United Nations E/CONF.105/INF/4

Economic and Social Council Distr.: General

29 August 2017

Original: English

17-15020 (E) 300817

*1715020*

Eleventh United Nations Conference on the

Standardization of Geographical Names New York, 8-17 August 2017

List of participants*

* Prepared by the Secretariat.

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A. States Members of the United Nations

Algeria

Head of delegation

Mr. Hamid Oukaci, Secretary-General of the National Geospatial Information

Council

Mr. Brahim Atoui, Director-General, National Office of School Publications

Mr. Farid Benramdane, Counsellor, Ministry of National Education

Australia

Head of delegation

Mr. William Hughs Watt, South Australian Department of Planning, Transport and

Infrastructure, Chair of the Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia

Delegates

Ms. Susan Jaye Birtles

Austria

Head of delegation

Prof. Dr. Peter Jordan, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna

Representative

Dr. Gerhard Rampl, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna

Azerbaijan

Head of delegation

H.E. Mr. Yashar Aliyev, Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the United

Nations

Representatives

Mr. Nazim Ismayilov, Head of the Production Policy Division of the Ministry of

Ecology and Natural Resources

Ms. Lala Mehdiyeva, Attaché, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Azerbaijan to

the United Nations

Belgium

Representatives

Mr. Pascal Buffin, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations

Mr. Jeroen Cooreman, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations

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Mr. Jean-Yves Pirlot, Deputy Administrator-General, National Geographic Institute,

Brussels

Botswana

Head of delegation

H.E. Mr. Charles T. Ntwaagae, Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the

United Nations

Alternate head of delegation

Mr. Bareng C. Malatsi, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Land Management, Ministry

of Land Management, Water and Sanitation Services

Representatives

Mr. Montshiwa Montshiwa, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Policy Development ,

Ministry of Land Management, Water and Sanitation Services

Mr. Tshiamiso T. Oitsile, Director, Department of Surveys and Mapping, Ministry of

Land Management, Water and Sanitation Services

Ms. Baboloki Gabalape, Senior Cartographer, Secretariat, National Interim

Committee on Geographical Names, Department of Surveys and Mapping, Ministry

of Land Management, Water and Sanitation Services

Dr. Edgar Sisa, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Botswana to the

United Nations

Mr. Tihalefo Madisa, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Botswana

to the United Nations

Ms. Lorato L. Motsumi, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of the Republic of

Botswana to the United Nations

Brazil

H.E. Mr. Frederico Salomão Duque Estrada Meyer, Deputy Permanent

Representative to the United Nations

Mr. Marcelo Almeida Cunha Costa, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of Brazil

to the United Nations

Ms. Livia Olivieira Sobota, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of Brazil to the

United Nations

Ms. Vania de Oliveira Nagem, Coordinator of the Reference Center on

Geographical Names of Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE)

Cambodia

Representative

H.E. Mr. Ith Sotha, Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Land Management, Urban

Planning and Construction

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Canada

Head of delegation

Mr. Steven Westley, Manager, GNBC Secretariat, Canada Centre for Mapping and

Earth Observation, Natural Resources Canada

Representatives

Ms. Kristina Kwiatkowski, Toponymy Specialist, Canada Centre for Mapping and

Earth Observation, Natural Resources Canada

Mme Marie-Ève Bisson, Coordonatrice de la toponymie municipale, Commission de

toponymie du Québec

Ms. Helen Kerfoot, Former UNGEGN Chair, Emeritus Scientist, Natural Resources

Canada

Chile

Head of delegation

Col. José Riquelme Muñoz, Director del Instituto Geografico Militar

Alternate representatives

Maj. Juan Pablo Palacios Cergna, Jefe de la Seccion Cartografica, Instituto

Geografico Militar

China

Head of delegation

Mr. Chen Deyu, Deputy Director General, Department of Administra tive Boundary

Division and Geographical Name Management, Ministry of Civil Affairs

Delegates

Mr. Cao Ruichang, Director, Department of Administrative Boundary Division and

Geographical Name Management, Ministry of Civil Affairs

Mr. Song Jiucheng, Deputy Chief, China Institute of Toponymy

Mr. Wang Chang, Deputy Director, Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs,

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Mr. Chu Chenxu, Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs, Ministry of Foreign

Affairs

Mr. Li Sihai, Director, National Marine Data and Information Service

Mr. Lu Zhongjin, Director, Map Service Center of Sinomaps Press

Mr. Zhang Qiang, Senior Engineer, China Surveying and Mapping Technology

Services Company

Mr. Wang Hai, Deputy Chief, Navigation Guarantee Bureau of the Chinese Navy

Headquarters

Mr. Cui Hongsheng, Senior Engineer, PLA Navy Press

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Cyprus

Head of delegation

Mr. Andreas Hadjiraftis, Acting Chief Land Officer, Department of Lands and

Surveys, Ministry of Interior; President of the National Permanent Committee for

the Standardization of Geographical Names

Alternate representatives

Ms. Monika Pachoumi, Attaché, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Cyprus to

the United Nations

Czech Republic

Head of delegation

H.E. Ms. Marie Chatardová,, Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the United

Nations

Representatives

Ms. Klára Steinerová, Expert, Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre

Mr. Jirí Ellinger, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations

Mr. Milan Konrád, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to

the United Nations

Denmark

Head of delegation

Mr. Peder Gammeltoft, Director, Department for Name Research, University of

Copenhagen

Alternate representative

Mr. Jens Bo Rykov, Senior Cartographer, Danish Agency for Data Supply and

Efficiency

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Head of delegation

M. Augustin Fuka Nzau, Directeur de Cabinet du Ministre

Representatives

M. Albert Mbuyu Numbi, Professeur Géographe et Directeur Général a.i. de

l’Institut Géographique du Congo

M. Pax Mbuyi Mucici, Géographe expert, Directeur Technique et Chef de

Département de Cartographie a l’Institut Géographique du Congo

Mme. Virgine Osako Omekenge, Attachée de Bureau 1ere Classe au Ministère des

Affaires Etrangère et Intégration Régionale

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Dominican Republic

Representative

Mr. Alejandro Jimenez, Director of National Geography Institute

Egypt

Representatives

H.E. Mr. Amr Abdellatif Aboulatta, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary,

Permanent Representative to the United Nations

Mr. Ihab Awad Moustafa, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations

Dr. Mohamed Omar Gad, Minister Plenipotentiary, Permanent Mission of the Arab

Republic of Egypt to the United Nations

Ms. Sheyam Elgarf, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of the Arab Republic of

Egypt to the United Nations

Ms. Eman Ahmed Mohamed Oriby, Egyptian Central Agency for Public

Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS)

Estonia

Representative

Ms. Kadri Teller-Sepp, Adviser, Department of Regional Administration, Ministry

of Finance of Estonia

Alternate

Mr. Peeter Päll, Head of the Department of Language Planning, Institute of the

Estonian Language

Finland

Head of delegation

Mr. Teemu Leskinen, Senior Expert, National Land Survey of Finland

Representative

Ms. Ulla Onkamo, Senior Specialist, Institute for the Languages of Finland

France

Representative

Mme. Elizabeth Calvarin, Présidente de la division francophone du Groupe

d’Experts des Nations Unies pour les noms géographiques, Rapporteur de la

Commission nationale de toponymie (CNT) du Conseil national de l’information

géographique (CNIG)

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Germany

Representative

H.E. Mr. Juergen Schulz, Ambassador, Chargé d’Affaires and Deputy Permanent

Representative of Germany to the United Nations

Alternates

Mr. Pier-Giorgio Zaccheddu, Chairman, Dutch- and German Speaking Division of

UNGEGN; Convenor, Working Group on Toponymic Data Files and Gazetteers of

UNGEGN; Vice-Chair, Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (StAGN),

Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG)

Mr. Reinhard Krapp, Minister, Permanent Mission of Germany to the United

Nations

Mr. Matthias Loehrl, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Germany to the United

Nations

Mr. Bernd Edwin Beinstein, Secretary, Permanent Committee on Geographical

Names (StAGN), Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG)

Ms. Vera Ibes, Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations

Greece

Head of delegation

H.E. Mr. Dionyssios Kalamvrezos, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United

Nations

Representatives

Mr. Dimitrios Gioldassis, First Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Greece to the

United Nations

Ms. Vaiani Gaidatzi, First Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Greece to the United

Nations

Mr. Spyridon Pagkratis, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of Greece to the

United Nations

Holy See

Representatives

Ms. Tessa Mcbowan, Adviser

Ms. Anna Marie Landis, Adviser

Hungary

Representative

Mr. Gabor Mikesy, Senior Counsellor, Department of Geodesy Remote Sensing and

Land Offices of the Government Office of the Capital City of Budapest

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India

Head of delegation

H.E. Mr. Syed Akbaruddin, Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the United

Nations

Representatives

H.E. Mr. Tanmaya Lal, Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative to the

United Nations

Maj. Gen. Mr. Girish Kumar, Additional Surveyor General, Survey of India, New

Delhi

Mr. S. K. Sinha, Director, Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi

Cdr. Mr. Amit Pant, Joint Director, Directorate of Hydrography, Ministry of

Defence

Mr. Pankaj Mishra, Deputy Director, Survey of India, Dehradun

Mr. Abhimanyu Kumar Manish, Under Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs

Mr. Ashish Sinha, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations

Mr. Sushil Dobhal, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of India to the United

Nations

Mr. Bamadev Dash, Attaché, Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations

Indonesia

Head of delegation

Prof. Hasanuddin Z. Abidin, Head, Geospatial Information Agency of the Republic

of Indonesia

Alternates

H.E. Mr. Dian Triansyah Djani, Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the

United Nations

Mr. Ida Herliningsih, Head of Center for Topographic Mapping and Toponym

Geospatial Information Agency

Mr. Eko Subowo, Director General for Administrative Regional Affairs, Ministry of

Home Affairs

Advisers

Mr. Dodi Sukmayadi, Deputy for Basic Geospatial Information, Geospatial

Information Agency

Brig. Gen. Yasid Sulistya, Assistant Deputy for Coordination of Regional Borders

and Defense Spatial, Ministry of Defense

Mr. Ayodhia Geha Lakunama Kalake, Assistant Deputy for Maritime Zone

Delimitation, Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs

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Mr. Agus Dermawan, Secretary for Directorate General fo Marine Spatial

Management, Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries

Mr. Tumpak H. Simanjuntak, Director for Toponym and Regional Borders,

Ministry of Home Affairs

Mr. Achsanul Habib, Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission of the Republic of

Indonesia to the United Nations

Prof. Multamia RMT Lauder, Professor of Linguistic Faculty of Humanities,

University of Indonesia

Mr. Endah Kastanya, Head of Sub Directorate for Regional Toponymy 1, Ministry

of Home Affairs

Mr. Ahmad Bawazir, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of the Republic of

Indonesia to the United Nations

Mr. M. Fifik Syafiudin, Head of Sector for Toponym Division, Geospatial

Information Agency

Mr. Heri Rasdiana, Head of Section for Archipelagic Management, Ministry of

Marine Affairs and Fisheries

Mr. Rizka Windiastuti, Toponym Researcher, Geospatial Information Agency

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Head of delegation

H.E. Mr. Eshagh Al Habib, Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative to the

United Nations

Delegates

Mr. Ali Nasimfar, Second Counsellor, Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic

of Iran to the United Nations

Ms. Masoumeh Parsoun, Expert, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic

Republic of Iran

Italy

Representative

Prof. Andrea Cantile, Chairman of the Commission for the Italian Official

Toponymy, Italian Geographic Military Institute, Chairman of the Romano -Hellenic

Division of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names

Japan

Head of delegation

H.E. Mr. Yasuhisa Kawamura, Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative of

Japan to the United Nations

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Representatives

Mr. Hiroshi Tanabe, Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo

Mr. Kazuhiko Akeno, Director General, National Mapping Department, Geospatial

Information Authority

Mr. Hiroyuki Nagasawa, Director, Specialized Agencies Division, International

Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Alternate representatives

Mr. Yota Kato, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations

Mr. Takashi Morita, Professor Emeritus, Hosei University

Mr. Kohei Watanabe, Associate Professor, Teikyo University

Advisers

Mr. Motoyasu Yamada, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of Japan to the

United Nations

Mr. Yu Ukawa, Official, Specialized Agencies Division, International Cooperation

Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Mr. Yoshiyuki Mizuta, Deputy Director, Geographical Name Information Division,

National Mapping Department, Geospatial Information Authority

Jordan

Head of delegation

Brig. Gen. Dr. Eng. Awni Kasawneh, Director General of the Royal Jordan

Geographical Council, Chairman of the Arab Division of UNGEGN

Representatives

Dr. Eng. Ebrahim Alnsour, Director of Technical Services Department

Maj. Ali Al-Olimat, Head of Cartography Section, Production Department

Ms. Lana Hasan Abdallah Abu Tarboush, Adviser

Kuwait

Representative

Eng. Yaseen A. Alyaseen, Director of Survey Department

Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Representative

Ms. Noun Phommixay, Director of Cartography Division, National Geographic

Department

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Mr. Soubanh Lounzamat, Director of Mapping Division, Surveying and Mapping

Center

Latvia

Representative

Ms. Vita Strautniece, Head of Laboratory of Toponymy, Department of

Cartography, Latvian Geospatial Information Agency

Lebanon

Representatives

H.E. Dr. Nawaf Salam, Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the United

Nations

Ms. Caroline Ziade, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations

Ms. Maya Dagher, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Lebanon to the United

Nations

Mr. Hassan Abbas, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Lebanon to the United

Nations

Mr. Marwan Francis, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Lebanon to the United

Nations

Malaysia

Delegates

H.E. Muhammad Shahrul Ikram Yaakob, Ambassador, Permanent Representative

to the United Nations

Mr. Kennedy Mayong Onon, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United

Nations

Sr. Dr. Zainal Bin A Majeed, Representative of the Chair of the National Committee

on Geographical Names, Director of Survey and Mapping, State of Selangor,

Malaysia

Mr. Mohd Ridzwan Shahabudin, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Malaysia to

the United Nations

Mexico

Head of delegation

H.E. Mr. Juan Jose Gomez Camacho, Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the

United Nations

Alternate Head of delegation

H.E. Mr. Juan Sandoval Mendiolea, Ambassador, Deputy Permanent

Representative to the United Nations

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Representatives

Mrs. Judith Marcia Arrieta Munguia, Minister, Permanent Mission of Mexico to

the United Nations

Ms. Sylvia Paola Mendoza Elguea, Third Secretary, Permanent Mission of Mexico

to the United Nations

Ms. Eva Romulus Ortega, Adviser, Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United

Nations

Ms. Mayra Bravo Lozano, Adviser, Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United

Nations

Morocco

Head of delegation

M. My Abdellah El Abdi El Alaoui, Chef du Département de la Cartographie

Générale et Thématique a l’Agence Nationale de la Conservation Foncière, du

Cadastre et de la Cartographie

Representatives

Mme. Zineb Didouz, Chef du Département d’Etablissement et de Révision des

Cartes de Bases a l’Agence Nationale de la Conservation Foncière, du Cadastre et

de la Cartographie

Netherlands

Representatives

Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Jan Ormeling, Chair of the Commission on Foreign

Geographical Names, The Dutch Language Union

Mr. Jasper Hogerwerf, Senior Data Analyst, Kadaster

New Zealand

Head of delegation

Mr. Mark Dyer, Surveyor-General and Chairperson for the New Zealand

Geographic Board, Land Information New Zealand

Alternate Delegates

Ms. Wendy Shaw, Secretary for the New Zealand Geographic Board, Land

Information New Zealand

Mr. Robert Deakin, Chief Steward for National Spatial Data Infrastructure, Land

Information New Zealand

Norway

Head of delegation

Ms. Ingvil Nordland, Senior Advisor, Norwegian Language Council

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Representatives

Mr. Kjetil Ringen, Senior Engineer, Norwegian Mapping Authority

Ms. Lisa Monica Aslaksen, Head of Section, Sami Parliament of Norway

Oman

Head of delegation

Brig. Gen. (Air) Ahmed Saif Al-Badi, Head of the National Survey Authority,

Ministry of Defense

Representative

Lt. Col. Yusuf Harith Al-Nabhani, Geographical Information Services, Ministry of

Defense

Panama

Representatives

Mr. Israel Sanchez Moreno, National Director, National Geographic Institute

“Tommy Guardia”

Mr. Felix Alberto Sanchez, Director of the Cartography School of the University of

Panama

Philippines

Representatives

H.E. Mr. Teodoro L. Locsin, Jr., Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the

United Nations

Mr. Peter N. Tiangco, Administrator, National Mapping and Resource Information

Authority

Alternate representatives

Ms. Irene Susan B. Natividad, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United

Nations

Ms. Maria Angela A. Ponce, Minister, Permanent Mission of the Republic of the

Philippines to the United Nations

Advisers

Mr. Ruel DM. Belen, Director, Mapping and Geodesy Branch, National Mapping

and Resource Information Authority

Ms. Mary Jane R. Montemor, Engineer III, Mapping and Geodesy Branch, National

Mapping and Resource Information Authority

Ms. Elaine Diana L. Lorenzo, Attaché, Permanent Mission of the Republic of the

Philippines to the United Nations

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Poland

Representative

Mr. Maciej Zych, Vice-President of the Commission on the Standardization of

Geographical Names outside of the Republic of Poland

Qatar

Representatives

H.E. Mr. Alya Ahmed Saif Al-Thani, Ambassador and Permanent Representative to

the United Nations

Mr. Abdulrahman Al-Hamadi, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United

Nations

Mr. Ahmad Al-Kuwari, Third Secretary, Permanent Mission of the State of Qatar to

the United Nations

Mr. Amer Mohammed Abdullah Al-Humaidi, Assistant Director of the Center for

Geographic Information Systems, Ministry of Municipality and Environment

Mr. Mohammed Ali Saleh Al-Merri, Head of Topographic Survey Department,

Ministry of Municipality and Environment

Republic of Korea

Head of delegation

H.E. Yoo Euy-sang, Ambassador-at-large for Geographical Naming, Northeast Asian

History Foundation

Alternate head of delegation

H.E. Hahn Choong-hee, Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative to the

United Nations

Representatives

Mr. You Ki-Jun, Deputy Director-General, International Legal Affairs Bureau,

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Mr. Rhee Zha Hyoung, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to

the United Nations

Ms. Lee Min-kyong, Director, Territory and Oceans Division, International Legal

Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Mr. Yang Jai Ho, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the

United Nations

Mr. Lee Chang Woo, Second Secretary, Territory and Oceans Division, International

Legal Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ms. Jang Kyung Eun, Second Secretary, Territory and Oceans Division,

International Legal Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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Ms. Jin Eui Lim, Third Secretary, Territory and Oceans Division, International

Legal Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Mr. Han Myoung Hee, Director, National Geographic Data Monitoring Department,

National Geographic Information Institute

Ms. Kang Gi Hi, Assistant Director, National Geographic Data Monitoring

Department, National Geographic Information Institute

Ms. Jang Boram, Assistant Director, Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic

Agency

Ms. Shin Seung Hye, Research Fellow, Northeast Asian History Foundation

Advisers

Mr. Choo Sung Jae, Professor, Kyung Hee University

Mr. Ryu Yeon Taek, Professor, Chungbuk National University

Mr. Kim Young Hoon, Professor, Korea National University of Education

Mr. Chi Sang Hyun, Professor, Kyung Hee University

Ms. Ahn Sejin, Research Assistant, Ewha Womans University

Romania

Head of delegation

Col. Ing. Dan Pomirleanu, Head of Office, Directorate for Military Topography,

Secretary of the Technical Commission for geographical names in Romania

Alternate Representatives

Dr. Monica-Stefania Dumitrascu, Deputy Director of the Institute of Geography,

Romanian Academy

Ms. Elisabeta David, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations

Col. Florin Roman, Military Advisor, Permanent Mission of Romania to the United

Nations

Ms. Cristina Popescu, Diplomatic Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Romania to

the United Nations

Russian Federation

Head of delegation

Mr. Alexey V. Trifonov, Deputy Director of the Department of the Ministry of

Economic Development

Representatives

Ms. Galina V. Asharina, Head of Section of the Federal Service for State

Registration, Cadastre and Cartography

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Ms. Olga M. Boronenko, Head of Section of the Federal Service for State

Registration, Cadastre and Cartography

Mr. Vladimir M. Boginskiy, Head of Section of the Federal Science and Technology

Center of Geodesy, Cartography and Spatial Data Infrastructure

Saudi Arabia

Head of delegation

Dr. Fahad bin Abdullah Alsamary, Head, National Committee for Geographical

Names

Representatives

Ms. Hend bint Saad Alshalash, Counsellor, Ministry of Foreign Affaires

Dr. Abdullah bin Nasser Alwaliee, Deputy of the Head of the National Committee

for Geographical Names

Dr. Abdulrahman bin Sulaiman Alanqari, Counsellor, Ministry of Education

Eng. Hany bin Hussein Zahid, Counsellor, Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affaires

Eng. Tallal bin Rabea Alshafee, Counsellor, General Commission of Survey

Mr. Abdullah bin Mohamed Alghihab, Counsellor, General Commission of Survey

Mr. Khalid bin Mohamed Alruwayes, Counsellor, National Center for Documents

and Archives

Mr. Nayef bin Nasse Alsudairi, Counsellor, Ministry of Interior

Senegal

Head of delegation

M. Mamadou Djigo, Directeur Général de l’Agence nationale de l’Aménagement du

Territoire

Representative

M. Oumar Ka, Directeur des Travaux géographiques et de la cartographie de

l’Agence nationale de l’Aménagement du Territoire

Singapore

Head of delegation

Mr. Soh Kheng Peng, Director, Land Survey, Chief Surveyor, National Land

Authority

Representative

Mr. Tan Hua Seng, Principal Land Survey Executive, National Land Authority

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Slovenia

Ms. Marija Brnot, Surveying and Mapping Authority of the Republic of Slovenia,

Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning

Somalia

Representatives

Mr. Mohamed Rabi A. Yusuf, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of the Federal

Republic of Somalia to the United Nations

Prof. Ahmed Botan Dhakkar, Senior Adviser

Ms. Siham Ahmed, Adviser, Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Somalia

to the United Nations

South Africa

Head of delegation

R.J.B. Mohlala, Chairperson, South African Geographical Names Council,

Department of Arts and Culture

Delegate

Ms. T.A.C. Mthembu, Assistant Director, Heritage Chief Directorate

Sri Lanka

Head of delegation

H.E. Dr. Rohan Perera, Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United

Nations

Delegates

Mr. A. Sabarullah Khan, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the

United Nations

Mr. D.N.D. Hettiarachchi, Senior Deputy Surveyor General

Mr. Niluka Prabhath Kadurugamuwa, Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission of

Sri Lanka to the United Nations

State of Palestine

Head of delegation

Mr. Mohammed Al-Jabarin, Chairman of the National Committee on Geographical

Names, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Local Government

Representatives

Mr. Khalil Tafakji, Arab Studies Society

Mr. Ahmed Rafat Ghodieh, Head of the Geography Department, Al-Najah

University

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Ms. Sana’a Hasna, Negotiations Affairs Department

Mr. Jehad Robaia, Director of the Department of Surveying and Mapping, Ministry

of Local Government

Mr. Jamal Numan, Director of the Unit on Geospatial Information Systems,

Ministry of Local Government

Mr. Nassar Abujabal, Director of Photogrammetry and GPS, Ministry of Local

Government

Sweden

Head of delegation

Ms. Annette C. Torensjö, Head of Department of Onomastics, Institute of Language

and Folklore

Delegates

Mr. Staffan Nyström, Professor and Head of Scandinavian Onomastics, Uppsala

University

Ms. Ebba Berling Aselius, Senior Advisor, Place-Name Section, Department for

Land and Geographic Information

Ms. Leila Mattfolk, Place-Name Consultant, Department of Onomastics, Institute

for Language and Folklore

Thailand

Head of delegation

Maj. Gen. Krith Bunthid, Deputy Director, Royal Thai Survey Department, Royal

Thai Armed Forces Headquarters, Ministry of Defense

Representatives

Col. Attawoot Kiatiwat, Deputy Director of Map Information Center, Royal Thai

Survey Department, Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters, Ministry of Defense

Ms. Warawan Tanakitrungruang, Director of Forest Information Technology

Center, Department of Forestry, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

Mr. Korn Manassrisuksi, Director of Forest Geoinformatics, Forest Land

Management Bureau, Department of Forestry, Ministry of Natural Resources and

Environment

Mr. Sukan Pungkul, Forestry Technical Officer, Professional Level, Department of

Forestry, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

Mrs. Jantra Nganeam, Photogrammetrist, Senior Professional Level, Office of

Engineering Topographical and Geotechnical Survey, Royal Irrigation Department,

Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives

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Ms. Jitsuda Intumarn, Photogrammetrist, Professional Level, Office of Engineering

Topographical and Geotechnical Survey, Royal Irrigation Department, Ministry of

Agriculture and Cooperatives

Mrs. Siriporn Vuaykadga, Photogrammetrist, Senior Professional Level, Protected

Area Rehabilitation and Development Office, Department of National Park Wildlife

and Plant Conservation, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

Mrs. Chayanee Chandraprabha, Photogrammetrist, Senior Professional Level,

Protected Area Rehabilitation and Development Office, Department of National

Park Wildlife and Plant Conservation, Ministry of Natural Resources and

Environment

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Representatives

H.E. Mr. Vasile Andonoski, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary,

Permanent Representative to the United Nations

Ms. Tanja Dinevska, Minister Counselor and Deputy Permanent Representative to

the United Nations

Mr. Ivica Jovanovski, Third Secretary, Permanent Mission of the Republic of

Macedonia to the United Nations

Ms. Sara Trajkovska, Attaché, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Macedonia to

the United Nations

Tunisia

Representatives

Lt. Col. Ing. Ms. Naima Friha, Centre National de Cartographie et de Télédétection

Mr. Ramzi Louati, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Tunisia to the United Nations

Turkey

Head of delegation

Mr. Guven Begec, Charge d’affaires a.i., Permanent Mission of Turkey to the United

Nations

Representatives

Mr. Barbaros Tuna Erdem, Head of Department of Translation, Ministry of Foreign

Affaires

Mr. Metin Maytalman, Deputy Director General of Provincial Administration,

Ministry of the Interior

Mr. Mustafa Eldivan, Head of Department of Provincial Administration, Ministry of

the Interior

Mr. Bilal Cakici, Vice-President of the Turkish Language Institution, Ataturk,

Culture, Language and History High Authority

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Ms. Betul Yilmaz, Expert at the Turkish Language Institution, Ataturk, Culture,

Language and History High Authority

United Arab Emirates

Representative

Mr. Abdulwahab Al Bustani, Cartographer, United Arab Emirates Military Survey

United Kingdom

Head of delegation

Ms. Catherine Cheetham, Head, Permanent Committee on Geographical Names

Alternate representative

Ms. Allison Dollimore, Toponymist, Permanent Committee on Geographical Names

United States of America

Representative

Mr. Louis A. Yost, Executive Secretary for Domestic Names, United States Board

on Geographic Names, Chief, Geographic Names Project, United States Geological

Survey, U.S. Department of Interior

Advisors

Mr. Leo Dillon, Chief, Geographic Information Unit, Office of the Geographer and

Global Issues, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State

Ms. Susan Lyon, Geographer, Geospatial Research Laboratory, United States Army

Corps of Engineers, U.S. Department of Defense

Mr. Brooke Marston, Cartographer, Geographic Information Unit, Office of the

Geographer and Global Issues, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S.

Department of State

Mr. Trent C. Palmer, Executive Secretary for Foreign Names, United States Board

on Geographic Names, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, U.S. Department

of Defense

Ms. Tara Wallace, Chief, Nautical Data Branch, National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce

Uruguay

Representative

Lt. Julio Teixeira, Oficial Ejecutivo del Servicio Militar Geográfico del Ministerio

de Defensa

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Viet Nam

Representative

Mrs. Do Thi Thu Thuy, Deputy Chief, Science and International Cooperation

Office, Department of Survey and Mapping of Viet Nam

B. International scientific organizations

International Cartographic Association (ICA)

Dr. Paulo Márcio Leal de Menezes, Chair of the Joint ICA/IGU Commission on

Toponymy

Prof. Dr. Ferjan Ormeling, former Secretary-General of ICA

International Geographical Union (IGU)

Mr. Cosimo Palagiano, IGU Chair, ICA Commission of Toponymy

International Consortium of Universities for Toponymic Education (ICUTE)

Mr. Peter E. Raper, Professor Extraordinaire and Research Fellow, Unit for

Language Facilitation and Empowerment, University of the Free State, South Africa

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

Mr. Patrick L. Jones

Ms. Veni Markovski

International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)

Mr. Yves Guillam, Assistant Director, Charting & Services

C. Observers

Mr. Ethan Russel, Google Earth

Ms. Crystal Sholts, Google Earth

Mr. John Williams, Google Earth

Mr. Andrew Gove, Google Earth

Mr. Julio César Bermūdez Moreno, Departamento de Geografía, Universidad

Nacional de Colombia Sede Bogotá, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede

Bogotá

Mr. Luke Croll, Editing Section, Documentation Division, DGACM, United

Nations Secretariat

Ms. Claire Fellini, Editor, Editing Section, Documentation Division, DGACM,

United Nations Secretariat

Ms. Irena Vasiliev, The Make Things Workshop

Mr. Nelson Ammen Benje, AISDI-CIG

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Mr. Amen Ra Mashariki, Head of Urban Analytics, Esri

Ms. Karen Richardson, Esri

Mr. Adam Fried, Waze

D. United Nations Secretariat

Mr. Stefan Schweinfest, Director, Statistics Division, Department of Economic and

Social Affairs

Ms. Sonia Elliott, Secretary of the Conference, Chief, Disarmament and Peace

Affairs Branch, Division for General Assembly and ECOSOC Affairs, Department

for General Assembly and Conference Management

Mr. Henry Breed, Political Affairs Officer, Disarmament and Peace Affairs Branch,

Division for General Assembly and ECOSOC Affairs, Department for General

Assembly and Conference Management

Ms. Cecille Blake, UNGEGN Secretariat, Statistics Division, Department of

Economic and Social Affairs

Ms. Vilma Frani, Staff Assistant, Statistics Division, Department of Economic and

Social Affairs

Mr. Victor Leu, Meetings Servicing Assistant, Disarmament and Peace Affairs

Branch, Division for General Assembly and ECOSOC Affairs, Department for

General Assembly and Conference Management

Mr. Gerard Cianciulli, Meetings Servicing Assistant, Disarmament and Peace

Affairs Branch, Division for General Assembly and ECOSOC Affairs, Department

for General Assembly and Conference Management