Group on Toponymic Terminology - Convenor, Sweden
- English
- Comments And Proposals About The UNGEGN Glossary Of Toponymic Terminology
- W.P.11, Submitted by Tunisia
- English
- Report on The Activities Of The ADEGN Committee Of The Toponymic Terminology
- W.P.20, Submitted by Tunisia
- English
- German Glossary of Toponymic Terminology, Third Edition
- W.P.66, Submitted by Germany
- English
- Agenda item 11 - Activities relating to the Working Group on Romanization Systems
- Report of the Working Group on Romanization Systems
- W.P.2, Submitted by Working Group On Romanization Systems - Convenor, Estionia
- English
- Romanization System In Ukraine
- Brief Introduction of Foreign Geographical Names Transformed into Chinese
- Georgian Consonants and Their Romanization
- W.P. 94, Submitted by Georgia
- English
- Agenda item 12 - Activities relating to the Working Group on Country Names
- Report of the Working Group on Country Names
- W.P.55, Submitted by Working Group on Country Names - Convenor, USA
- English
- UNGEGN list of country names
- W.P.54, Submitted by Working Group on Country Names - Convenor, USA
- English
- Agenda item 13 - Activities relating to the Working Group on Publicity and Funding
- Report of the Working Group on Publicity and Funding
- W.P.5, Submitted by Working Group on Publicity and Funding - Convenor, United Kingdom
- English
- Promoting the Website of Iranian Committee on the Standardization of Geographical Names With a view to strengthening relations in the Asia South-West Division
- W.P. 16, Submitted by Iran
- English
- Polish version of the UNGEGN brochure and resolutions adopted at the United Nations Conferences on the Standardization of Geographical Names, and English version of regulations concerning the standardization of geographical names in Poland
- W.P. 28, Submitted by Poland
- English
- Promoting the consistent use of geographical names in the 21st century: An UNGEGN Media Kit
- W.P. 87, Submitted by United Kingdom
- English
- Agenda item 14 - Activities relating to the Working Group on Exonyms
- Report of the Working Group on Exonyms
- W.P. 68, Submitted by Working Group on Exonyms - Co-convenor, Austria
- English
- Polish lists of geographical names of the World
- W.P. 24, Submitted by Poland
- English
- Criteria for the use of exonyms – a next approach
- W.P. 64, Submitted by Austria
- English
- Is 'exonym' an appropriate term for names of features beyond any sovereignty?
- W.P. 65, Submitted by Austria
- English
- The endonym – name from within a social group
- W.P. 69, Submitted by Working Group on Exonyms - Co-convenor, Austria
- English
- Trends in Exonym Use
- W.P.71, Submitted by Working Group on Exonyms - Convenor, Austria
- English
- Agenda item 15 - Activities relating to the Working Group on Pronunciation
- Report of the Working Group on Pronunciation
- W.P.59, Submitted by Working Group on Pronunciation - Convenor, Ireland
- English
- Geographical Name and Jordanian Accent
- W.P.61 rev. 1, Submitted by Jordan
- Arabic with English summary
- Agenda item 16 - Activities relating to the Working Group on the Promotion of the Recording and Use of Indigenous, Minority and Regional Language Group Geographical Names
- Report on the Working Group for the Recording and Promotion of Indigenous, Minority and Regional Language Group Geographical Names
- W.P. 78, Submitted by Working Group on the Promotion of the Recording and Use of Indigenous, Minority and Regional Language Group Geographical Names - Convenor, Australia
- English
- Minority place names in Poland
- W.P. 23, Submitted by Poland
- English
- Indigenous, minority and regional language group geographical names in the Nordic National Mapping Agencies’ datasets
- Guidelines for Dialogue with Indigenous Communities
- W.P. 77, Submitted by Australia and New Zealand
- English
- Agenda item 17 - Geographical names and cultural heritage
- Geographical Names AS PART OF the Egyptian Heritage
- W.P. 6, Submitted by Egypt
- Arabic with English summary
- Geographical Names and Culture Heritage
- W.P. 29 rev.1, Submitted by Suriname
- English
- Campaign for the cultural environment 2010, Finland
- South Africa: National Hearings on Geographical Names
- W.P. 50, Submitted by South Africa
- English
- Critères proposés pour établir et évaluer le caractère patrimonial des noms de lieux
- Agenda item 18 - Issues of toponymic standardization
- Standardizing names of urban places and streets of Iran's cities for organizing into National Geographical Names Data Base
- W.P. 12, Submitted by Iran
- English
- Standardization of geographical names in Poland
- W.P. 25, Submitted by Poland
- English
- South African: Appointment of the South African Geographical Names Council
- W.P. 52, Submitted by South Africa
- English
- Place-names and the standard for location addresses in Sweden
- Launch of a commemorative issue
- W.P. 63, Submitted by Austria
- English
- Naming Streets And Roads When Assigning Addresses In Norwegian Municipalities
- W.P. 74, Submitted by Norway
- English
- La toponymie et le problème de l’harmonisation de la transcription des noms de lieux au Sénégal : le cas de l’édition des cartes topographiques.
- W.P. 79, Submitted by Sénégal
- French
- Agenda item 19 - Toponymic guidelines for map editors and other editors
- Toponymic Guidelines for Map and other Editors (Ukraine)
- Toponymic guidelines of Poland for map editors and other users. Fourth revised edition
- W.P. 27, Submitted by Poland
- English
- Updating of Toponymic Guidelines for Map Editors and Other Editors
- Toponymic Guidelines Federal Republic of Germany
- W.P. 39, Submitted by Germany
- English
- Toponymic Guidelines for Map Editors and Other Editors, for International Use: Prospects for the 10th UNCSGN
- W.P. 70 Rev.1, Submitted by Coordinator, Toponymic Guidelines - Austria
- English
- Toponymic Guidelines - Content Template
- W.P. 86, Submitted by UNGEGN Chair
- English
- Agenda item 20 - Other toponymic issues
- Digital data collection and registration on geographical names during field work
- W.P. 13, Submitted by Iran
- English
- National Land Survey of Finland names data available free of charge
- General Information about ICANN
- W.P. 49, Submitted by ICANN
- English
- Cent ans de gestion de noms de lieux au Québec
- Name & Place Contributions to toponymic literature and research
- W.P. 67, Submitted by Austria
- English
- Commercial and Private Influence on the Standardization And User Of Place-Names
- W.P. 73, Submitted by Norden Division
- English
- Agenda item 21 - Preparation for the Tenth United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names
- Provisional Agenda for the Tenth Conference
- GEGN/26/6, Submitted by UNGEGN Secretariat
- English
- Agenda item 22 - Provisional agenda for the twenty-seventh session of the Group of Experts
- Provisional agenda for the twenty-seventh session of the Group of Experts
- GEGN/26/13, Submitted by UNGEGN Secretariat
- English
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