United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names

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Country Names


Coordinator

Mr. Pierre Jaillard (France), E-mail pierre@jaillard.net

List of recommended country names

The most recent list of country names approved by the Working Group was submitted on behalf of UNGEGN for the Eleventh UN Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names in August 2017. It is available as E/CONF.105/13.

An updated but unofficial "working version" of the country names list is presented as a Working Paper at each regular session of UNGEGN. This version contains updates that have been informally agreed to by Working Group members based on information collected from various sources. It is intended to facilitate exchange of information within UNGEGN.


Work programme
  • Monitoring changes in country names;
  • Monitoring modifications in romanization systems as they pertain to local official country names;
  • Continuing updating and completing local official forms;
  • Comparing existing lists of country names to identify differences and, where possible, to eliminate them;
  • Continuing liaison with the terminology team of the United Nations Terminology and Reference Section.
    • Meetings
  • During the 25th UNGEGN in Nairobi, 2009
  • During the Ninth Conference, New York, 2007
  • During the 23rd UNGEGN in Vienna, 2006
  • In Lefkada, Greece in 2005

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