UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES (UNGEGN)
The Conference,
Recognizing the extremely complex nature of the problems connected with the romanization of Chinese characters,
Recognizing further the need to adopt a single system for the romanization of Chinese geographical names,
1. Recommends that the attention of the proposed United Nations Permanent Committee of Experts on Geographical Names be drawn to the romanization system at present used by the Government of China for the romanization of its official maps, books and other documents dealing with geographical names in relation to other romanization system;
2. Further recommends the proposed United Nations Permanent Committee of Experts on Geographical Names to consider the suitability of this system for acceptance as the standard system for the romanization of Chinese geographical names.
Note. This resolution is updated by res. III/8.