Report of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names on Its 13th Session and Dates for the Next Meeting of the Group of Experts on the Standardization of Geographical Names

E/DEC/2018/208View PDF

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A Decision of the Economic and Social Council, under agenda item 18i Geospatial information, published in 2018.

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Geographical Names Standardization

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At its 6th plenary meeting, on 10 November 2017, the Economic and Social Council:

(a) Took note of the report of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names on its thirtieth session;4

(b) Decided that the next meeting of the Group of Experts on the standardization of geographical names would be held over a five-day period, from 29 April to 3 May 2019, at United Nations Headquarters in New York, reflecting draft resolution XI/1 contained in the report of the Eleventh United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names;5 however, existing arrangements for the thirty-first session of the Group of Experts and the Twelfth Conference would continue to be in effect until the Council adopted the draft resolution.

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