Flag Counter Forum / Burma

http://last.fm/user/totallyforget · **Posted by raphael** April 5, 2013 5:48 am

Why that country is not called Myanmar in flagcounter? Myanmar is the official name of the country.

**Posted by Paul Prince** April 5, 2013 8:15 am

The federal information processing standard uses Burma........as do a lot of countries, and international organisations including the CIA world factbook.

**Posted by elizof** April 8, 2013 7:05 am

You'd think that by now all those agencies and record keepers would have amended their data and respectfully changed the name. Burma became Myanmar in 1989.
Eliz

**Posted by the_great_pretender** June 25, 2017 2:03 pm

Please, change the name to Myanmar.

**Posted by Ripituc** September 30, 2017 6:21 pm

elizof wrote:
You'd think that by now all those agencies and record keepers would have amended their data and respectfully changed the name. Burma became Myanmar in 1989.
Eliz

It is not about respect. Or maybe it is. Because using Myanmar as the name for Burma is a recognition of the military government that arbitrarily changed the name. Choosing the name to use for referring to another country is more than just taking their government's word for it.

**Posted by Traffictwister** November 1, 2017 6:24 pm

Sometimes the countries would like to be officially called in a different way, but they are not followed.
The greatest case is acout an African country where, in April 1986, the government declared Côte d'Ivoire (or, more fully, République de Côte d'Ivoire) to be its formal name for the purposes of diplomatic protocol, and officially refuses to recognize or accept any translation from French to another language in its international dealings. Despite the Ivorian government's request, the English translation "Ivory Coast" (often "the Ivory Coast") is still frequently used in English, by various media outlets and publications.
I think that the double form of Burma and Myanmar will remain, without an agreement and/or a unique solution.

On the photo, Côte d'Ivoire not translated into Ivory Coast, in English, at the United Nations.

Last edited by Traffictwister (November 1, 2017 6:29 pm)

**Posted by Yasir Abbas** December 20, 2017 6:13 am

Good. Question ... appricated

**Posted by Tereza** January 29, 2020 7:40 pm

raphael wrote:
Why that country is not called Myanmar in flagcounter? Myanmar is the official name of the country.

I asked the same question.

**Posted by gitirasia** February 2, 2020 8:06 pm

Tereza wrote:
raphael wrote:
Why that country is not called Myanmar in flagcounter? Myanmar is the official name of the country.

I asked the same question.

Why that country is not called Myanmar in flagcounter? Myanmar is the official name of the country.