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United Nations Statistical Commission
AbbreviationStatCom
Formation1947; 77 years ago (1947)
Type Intergovernmental organization, regulatory body, advisory board
Legal statusActive
Location
Chair
Gabriella Vukovich,   Hungary [1]
Parent organization
 United Nations Economic and Social Council
Subsidiaries United Nations Statistics Division
Website unstats.un.org/unsd/statcom/ Edit this at Wikidata
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The United Nations Statistical Commission (StatCom) is a Functional Commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council, established in 1947. [2] The Statistical Commission oversees the work of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Its 24 member states are elected by the Economic and Social Council on the basis of the following geographical distribution: African states (5), Asian States (4), Eastern European States (4), Latin American and Caribbean States (4), Western European and other States (7). Since July 1999 the Commission meets every year. As set forth by the Economic and Social Council, in the terms of reference, [3] the Commission shall assist the Council:

  • "In promoting the development of national statistics and the improvement of their comparability;"
  • "In the coordination of the statistical work of specialized agencies;" [4]
  • "In the development of the central statistical services of the Secretariat;"
  • "In advising the organs of the United Nations on general questions relating to the collection, analysis and dissemination of statistical information;"
  • "In promoting the improvement of statistics and statistical methods generally."

One of the best known subunits of the Statistics Division is the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names ( UNGEGN), also known as the United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names (UNCSGN). This unit attempts to standardize the names of locations across languages, alphabets, and cultures.

The sixth UN Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names was in 1992 (New York), the seventh in 1998 (New York), the eighth in 2002 (Berlin), and the ninth in 2007 (New York). One issue addressed at these conferences was the Sea of Japan naming dispute.

The Bureau

The officers are the Chairman, 3 Vice-chairmen and the Rapporteur, elected for a one-year period by the members of the Commission at the beginning of a session. Since 1999, its role is more of a steering one; the Chairman may seek for complementary assistance from other members (Friends of the Chair).

Chairpersonship [5]
Year
Session
Country
Chair
2023 54th   Hungary Gabriella Vukovich
2022 53rd   Hungary Gabriella Vukovich
2021 52nd   Japan Shigeru Kawasaki
2020 51st   Japan Shigeru Kawasaki
2019 50th   Kenya Zachary Mwangi
2018 49th   Kenya Zachary Mwangi
2017 48th   Brazil Wasmália Bivar
2016 47th   Brazil Wasmália Bivar
2015 46th   United Kingdom John Pullinger
2014 45th   United Kingdom Jil Matheson
2013 44th   Hungary Gabriella Vukovich
2012 43rd   Hungary Gabriella Vukovich
2011 42nd   Oman Ali Bin Mahboob
2010 41st   Oman Ali Bin Mahboob
2009 40th   South Africa Pali Lehohla
2008 39th   South Africa Pali Lehohla
2007 38th   Mexico Gilberto Calvillo Vives
2006 37th   Mexico Gilberto Calvillo Vives
2005 36th   US Katherine Wallman
2004 35th   US Katherine Wallman
2003 34th   Hungary Tamás Mellár
2002 33rd   Hungary Tamás Mellár
2001 32nd   Japan Shigeru Kawasaki
2000 31st   Botswana Guest Charumbira
1999 30th   Botswana Guest Charumbira
1997 29th   Mexico Carlos Jarque
1995 28th   United Kingdom Bill McLennan
1994 Special session   Poland Jozef Olenski
1993 27th   Netherlands Willem Begeer
1991 26th   Netherlands Willem Begeer
1989 25th   Argentina Luis Alberto Beccaria
1987 24th   Ghana Emmanuel Oti Boateng
1985 23rd   Ireland Tom Linehan
1983 22nd   Hungary Vera Nyitrai
1981 21st   US Joseph W. Duncan
1979 20th   Soviet Union Mikhail Antonovich Korolev
1976 19th   India V. R. Rao
1974 18th   United Kingdom Claus Moser
1972 17th   France Jean Ripert
1970 16th   France Jean Ripert
1968 15th   Australia Keith Archer
1966 14th   Norway Petter Jakob Bjerve
1965 13th   Norway Petter Jakob Bjerve
1962 12th   Ireland Donal McCarthy
1960 11th   Ireland Donal McCarthy
1958 10th   New Zealand George Wood
1956 9th   India P.C. Mahalanobis
1954 8th   India P.C. Mahalanobis
1953 7th   United Kingdom Harry Campion
1951 6th   United Kingdom Harry Campion
1950 5th   Netherlands Philip Idenburg
1949 4th   Netherlands Philip Idenburg
1948 3rd   Canada Herbert Marshall
1947 (August) 2nd   Canada Herbert Marshall
1947 (January) 1st   Canada Herbert Marshall
1946 Nuclear session   US Stuart A. Rice

See also

References

  1. ^ "Bureau". UN Statistical Commission. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Introduction". UN Statistical Commission. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Background information on the Statistical Commission and practical information on its functioning" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-10-25. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
  4. ^ refer also to Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA)
  5. ^ "Chairs of past sessions" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-03-09. Retrieved 2013-01-13.

Further reading

  • Hausner, Isolde: Die „United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names“ (UNGEGN) und die Standardisierung geographischer Namen. In: Kainz, W. / Kriz, K. / Riedl, A. (eds.): Aspekte der Kartographie im Wandel. Festschrift für Ingrid Kretschmer zum 65. Geburtstag. Wien 2004 (= Wiener Schriften zur Geographie und Kartographie).
  • Kerfoot, Helen: Role of the United Nations in the standardization of geographical names: some fifty years on. In: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistics Division (ed.): Manual for the standardization of geographical names. United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names. New York 2006: 83-97. ISBN  92-1-161490-2

External links

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