At its 43rd plenary meeting, on 25 July 2023, the Economic and Social Council decided that the appropriate working groups of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names, namely, the Working Groups on Geographical Names Data Management, on Geographical Names as Cultural Heritage and on Romanization Systems, should work to populate the World Geographical Names Database in order to ensure that toponyms are accurately reflected across all languages, including those with non‑Roman alphabets or scripts, to strengthen relationships, links and connections in geographical names standardization, and in that regard requested:
