Documents/action during the 2023 session of ECOSOC

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2023 session (1- 5 May 2023), New York.

Report of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names on its 2023 session [E/2023/84 and E/2023/84/Corr.1]

Resolutions/decisions adopted by the Council at the 2023 Management Segment as recommended by the Group of Experts on its 2023 session [E/2023/84, chap. I, sect. A, and E/2023/84/Corr.1; and E/2023/SR.43] 18(i)  25 July 2023

Decision 2023/336: Cooperation with United Nations Maps

Decision 2023/337: World Geographical Names Database

Decision 2023/338: Report of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names on its 2023 session and provisional agenda and dates of its 2025 session

Further resolutions/decisions adopted by UNGEGN on its 2023 session [E/2023/84, chap. I, sect. B]:

Decision 3/2023/1: Report of the Chair

Decision 3/2023/2: Report of the Secretariat

Decision 3/2023/3: National reports

Decision 3/2023/4: Activities on the standardization of geographical names in Africa

Decision 3/2023/5: Monitoring and evaluation of the Strategic Plan and Programme of Work 2021–2029 and of the work of the Group of Experts

Decision 3/2023/6: Reports of the divisions

Decision 3/2023/7: National and international meetings and conferences

Decision 3/2023/8: Cooperation and liaison with other international organizations

Decision 3/2023/9: Cooperation and liaison with the Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management

Decision 3/2023/10: National and international standardization of geographical names: names collection, office treatment, national authorities, features beyond a single sovereignty and international cooperation; toponymic guidelines for map and other editors for international use

Decision 3/2023/11: Social and economic benefits, supporting sustainable development, measures taken and proposed for the implementation of resolutions

Decision 3/2023/12: Issues of publicity for the Group of Experts and funding of Group projects

Decision 3/2023/13: Toponymic education

Decision 3/2023/14: Toponymic terminology

Decision 3/2023/15: Geographical names as culture, heritage and identity, including Indigenous, minority and regional languages and multilingual issues

Decision 3/2023/16: Exonyms

Decision 3/2023/17: Report of the Secretariat – World Geographical Names Database

Decision 3/2023/18: Geographical names data management

Decision 3/2023/19: Writing systems and pronunciation

Decision 3/2023/20: Other geographical names issues

Decision 3/2023/21: Future of the Working Group on Publicity and Funding and the Working Group on Evaluation and Implementation

Decision 3/2023/22: Strengthening relationships, links and connections

Further resources:

UNGEGN website

DESA/SD