UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES (UNGEGN)

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Resolution III/9 (1977)

Romanization of Arabic characters

The Conference,

Considering the importance attached to establishing a single system for the transliteration of Arabic into Roman,

Considering the effort achieved with respect to transliteration and the results obtained by the Beirut Conference (1971) and the modifications attached to the Beirut Systems at the Second United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names,

Noting the technical and practical difficulties met with in the application of the amended Beirut System,1

Recommends that the Arabic division meet and discuss the Moroccan proposal to arrive at a solution to be presented at the eighth session of the United Nations Group of Experts of Geographical Names.


1Second United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names: Vol. II. Technical papers, 1972, p. 30.


Note. This resolution is an elaboration of res. II/8 and is superseded by res. XI/3.