outreach to individual countries Helen Kerfoot and Ferjan Ormeling 1 Early days at the UN UN Economic and Social Council ECOSOC 1948 First Regional Cartographic Conf for Asia and Pacific 1955 ID: 434077
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Standardization of geographical names: the United Nationsoutreach to individual countries
Helen Kerfoot and Ferjan Ormeling
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Early days at the UN
UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) 1948First Regional Cartographic Conf. for Asia and Pacific 1955
ECOSOC resolution 715 A (XXVII) 1959 First meeting of UN Group of Experts on Geographical Names in 1960
First Conference on the
Standardization of Geographical Names in 1967 • national standardization • basis of international standardization (romanization) • resolution I/4 … foundation (1967)
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UNCSGN Resolution I-4
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UN Conferences 1967-2007
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Delegates
Countries
Special
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UNGEGN structure
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linguistic/geographical
divisions
D i v i s i o n s
UN Conferences on the Standardization
of Geographical Names (UNCSGN)
Country Names
Toponymic Data Files and Gazetteers
Publicity and Funding
Training Courses in Toponymy
Exonyms
Pronunciation
Toponymic Terminology
Romanization Systems
UN Group of Experts on
Geographical Names
(UNGEGN)
W o r k i n g g r o u p s
Evaluation & Implementation
Indigenous/Minority/Regional Names
Toponymic Guidelines
Coordinator
Task Team for Africa
UNGEGN Bureau
UNGEGN Secretariat
(UN Statistics Division)
UNGEGN liaison
with scientific groups
ICA
ICOS
IHO
ISO
SCAR
IAU
PAIGH
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UNGEGN DivisionsAfrica CentralAfrica EastAfrica South
Africa WestArabic
ChinaDGsDSouth-East EuropeNE Europe, N. AsiaEast MedFrench-speakingIndia
Latin America
Norden
PortugueseRomano-HellenicUnited KingdomUS/Canada
Asia East
ASEast Pacific S-W
Asia South-West
Baltic
Celtic
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… UNGEGN
working
groups
Romanization
Training
Country names
Publicity / funding
Evaluation / implementation
Terminology
Data files / gazetteers
Pronunciation
Exonyms
Promotion – indigenous / minority names
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http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/
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Romanization of Arabic
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UN romanization systems
Roman alphabet
UN-recom. conversion systemUN-recomd, not implemented
No UN-recommended system
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International toponymy trainingtoponymy training courses
PAIGH courses
UNGEGN courses
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UNGEGN website . . .
Overview … MandateConferencesUNGEGNDivisionsWorking Groups e.g. Romanization …
www.eki.ee/wgrs
SessionsNews and eventsDocuments and publicationsLinksNational names authorities; toponymic guidelinesInteractive national toponymic databases; international agenciesContacts …
unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/
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Map interface
Countries
- display six UN languagesArabic FrenchChinese RussianEnglish Spanish
Capital and other cities
Local name(s) - romanized
English, if available
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Table format – country names, cities, capitalsEndonyms … short and
formal namesUN languages … short
and formal namesCities: short and formal names, • endonyms • UN languages • other languages• lat. long. • language • source • sound (endonyms)
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GB also connected
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http://lazarus.elte.hu/cet/
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27th UNGEGN session
Exchange of experience; information on new initiatives
Make progress on Working Group activities
New York …
July 30, August 12, 2012
Forum for discussion
Networking
Encouraging
Africa
special
presentations
; posters; workshops; training
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10th UN Conf. Stand. Geogr. Names7.Measures taken to implement UN resolutions on stand. geographical names
.8. National standardization:9. Geonames as culture, heritage and identity 10. Exonyms.11. Toponymic data files and gazetteers:
12. Terminology.13. Writing systems and Romanization:14. Country names.15. Toponymic education.16. Features beyond a single sovereignty28Slide29
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