United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names

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, including United Nations romanization systems for geographical names.

UNGEGN sessions are convened in three sessions within a period of five years. since 1967, UNGEGN has held 24 sessions.

The UK representatives for UNGEGN is David Munro and Raymund Serge Mique.

References

• Hausner, Isolde: Die „United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names“ (UNGEGN) und die Standardisierung geographischer Namen. In: Kainz, W. / Kriz, K. / Riedl, A. (eds.): Aspekte der Kartographie im Wandel. Festschrift für Ingrid Kretschmer zum 65. Geburtstag. Wien 2004 (= Wiener Schriften zur Geographie und Kartographie).
• Kerfoot, Helen: Role of the United Nations in the standardization of geographical names: some fifty years on. In: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistics Division (ed.): Manual for the standardization of geographical names. United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names. New York 2006: 83-97. ISBN 92-1-161490-2

See also

• Toponymy
• Toponymy in Great Britain
• UNGEGN Toponymic Guidelines

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. 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