United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names
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The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN) was set up by the Secretary General of the United Nations on April 23, 1959.
The Group's remit is to deal with the problems of domestic standardisation of geographical names, and to offer suggestions and recommendations for (mainly linguistic) standardisation.
UNGEGN sessions are convened in three sessions within a period of five years. since 1967, UNGEGN has held 24 sessions.
The UK representative for UNGEGN is David Munro.
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[edit] External Links
- UNGEGN Official site
- United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (2007). "Technical reference manual for the standardization of geographical names" (pdf). New York: United Nations. pp. 44–45. ISBN 978-92-1-161500-5. http://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/UNGEGN/docs/pubs/UNGEGN%20tech%20ref%20manual_m87_combined.pdf. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
- National Library of Scotland event: "The Place-Name Debate", in conjunction with the 'Trends in Toponymy' conference, Edinburgh University
- UNGEGN Newsletter 31
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