United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names
- United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names
The United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names is a periodic international conference organised by the United Nations Statistical Commission, the central purpose of which is to facilitate the standardization of national geographical names. The purpose of the Conference is not to settle political disputes between states on the use (or non-use) of particular geographical names.
The conference takes place every five years at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. It can be conducted at a different location, if a country offers to host the conference and to pay the additional costs of hosting the conference away from UN HQ. Each country may send a delegation. Members of these delegations are mainly experts on geographical names from their respective countries.
The most recent conference, the ninth, was held in New York in August 2007.
External links
* [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/uncsgnreports.htm The reports of the United Nations Conferences on the Standardization of Geographical Names published by the United Nations.]
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