United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names

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Working Group on Exonyms


Convenor

Kohei Watanabe, Japan

Background

The Working Group was formed in September 2002, as recommended by resolution 4 of the Eighth Conference (Berlin, 27 August - 5 September 2002). The need for such a group had also been expressed at earlier discussions (Frankfurt am Main, 2000 and Berchtesgaden, 2001).


Work plan
  • Various UNGEGN resolutions now exist on the treatment, use and reduction of exonyms in the context of geographical names standardization and effective UN communication. The Working Group encourages progress in addressing these UNGEGN resolutions. As current concrete projects it aims to elaborate a paper noting the current trends in exonym use as well as an inventory of lists of exonyms. .
    • Publications

    The Classification of Exonyms. Proceedings of the 21th UNGEGN Working Group on Exonyms Meeting, Riga, 24-26 September 2018. Verlag Dr. Kovač. (= Name & Palce, vol. 8). ISBN 978-3-339-11122-7 and 978-3-339-11123-4
    (eBook)

    Seven publications of articles on exonyms were prepared from presentations to the Working Group meetings.

  • Survey of Exonym Use. Proceedings of the 19th UNGEGN Working Group on Exonyms Meeting, Prague, 6-8 April 2017. Edited by Peter Jordan, Paul Woodman and Irena Švehlová. Published in 2018. Hamburg: Verlag Dr. Kovač. = Name & Place, vol. 7 (EUR 68.-), ISBN 978-3-8300-9997-0.
  • Criteria for the Use of Exonyms. Proceedings of the 17th UNGEGN Working Group on Exonyms Meeting, Zagreb, 14-16 May 2015. Edited by Peter Jordan and Paul Woodman. Published in 2016. Hamburg: Verlag Dr. Kovač. = Name & Place, vol. 6 (EUR 68.-), ISBN 978-3-8300-8946-9.
  • Confirmation of the Definitions. Proceedings of the 16th UNGEGN Working Group on Exonyms Meeting, Hermagor, 5-7 June 2014. Edited by Peter Jordan and Paul Woodman. Published in 2015. Hamburg: Verlag Dr. Kovač. = Name & Place, vol. 4 (EUR 68.-), ISBN 978-3-8300-8422-8.
  • Trends in Exonym Use. Proceedings of the 10th UNGEGN Working Group on Exonyms Meeting, Tainach, 28-30 April 2010. Edited by Peter Jordan, Hubert Bergmann, Caroline Burgess and Catherine Cheetham. Published in 2011. Hamburg: Verlag Dr. Kovač. = Name & Place, vol. 1 (EUR 68.-), ISBN 978-3-8300-5656-0.
  • Exonyms and the International Standardisation of Geographical Names. Approaches towards the Resolution of an Apparent Contradiction. Edited by Peter Jordan, Milan Orožen Adamic, Paul Woodman. Published in 2007, Münster: LIT-Verlag = Wiener Osteuropa Studien, vol. 24 (EUR 24.90), ISBN 978-3-8258-0035-2, ISSN 0946-7246.
  • The Great Toponymic Divide. Reflections on the definition and usage of endonyms and exonyms. Edited by Paul Woodman. Published in 2012. Warszawa: Head Office of Geodesy and Cartography. Free of charge. ISBN 978-83-254-1967-7.
  • The Quest for Definitions. Proceedings of the 14th UNGEGN Working Group on Exonyms Meeting, Corfu, 23-25 May 2013. Edited by Peter Jordan and Paul Woodman. Published in 2014. Hamburg: Verlag Dr. Kovač. = Name & Place, vol. 3 (EUR 68.-), ISBN 978-3-8300-7747-3.
  • The Classification of Exonyms. Proceedings of the 21th UNGEGN Working Group on Exonyms Meeting, Riga, 24-26 September 2018. Alison DOLLIMORE, Kohei WATANABE (eds.) (2019): Verlag Dr. Kovač. (= Name & Palce, vol. 8). ISBN 978-3-339-11122-7.
  • The books may be ordered directly from the publisher Verlag Dr. Kovač, Leverkusenstr. 13, D-22761 Hamburg (http://www.verlagdrkovac.de) and from LIT publishers (http://lit-verlag.de/), respectively, or via Peter Jordan, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Urban and Regional Research, Postgasse 7/4/2, A-1010 Wien peter.jordan@oeaw.ac.at
    • Meetings
      2002 - 1st Meeting: Berlin, Germany
                     Concept Note, Agenda, List of Participants
      2003 - 2nd Meeting: Prague [Praha], Czech Republic, in conjunction with the ECSEE Division
                     Concept Note, Agenda, List of Participants
      2004 - 3rd Meeting: New York, UNHQ
                     Concept Note, Agenda, List of Participants
      2005 - 4th Meeting: Ljubljana, Slovenia
                     Concept Note, Summary Report, Agenda, List of Participants
      2006 - 5th Meeting: Vienna [Wien], in association with the 24th UNGEGN Session, 2006
                     Concept Note, Summary Report, Agenda, List of Participants
      2007 - 6th Meeting: Prague [Praha], Czech Republic, in conjunction with the ECSEE Division
                     Concept Note, Summary Report, Agenda, List of Participants
      2007 - 7th Meeting: New York, during the Ninth Conference
                     Concept Note, Summary Report, Agenda, List of Participants
      2008 - 8th Meeting: Timişoara, Romania, w/the ICA Commission on National and Regional Atlases
                     Concept Note, Agenda, List of Participants, Meeting Photos
      2009 - 9th Meeting: Nairobi, Kenya, in association with 25th UNGEGN Session, 2009
                     Concept Note, Summary Report, Agenda, List of Participants
      2010 - 10th Meeting: Tainach, Austria
                     Concept Note, Summary Report, Agenda, List of Participants, Meeting Photos
      2011 - 11th Meeting: Vienna [Wien], Austria, in association with 26th UNGEGN Session
                     Concept Note, Summary Report, Agenda, List of Participants
      2012 - 12th Meeting: Gdańsk, Poland, in conjunction with the WG on Romanization Systems
                     Concept Note, Agenda, List of Participants, Meeting Papers
      2012 - 13th Meeting: New York, UNHQ
                     Concept Note, Summary Report, Agenda, List of Participants
      2013 - 14th Meeting: Corfu, Greece, in conjunction with the WG on Toponymic Terminology
                     Concept Note, Summary Report, Agenda, List of Participants, Meeting Photos
      2012 - 15th Meeting: New York, UNHQ
                     Concept Note, Summary Report, Agenda, List of Participants
      2014 - 16th Meeting: Hermagor, Austria
                     Concept Note, Summary Report, Agenda, List of Participants
      2015 - 17th Meeting: Zagreb, Croatia
                     Concept Note, Summary Report, Agenda, List of Participants
      2016 - 18th Meeting: Bangkok, Thailand, in association with the 29th UNGEGN Session
                     Concept Note, Agenda, List of Participants
      2017 - 19th Meeting: Prague, Czech Republic, in conjunction with the WG on Romanization Systems
                     Concept Note, Agenda, List of Participants, Exonym Criteria, Meeting Excursion
      2017 - 20th Meeting: New York, UNHQ, in association with the 11th Conference
                     Concept Note, Agenda, List of Participants
      2018 - 21st Meeting: Riga, Latvia
                     Concept Note, Agenda, List of Participants
      2019 - 22nd Meeting: New York, UNHQ
                     Concept Note, Summary Report, Agenda, List of Participants
      2021 - 23rd Meeting: New York, UNHQ
                     Concept Note, Summary Report, Agenda, List of Participants
      2022 - 24th Meeting: Ljubljana, Slovenia
                     Concept Note, Agenda, List of Participants
      2023 - 25th Meeting: New York, UNHQ
                     Concept Note, Summary Report, Agenda, List of Participants
      2024 - 26th Meeting: Prague [Praha], Czech Republic
                     Concept Note, Agenda, List of Participants
      2025 - 27th Meeting: New York, UNHQ
                     Concept Note, Agenda, List of Participants
      2026 - 28th Meeting: Hermagor


    There are missing documents for some meetings; what is provided here represents the present extent of the Working Group's past documentation.








    Convenors
    2002-2006 - Mr. Milan Orožen Adamič, Slovenia
    2006-2017 - Mr Peter Jordan, Austria
    2017-Present Mr Kohei Watanabe, Japan

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