United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names

Summary

United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names is an expert group^[1]. It draws 42 Wikipedia views per month (expert_group category, ranking #1 of 2).^[2]

Key Facts

• United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names's image is recorded as 26th Session of UNGEGN 3.JPG^[3].
• United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names's instance of is recorded as expert group^[4].
• United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names's instance of is recorded as international organization^[5].
• United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names's ISNI is recorded as 0000000110903420^[6].
• United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 140413306^[7].
• United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names's GND ID is recorded as 5244978-6^[8].
• United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n96067872^[9].
• United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names's IdRef ID is recorded as 117026964^[10].
• United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names's part of is recorded as United Nations Economic and Social Council^[11].
• United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names's Commons category is recorded as United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names^[12].
• United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names's Libraries Australia ID is recorded as 49284520^[13].
• United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names's chairperson is recorded as Helen Kerfoot^[14].
• United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names's chairperson is recorded as Pierre Jaillard^[15].
• +1967-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names^[16].
• United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0c41rkc^[17].
• United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as kn20030521012^[18].
• United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names's official website is recorded as https://unstats.un.org/unsd/ungegn/^[19].
• United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names's described at URL is recorded as https://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/UNGEGN/default.html^[20].
• United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names's BIBSYS ID is recorded as 3086706^[21].
• United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names's NUKAT ID is recorded as n2003055627^[22].
• United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names's National Library of Latvia ID is recorded as 000052472^[23].
• United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names's has effect is recorded as standardized toponym^[24].
• United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names's has effect is recorded as standardized exonym^[25].
• United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'UNGEGN'}^[26].
• United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names's X is recorded as UNSD_GEGN^[27].

Body

Founding

+1967-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names^[16].

Identity

United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names's part of is recorded as United Nations Economic and Social Council^[11]. Its short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'UNGEGN'}^[26].

Leadership

Chairpersons include Helen Kerfoot^[14], a geographer^[28], of Canada^[29], awarded the Roll of Honor^[30] and Pierre Jaillard^[15], b. 1964^[31], awarded the Knight of the National Order of Merit^[32].

Why It Matters

United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names draws 42 Wikipedia views per month (expert_group category, ranking #1 of 2).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]