(Editor’s note: This is the 306 of the 2014 GBC resolutions. You can find the Minutes Of The 2014 Annual General Meeting in our archives section or directly here)
RESOLVED:
1. North America Area – Idaho is divided along the time zone line; the Northern part remains with the North West zone while the Southern part becomes part of the Pacific/West zone.
2. Europe – instead of being divided into seven zones, Europe shall include the following thirty-seven zones:
1. Great Britain (England, Wales & Scotland)
2. Ireland (including Northern Ireland)
3. Iceland
4. Sweden
5. Denmark & Faroe Islands
6. Norway
7. Finland
8. Estonia
9. Latvia
10. Lithuania
11. Poland
12. Czech Republic
13. Slovakia
14. France & Monaco
15. Belgium & Luxembourg
16. Netherlands
17. Spain & Andorra
18. Portugal
19. Italy, San Marino & Vatican City
20. Malta
21. Greece
22. Cyprus
23. Israel
24. Germany & Austria
25. Switzerland & Liechtenstein
26. Hungary
27. Romania
28. Bulgaria
29. Turkey
30. Slovenia
31. Bosnia & Herzegovina
32. Croatia
33. Serbia
34. Kosovo
35. Montenegro
36. Macedonia
37. Albania
3. Indian Subcontinent Area – the Eastern part shall include nine zones:
1. Odisha (Orissa)
2. Bihar & Jharkhand
3. Nepal
4. West Bengal (except Sridham Mayapur), Sikkim & Bhutan
5. Sridham Mayapur
6. Bangladesh
7. Asom (Assam) (without the Barak Valley), Meghalaya & Arunachal Pradesh
8. Tripura & the Barak Valley (three Bengali-speaking districts of Asom)
9. Manipur, Mizoram & Nagaland
4. Indian Subcontinent Area – South India shall include nine zones:
1. Andhra Pradesh, Coastal Zone (districts: Srikakulam, Vijayanagaram, Visakhapatnam, East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur, Prakasam & Nelluru)
2. Andhra Pradesh, Rayalaseema Zone (districts: Chitoor, Ananthapur, Kadapa & Kurnool).
3. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana Zone (districts: Hyderabad, Rangareddy, Medak, Nizamabad, Adilabad, Karimnagar, Warangal, Khammam, Nalgonda & Mahabubnagar).
4. Karnataka, Bangalore Zone
5. Karnataka, Southern Districts Zone (all districts up to & including Shimoga, Davangere Chitradurga)
6. Karanataka, Northern Districts Zone
7. Kerala (whole state)
8. Eastern Tamil Nadu (Nilgiris & Coimbatore districts)
9. Rest of Tamil Nadu
5. Indian Subcontinent Area – Maharashtra & Goa shall include five zones :
1. Greater Mumbai (including Thane)
2. Goa & Konkan
3. North West Maharashtra
4. South West Maharashtra
5. Vidarbha (North East Maharashtra)
6. Indian Subcontinent Area:
1. Sri Lanka: one zone
2. Uttar Pradesh: four zones
3. Delhi & National Capital Region: one zone
4. Jammu & Kashmir: one zone
5. Uttarkhand & Himachal Pradesh: one zone
6. Rajasthan: three zones
7. Madhya Pradesh: two zones
8. Punjab: one zone
9. Haryana & Chandigarh: one zone
10. Chhattisgarh: one zone
7. Indian Subcontinent Area – Pakistan shall be a single zone
8. Russian Sphere Area – Russia shall be a single zone
9. Russian Sphere Area – Azerbaijan shall be a single zone
10. Russian Sphere Area:
1. Mongolia: one zone
2. Ukraine & Moldova: one zone
3. Belarus: one zone
4. Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Taijikistan, Uzbekistan & Turkmenistan): one zone
5. Georgia: one zone
6. Armenia: one zone
11. Sub-Saharan Africa Area:
1. Angola, Zambia & Namibia: one zone
2. South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho & Swaziland: one zone
3. Mozambique, Zimbabwe & Malawi: one zone
4. Madagascar & Mauritius: one zone
5. Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone, Cape Verde & Liberia: one zone
6. Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Togo & Benin: one zone
7. Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, São Tomé and PrÃncipe & Central African Republic: one zone
8. Kenya, Tanzania & Uganda: one zone
9. Rwanda & Burundi: one zone
10. Ethiopia & Eritrea: one zone
11. South Sudan: one zone