Ad Ho~ Group of F~pertB on

ti~o Standardization of

gi~p~i Na~ss —

N York, 1020 Mar~h 1970~.NTJT~ ~QJ~ (Rev~ 1)

Meeting hold on Tueada~r, 10 14ar~h 1970

Th Ruleo of Pro~ed»~re of the Gene~a Conferenoe ware ~4optod ‘iiith thefoll modifioeti

Rul l~ expart ehafl part.icipate as an export rather th&na repreaentative of a etat

Ru].es 2.4~ Credentiale are not ainoe tha rt.a vereinvited rather than appointed

Eule 6~ Th offieore ted at the Gone~a Conferene ahail f~in~ti~iuntil the n oonf e., Mei~ers, L~ton, Geelan and Page

appoin b~ the ~heiz~n se aeaietante to t.he pporteur,

Eule 24~ i~iona ehail be n~ade eithar by consenau~ or by a majorftyof regiona rather than b7 a majority of etatee

Rule 26G Roil~cail votea, ~ roquired, idil ha taken in order of‘ thliat of regi.one in o1~ 1 of t.he Conferenee report,beginning with th region whcae n~na ie drawn by lot bythe Preaident0

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The qucstion of the adoption of the ag~nda ~aa aentedQ Dr0 Ox~e1ingpropos that lt l~b be treated cureorily, ai~ that Item 5 shoiald be deletedalto thvr0 Foil~; ata •:~t‘ - ifl upport of l~b by the F~et~utive Secretar~by ~ lan ‚ and by the chair~n9 and tat t~ in support cf Iten 5 by

Komkov, these two lt ~.- - t.ained unchanged, At the suggestion ofCo).0 S ‚ support ~ Mr‘~ -- ‚ a n lt 7 “Other Business“

d, and ting It.~zi 7 renw~iber lt 8~

r‘eported .tthaMaylB, 19M ~r.fr... meet‘:,~ at ~hthere- id -. th. Goneva Confereuo • ~ia. : tions Tor pez~nent ~ tt.e

and a - ~ond conference, unfortunatoly was a t - o fiecal emargen~ at theU N0 .~‘ Uie high rcent of UN Ne~nb Stat - re• ented at Gen.va, th.high perc .~.t of attendees ~iho — techni~al peop).., and the ob‘~ious sucess. ofth. c‘. trong arginaent~ Tor continuation of th - pro ~i .~.. -. AlthOiIgh

not • . ssibl. to es • liah a n ~ body nor to ~ake az~ other finaneialc• ~ ~ •.• in t — th. Group of v~ ~ ~ •‘ in being to can~ outfunetiona proposed Tor the • ent ccnmittee and request.. th. Secretary.~GeneraJ.t.o C9.. t th the Group on th. holding of a second conferanc

rem .rt. on the Geneva conference st t, • oth int- tiingL, Prior to th~ In ttcizsl Geographical Congress in N~ Delhi in

Dec-:‘. :~ 1968, an abstract of a proposed papar -‘ circulated to those whob - ms3~ber of th. Group of Experte Tor c~ -. t, and recei

~fl- concurrenc-0 Th- paper je being distributed -. ong wit.h a paperread at th. irst Cent • .- can Regional R.union on Standardization of -. gra~phica]. held in *~ .te~i.a0

o~. route t,o .. fron N I)efld., th Chair~n made calls in At.h na, Ankara,Beirut, Nicosis, Jerusalem, MaM1~~., Taipai, and Tokyo0 lt ~- apparent t t

_____ tions .. th Urzit. -. Nsti wer. not alwaya getting through to thepeople in :~. ted in nam~s, and that additional eh~annele ar naceesary0 lt also

~ia evident t. t . ;.pla -. •?~ sin~‘-- -ly trying to iznplement Ui. reto~mnendaticnao th. -

In Sept - ber l969~ Dr0 Burriil attended th. lOth International Congr~a ofOnomastic Soiencea (Icos) in Vienna, not as Chai~n of th. Group of ~cp~ s~but as T30S0 m-4 b-r of th. International Ca~imitt~ on Ononaat,ic scierice (ICoS)8Withl.n the f of thi con~. ~ a section (X) wes oatabli -h~ ta d withcartographic topon~nWo A graup of topon~nist. subuiitted ta thi aectionresolution (a eopy ot vhich ja found in Working Paper N 3) vtiich - di cuss~and finafly accepted by the Congresa0 Dr0 Burrill unsuece sfuily urged ICOS taenhance its ~le as c~entifiC fact finding body and refrain from endorsenientof contro rsial subjects of this kind0

0 ~ gracio i.y - -. ‘-~ ~-‘ th. vi - iting American dol - gation acm. of thr - ;~ te of ~rork in Austri. ~ince Geneva 1967 ~nd provided copi. of & sp~ciali edg1os~ that lisa be di : buted both before .-... st this meeting0

Chaiti~n furt≥ior reported tbat. at the ?ir~t Cent.. ~an Regio~ulRt~nic~ on St3n~ardization of Geog phi6al ~ held in Cate~Ja City inO~tober 196S~ Gi~at~a1a put at the diepr~al of ite nei~)ibor~ its experien~ea~,d szpertiae in a tional progt“a~e of tiw~e atandardization~, inLluding ai d d~m~ tion~, AU Ce troem~rican ~ountries attended and aU but.

Ni ~ent hnical e~ Great. intereit ~tinulato~ and e vere~.coimtrie~ aro expect t.o gietor pro

• and PCGN held the ee‘~enth in ite ~ieriea of bi~nnial onsultatiin l96B~ t ~hi~*~ a joint at,at,e~ant an rczzwnieatian worked out9 lt.die butsd ae a ~orIdng puper0

The Ge n.—D~xWh Region held a moet~xag laat Januiiry and haa hraught atten report t..o tide ing.,

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Dr On~ling askedfron hie ~‘p~lic relatiand ot.her int tionalapp~o~al of the reo

)~‚ Gell etatini~tr~en in theandhadd enuz~htoAme~ioa aa 113

Lt t, Chaix~an ~ould point t.o any poeiti‘#a roaultsaotivitise“,~ Ho furtlier aaked i~iet.her lau

organieatione bad baien apprva~hed by the Chai~n fortione et dot~n at Gen in l967.~

that the iesioiaery t.i~rit.isa“ of the Chairr~en had beenti o a pe~‘1!~lent p~ce co!mnittee in Guat~

stieulate int.ereat in geographtc na~ea e1o#m~here in tin

Mr3 oiv alao a e f~~ebli ce~ning the Chai~nan~e a~tivi iee~

Oral re an national a~tiviti ~e~e p~aented by die Silita,Gell, •;‘~ zton0 Hovda, Kc~nkov, I4eyneu, Teeo audi Burriil~