2. More history of toponymical Guidelines

1982

• At the 4th United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names, Geneva 1982, Topnymic Guidelines were published by Austria, China, Denmark, Finland, the Federal Republic of Germany, Iceland, Norway, Spain (in Spanish), Sweden, Turkey, the USA and Great Britain.

• Thorough preliminary products (called Toponymic guides) had been prepared by France and Switzerland.

 

1987

• At the 5th Conference in Montreal in 1987, very elaborate Guidelines were submitted by Italy, the Netherlands and South Africa.

• Thorough preliminary products (called Toponymic guides) had been prepared by France and Switzerland.

 

2000

• By the year 2000, toponymic guidelines were also available for Canada, Suriname, Ireland, Greece, the Czech and Slovak Republics, Poland, Hungary, Romania, the Netherlands, Estonia, France, Japan, the Democratic Republic of Korea, Iran, Algeria, Antarctica and Australia.

 

Coverage of toponymic guidelines

... and Cyprus.