Back Comissió d'Estadística de les Nacions Unides Catalan UN-Statistikkommission German संयुक्त राष्ट्र साङ्ख्यिकीय आयोग Hindi Commissione statistica delle Nazioni Unite Italian Comissão Estatística das Nações Unidas Portuguese Статистическая комиссия ООН Russian
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| Abbreviation | StatCom |
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| Formation | 1947 |
| Type | Intergovernmental organization, regulatory body, advisory board |
| Legal status | Active |
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Chair | Gabriella Vukovich,  Hungary[1] |
Parent organization | United Nations Economic and Social Council |
| Subsidiaries | United Nations Statistics Division |
| Website | unstats |
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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][3] 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,[4] 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;"[5]
- "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.
- ^ "Bureau". UN Statistical Commission. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
- ^ "Introduction". UN Statistical Commission. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
- ^ Rice, Stuart A. (1946). "The United Nations Statistical Commission". Econometrica. 14 (3): 242–250. doi:10.2307/1905775. ISSN 0012-9682.
- ^ "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.
- ^ refer also to Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA)