The tenth United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names is taking place in the UN headquarters in New York. Approximately 300 experts from 100 countries have attended the conference. In the period from July 31 to August 9, they will consider the reports of governments on measures to create a database of geographic names. The conference participants will discuss the new term “Arab Spring", according to the website of the UN.
Many delegates raise the question of whether the expression was "Arab Spring” is a source of new place names? If it is so, then what are its characteristics? How do authorities respond to those spontaneously arising names?
Delegates have been submitted a report which addresses these issues. They analyze the impact of the "Arab spring" on the use of geographical names. The report authors noted that if the last names were determined mainly by physical characteristics, today they are largely caused by the political systems. This is particularly characteristic of those societies which are referred to as undemocratic, as a rule, in such societies, individuals with power are honored that landmarks are named in their honor. Typically, locations and the most important buildings are named primarily to honor a national leader, then - in honor of the "fathers of the nation" and other high-ranking officials of the system, as well as to commemorate the major events that reflect the important achievements of the regime. -02D-
Politics
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On 28 December, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov.
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On December 28 president of Ukrain called to the president of Azerbaijan İlham Aliyev.
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The preliminary investigation into the case of Russian oligarch and former "state minister" of the separatist regime of Nagorno-Karabakh, Ruben Vardanyan, has been completed. According to a joint statement by the Prosecutor General's Office and the State Security Service of Azerbaijan, Vardanyan has been charged under the following articles of the Azerbaijani Criminal Code: Article 100 (planning or waging aggressive war), Article 107 (deportation or coercion of the population), Article 109 (persecution), Article 112 (deprivation of liberty in violation of international law), Article 113 (torture), Article 114 (mercenary activities), Article 115 (violating laws and customs of war), Article 116 (violating laws and customs of war), Article 214 (terrorism), Article 214-1 (financing terrorism), Article 218 (organization of a criminal community), Article 228 (illegal trafficking in weapons), Article 270-1 (creating threats to aviation safety), Article 278 (violent seizure of power or violent retention of power, violent change of the constitutional order of the state), Article 279 (creation of illegal armed formations), Article 318 (illegal crossing of the Azerbaijani state border).
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On December 28, Russian President Vladimir Putin called Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, as reported by the Kremlin's press service. During the conversation, the issues related to the crash of the AZAL passenger plane on December 25 near the city of Aktau were discussed in detail. "Vladimir Putin expressed his apologies for the tragic incident occurring in Russian airspace and once again conveyed his deep and sincere condolences to the families of the victims, wishing a speedy recovery to the injured," the statement emphasized.
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