Documents/action during the 2021 session of ECOSOC

UNGEGN input to the 2021 HLPF 

2021 session (3 - 7 May 2021). Theme: Geographical Names Supporting Sustainable Development and Management of the Pandemic. 

Report of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names on its 2021 session [E/2021/69

Resolutions/decisions adopted by the Council at the 2021 Management Segment asrecommended by theGroup of Experts on its 2021 session[E/2021/69, chap. I, sect. A; and E/2021/SR.13]  18(i)  22 July 2021 

Decision 2021/259: Report of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names at its 2021 session: recommendation 1  

Decision 2021/260: Report of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names at its 2021 session: recommendation 2 

Decision 2021/261: Report of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names at its 2021 session: recommendation 3  

Further resolutions/decisions adopted by UNGEGN on its 2021 session [E/2021/69, chap. I, sect. B]: 

Decision 2/2021/1: Report of the Chair 

Decision 2/2021/2: Report of the Secretariat 

Decision 2/2021/3: National, divisional and Working Group on Country Names reports 

Decision 2/2021/4: Cooperation and liaison with other organizations 

Decision 2/2021/5: National and international standardization of geographical names 

Decision 2/2021/6: Social and economic benefits, supporting sustainable development, measures taken and proposed for the implementation of resolutions and evaluation of the work of the Group of Experts 

Decision 2/2021/7: Issues of publicity for the Group of Experts and funding of Group projects 

Decision 2/2021/8: Activities on national standardization in Africa 

Decision 2/2021/9: Toponymic education 

Decision 2/2021/10: Activities relating to the Working Group on Toponymic Terminology 

Decision 2/2021/11: Geographical names as culture, heritage and identity, including indigenous, minority and regional languages and multilingual issues 

Decision 2/2021/12: Exonyms 

Decision 2/2021/13: Toponymic data files and gazetteers (data processing and tools, database management, data dissemination: products and services) 

Decision 2/2021/14: Writing systems and pronunciation 

Decision 2/2021/15: Other geographical names issues: “Creating an equal society through geographical names” 

Decision 2/2021/16: Other business 

Further resources:

UNGEGN website

DESA/SD