4.  Policies and principles of the National Board on geographical names

Develop policies and principles according to country's needs, regarding:

• current and long-standing local usage

• written forms in different languages

• one name - one place principle / multilingual areas

• duplication of names within small area

• variations in spelling in associated features?

• derogatory and pejorative names

• generic terminology

• generic terms for part of the whole

• statutory names

• commercial names

• personal names and commemoration

• preferred types of names where no local use

• use of council resolutions

• areas of restricted naming

• changing names