Κατάλογος Ονομάτων Χωρών και Πρωτευουσών

United Nations Economic and Social Council Resolutions • V/19 Romanization of the Greek alphabet The Conference Noting that the conversion of the Greek alphabet into Roman letters has been extensively discussed at earlier United Nations conferences on the standardization of geographical names and sessions of the United Nations Group of Experts on geographical names, Noting also the positive opinion, expressed at the Fourth Conference, on standard No 743 (ELOT 743) of the Greek Standardization Organization, prepared by Greece and Cyprus, Recognizing that this system is linguistically sound and suitable for the transcription and transliteration of Greek names, Recognizing also that this system has been officially sanctioned by the Governments of Greece and Cyprus for cartographic and administrative purposes, and that it has been used for maps of Greece and maps and gazetteers of Cyprus, Recognizing further that a suitable transitional period will be required before the system can be fully implemented and that donor countries should provide practical assistance to receive countries for that purpose, Recommends that the ELOT 743 conversion system set out in the annex to the present resolution be adopted as the international system for the Romanization of geographical names in the Greek alphabet. • III/16 National standardization ... ... It is recommended that any changes made by other authorities in the names standardized by the competent national geographical names authority should not be recognized by the United Nations.