UNGEGN

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UNGEGNUnited Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names
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The final big task for the PCGN is to represent the British government at the biennial meeting of UNGEGN, the UN group whose goal is to promote the international standardisation of geographical names.
What's in a Name? Surrounded by historic maps, aged tomes and a thousand dictionaries, the four employees of the PCGN advise the British government on geographical names. From the Burma/Myanmar debate to the names of rocks far out in contested waters, they keep constantly up to date with the world's ever-changing toponymic climate, just as they have for the last 100 years
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