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Agenda item 1 - Adoption of the agenda and of the provisional program of work

• Provisional agenda
  • GEGN 29/1, Submitted by UNGEGN Secretariat
    Arabic Chinese English French Russian Spanish
• Organization of Work
  • GEGN 29/12/Rev.2, Submitted by UNGEGN Secretariat
    English
    

• Report of the Chair
  • GEGN 29/10, Submitted by UNGEGN Chairperson
    English
• UNGEGN Operational Modalities
  • WP67/2, Submitted by UNGEGN Chairperson
    English Powerpoint

Agenda item 3 - UNGEGN Secretariat

• Report of the UNGEGN Secretariat
  
  • GEGN 29/10, Submitted by UNGEGN Chairperson
    English

Agenda item 4 - Reports of the divisions

• Rapport de la division francophone
  • W.P.1/4, Submitted French-speaking division, Chair, France
    English with summary French
• Report of the Baltic Division
  • W.P.16/4, Submitted by Baltic Division, Chair, Russian Federation
    English Russian
• Africa South Division
  • W.P.23/4/Rev.1, Submitted by Africa South Division, Chair, Botswana
    English
• Report of the Eastern Europe, Northern and Central Asia Division
  • W.P.24/4, Submitted by Eastern Europe, Northern and Central Asia Division, Chair, Russian Federation
    English Russian
• Abstract Achievements of the Arab Division of Experts on Geographical Names During the last two years 2014/2015
  • W.P.31/4/Rev.1, Submitted by Arabic Division, Chair, Jordan
    Arabic English Attachment 1 Attachment 2 Presentation
• Report of the Asia South-East (ASE) Division
  • W.P.32/4, Submitted by Asia South-East (ASE) Division, Chair, Philippines
    English
• Africa Central Division
  • W.P.34/4, Submitted by Africa Central Division, Chair, Cameroun
    French
• Report of the East Central and South-East Europe Division (ECSEED)
  • W.P.35/4, Submitted by East Central and South-East Europe Division, Chair, Slovenia
    French
• Report of the Dutch- and German-speaking Division
  • W.P.36/4, Submitted by Dutch-and German-speaking Division, Chair, Germany
    French
• Report of the United Kingdom Division
  • W.P.41/4, Submitted by United Kingdom Division, Chair, United Kingdom
    French
• Report of the China Division
  • W.P.42/4/Rev.1, Submitted by China Division, Chair, China
    Chinese English
• Report of the Africa East Division Report
  • W.P.47/4, Submitted by Africa East Division, Chair, Madagascar
    English
• Report of the Romano-Hellenic Division
  • W.P.49/4, Submitted by Romano-Hellenic Division, Chair, Italy
    English
• Informe de la División de América Latina
  • W.P.52/4, Submitted by Latin America Division, Chair, Mexico
    Spanish English
• Report of the Portuguese-speaking Division
  • W.P.68/4, Submitted by Portuguese-speaking Division, Chair, Mozambique
    English
• Report of the USA/Canada Division
  • W.P.69/4, Submitted by USA/Canada Division, Chair, United States of America
    English
• Overview and synthesis of the information contained in the Division reports
  • W.P.76/4/Rev.2, Submitted for UNGEGN by Catherine Cheetham, United Kingdom
    English Presentation
• Report of Norden Division
  • W.P.77/4/Rev.1, Submitted for Norden Division, Chair, Denmark
    English
• Report of Asia South-West Division
  • W.P.83/4, Submitted Asia South-West Division, Chair, Islamic Republic of Iran
    English

Agenda item 5 - Reports of the liaison officers and international organizations.

• Report by the International Hydrographic Organization
  • W.P.19/5, Submitted by UNGEGN Liaison with IHO
    English French
• Report of the Liaison Officer, International Council of Onomastic Sciences (ICOS)
  • W.P.80/5, Submitted by UNGEGN Liaison with ICOS
    English
• ICANN Report
  • W.P.84/5, Submitted by ICANN
    English

Agenda item 6 - Activities of the Task Team for Africa.

• Task Team for Africa
  • W.P.4/6, Submitted by the Task Team for Africa
    French

Agenda item 7 - Implementation of resolutions and activities relating to the Working Group on Evaluation and Implementation

• Création d'une nouvelle division qui regroupe les pays d'Afrique du Nord et les pays du Sahel
  • W.14/7, Submitted by Task Team for Africa
    English with summary French
• UNGEGN and UNCSGN documents on the UNGEGN website – the status quo
  • W.P.20/7, Submitted by Canada
    English
• Evaluation of the Twenty-eighth Session of the UNGEGN: A Review of the Questionnaire Survey Results
  • W.P.60/7, Submitted by Republic of Korea
    English
• Report of the Working Group on Evaluation and Implementation
  • W.P.63/7, Submitted by Working Group on Evaluation and Implementation
    English
• South African Geographical Names
  • W.P.73/7, Submitted by South Africa
    English Powerpoint

Agenda item 8 - Activities relating to the Working Group on Training Courses in Toponymy

• Report of the Liaison officer with the Pan American Institute of Geography and History (PAIGH)
  • W.P.30/8, Submitted by UNGEGN Liaison with PAIGH
    English
• Toponymy workshop of Tunis: A road map to orient the activities of the national committee of toponymy
  • W.P.33/8, Submitted by Tunisia
    English
• Important achievement after the training of trainers in toponymy in Madagascar
  • W.P.48/8, Submitted by Africa East Division, Chair, Madagascar
    English
• Report on the production of an UNGEGN Toponymy manual
  • W.P.51/8, Submitted by WG on Training Courses in Toponymy
    English Presentation
• Report UNGEGN Working Group on Training Courses in Toponymy 2014-2016
  • W.P.53/8, Submitted by WG on Training Courses in Toponymy
    English
• Formation et expertise en toponymie dans le monde francophone
  • W.P.81/8, Submitted by France
    French
• UNGEGN moving forward with capacity building in administration of geographical names
  • W.P.85/8, Submitted by Training Working Group and UNGEGN Secretariat
    English

Agenda item 9 - Activities relating to the Working Group on Toponymic Data Files and Gazetteers

• Normalizacíon de los Nombres Geográficos en España
  • W.P.2/9, Submitted by Spain
    English Spanish
• Old German Place-Name Gazetteer of Austria and South Tyrol
  • W.P.5/9, Submitted by Austria
    English
• Historical-etymological Gazetteer of Salzburg Place Names
  • W.P.6/9, Submitted by Austria
    English
• List of official names of localities in Poland (2015 edition)
  • W.P.18/9, Submitted by Poland
    English
• UNGEGN World Geographical Names Database: an update
  • W.P.21/9/Rev.1, Submitted by Canada
    English World map
• Geographical Names database in Slovenia
  • W.P.25/9, Submitted by Slovenia
    English
• The renewed Geogrpahic Names Register of the National Land Survey of Finland
  • W.P.27/9, Submitted by Finland
    English
• Report of the Working Group on Toponymic Data Files and Gazetteers 2014-2016
  • W.P.37/9, Submitted by WG on Toponymic Data Files and Gazetteers
    English
• Online Discussion Forum of the Working Group on Toponymic Data Files and Gazetteers – a status report
  • W.P.38/9, Submitted by WG on Toponymic Data Files and Gazetteers
    English Annex 1 Annex 2
• Provision of an INSPIRE -conform web service for Geographical Names in Germany
  • W.P.39/9, Submitted by WG on Toponymic Data Files and Gazetteers
    English
• Status Report on the EuroGeoNames (EGN) transition to the GeoLocator service in the European Location Project (ELF)
  • W.P.40/9, Submitted by WG on Toponymic Data Files and Gazetteers
    English
• Toponymic Data as Part of the Content of a Country Code Standard
  • W.P.44/9, Submitted by USA
    English
• New Marine Geographical Names and SCUFN Online Systems Developed by the Republic of Korea
  • W.P.65/9, Submitted by Republic of Korea
    English
• Advances in Spatial Data Management in Canada’s National Geographical Names Database
  • W.P.71/9, Submitted by Canada
    English French
• Third edition of the National Geographical Names Gazetteere
  • W.P.79/9, Submitted by Kenya
    English

Agenda item 10 - Activities relating to the Working Group on Toponymic Terminology

• Proposition de définition de nouveau termes pour le glossaire terminologique
  • W.P.3/10/Rev.1, Submitted by Task Team for Africa
    French English with summary
• When exonyms and endonyms turn into international names
  • W.P.8/10, Submitted by Austria
    English
• Glossary of Terms for the standardization of geographic names . The Polish edition
  • W.P.17/10, Submitted by Poland
    English
• Undersea Feature Terminology
  • W.P.72/10, Submitted by USA
    English
• The new Hungarian translation of Glossary of Terms for the Standardization of Geographical Names
  • W.P.87/10, Submitted by Hungary
    English

Agenda item 11 - Activities relating to the Working Group on Romanization Systems

• Investigation of rules for translating Japanese geographical names into English
  • W.P.22/11, Submitted by Japan
    English
• Report of the Working Group on Romanization Systems
  • W.P.50/11, Submitted by Working Group on Romanization Systems
    English

Agenda item 12 - Activities relating to the Working Group on Country Names

• Exonyms and endonyms in country names used in Brazil
  • W.P.57/12., Submitted by Brazil
    English Presentation
• Names of Countries as Presented on Web Sites of UN Specialized Agencies
  • W.P.74/12, Submitted by USA
    English

Agenda item 13 - Activities relating to the Working Group on Publicity and Funding

• Place Names to the Public: Promoting Awareness of Geographical Names
  • W.P.61/13, Submitted by Republic of Korea
    English
• Outreach Activities for Promoting a Wider Use of Marine Geographical Names
  • W.P.62/13, Submitted by Republic of Korea
    English
• Activating the World Geographical Names Day
  • W.P.66/13, Submitted by Republic of Korea
    English
• Report of the Working Group on Publicity and Funding
  • W.P.75/13/Rev.1, Submitted by Working Group on Publicity and Funding
    English

Agenda item 14 - Activities relating to the Working Group on Exonyms

• Confirmation of the Definitions
  • W.P.7/14, Submitted by the WG on Exonyms
    English
• Report of the Working Group on Exonyms
  • W.P.9/14, Submitted by the WG on Exonyms
    English
• Criteria for the Use of Exonyms
  • W.P.12/14, Submitted by the WG on Exonyms
    English

Agenda item 15 - Activities relating to the Working Group on Pronunciation

• UNGEGN involvement in the dealing with pronunciation aspects of geographical names
  • W.P.45/15, Submitted by WG on Pronunciation
    English Map
• Report of the Working Group on Pronunciation
  • W.P.46/15/Rev.1, Submitted by WG on Pronunciation
    English
• IPA Transcription and Audio Files of Hungarian Geographical Names
  • W.P.88/15, Submitted by Hungary
    English

Agenda item 16 - Activities relating to the Working Group on Geographical Names as Cultural Heritage

• Place-Name Changes
  • W.P.10/16, Submitted by Joint IGU/ICA Commission on Toponymy
    English
• Slovene field and house names in Carinthia [Kärnten]
  • W.P.11/16, Submitted by Austria
    English
• Digitalisation of the Names Archive
  • W.P.28/16, Submitted by Finland
    English
• The Cultural Heritage Protection of Chinese Geographical Names
  • W.P.43/16/Rev.1, Submitted by China
    Chinese English
• Report of the Working Group on Geographical Names as Cultural Heritage
  • W.P.56/16, Submitted by WG on Geographical Names as Cultural Heritage
    English
• International Seminar on Sea Names, 2014~2015
  • W.P.59/16, Submitted by Republic of Korea
    English
• International Meetings on Toponymy with Specific Focus on Cultural Heritage and the Public
  • W.P.64/16, Submitted by Republic of Korea
    English
• Indigenous Naming Activities in Canada
  • W.P.70/16, Submitted by Canada
    French English
• The Difference a Single Name Can Make
  • W.P.78/16, Submitted by Australia
    English
• From paper to bytes - digitising geographical names records
  • W.P.82/16, Submitted by Denmark
    English
• Task Team On Transformation Of Heritage Landscape
  • W.P.82/16, Submitted by Denmark
    English

Agenda item 17 - Toponymic guidelines for map and other editors for international use

• Toponymic guidelines for map and other editors, for international use – Report of the Coordinator
  • W.P.13/17, Submitted by the Coordinator, Toponymic Guidelines
    English
• Updating of Toponymic guidelines for map editors and other editors
  • W.P.29/17, Submitted by Finland
    English
• Toponymic Guidelines (South Africa)
  • W.P.54/17, Submitted by the the Coordinator, Toponymic Guidelines
    English with summary English
• Toponymic Guidelines for Map and Other Editors For International Use, Republic of Korea (Second Edition, 2015)
  • W.P.58/17, Submitted by Republic of Korea
    English

Agenda item 18- Other toponymic issues organizations

• New Developments in geographical Names : Report of Suriname
  • W.P.15/18, Submitted by Suriname
    English
• Online guidelines for the use of proper names in the Finnish Language
  • W.P.26/18, Submitted by Finland
    English

Agenda item 19 -Preparation for the Eleventh United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names

• Provisional agenda for the Eleventh Conference
  • GEGN 28/3, Submitted by UNGEGN Secretariat
    Arabic Chinese English French Russian Spanish

Agenda item 20 -Review of the statute of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names

• Review of the statute of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names
  • W.P.55/20, Submitted by Sweden
    English

Agenda item 21 - Date, Venue and Provisional Agenda for the Thirtieth Session of the Group of Experts

• Provisional agenda for the thirtieth session
  • GEGN 29/6, Submitted by UNGEGN Secretariat
    English