FIG Working Week 2000, 21-26 May, Prague
Abstracts 



Commission 7 and the Bathurst Declaration - The Joint Initiative with FAO on the Multi-lingual Thesaurus

by Dr. Paul Munro-Faure

Key words: International Federation of Surveyors, United Nations, Co-operation, Multilingual thesaurus.


Abstract

One of the most significant developments in the recent history of the FIG has been its promotion of and support for the work of the United Nations in the global surveying community. The Bathurst Declaration and subsequent Round Table discussions between FIG and five United Nations’ and various bilateral agencies in Melbourne in October 1999 are the most recent high-level evidence of this intention.

The Declaration and Round Table have identified in particular a set of areas which the Commissions, including Commission 7, are well placed to provide input into. Commission 7’s workplan, agreed in 1998 in Brighton, already picks up on several of these key areas.

This paper reviews the Commission’s contribution to date in the fields of its three main Working Groups into the cadastre (chaired by Jürg Kaufmann of Switzerland), man-land relations (Paul van der Molen, the Netherlands), and land markets (Andras Ossko, Hungary). The paper also points to new initiatives within the Commission, and in particular the co-operation with the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organisation in preparing the English version of the Multi-lingual Dictionary on Land related issues.


Dr Paul Munro-Faure
Highcliffe
20 Butt Street
Minchinhampton
Stroud
Glos GL6 9JS
UNITED KINGDOM
Email: paulmunro_faure@compuserve.com



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