UN Resolution Challenges World Maps that Make Africa Look Smaller
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Hullabaloo Over the New World Map
The United Nations General Assembly on 4 September 2026, adopted among other things, the text of a resolution ‘to correct the map’. Notably, India was one of the 164 nations, who voted in favour of the resolution and yet soon thereafter had to register a protest, against the UN’s depiction of Aksai Chin and Arunachal Pradesh as disputed territories. Only one country, the US, rejected the resolution and six nations abstained from voting. Accordi…
The misguided world map debate about Africa
The misguided world map debate about Africa The United Nations recently voted to recommend that the world maps that should mostly be used are the ones that show the correct relative sizes of continents. This was supposedly a triumph for Africa, which has traditionally been shown as smaller than North America, about equal to Greenland, […]
Africa and the World Map: Six Things Everyone Got Wrong About the UN Vote
Graphic by PolGeoNow, starting from maps by Geordie Bosanko, Justin Kunimune, Canuckguy, and Martin23230. You can take and use this image for free, as long as you follow the rules of the CC BY-SA license, and link back to our site when possible – but please consider buying us a coffee if it's useful to you!Article by Evan Centanni Maps at the United Nations: What Really Happened The internet has gone wild this month with news about a United Nati…
UN resolution challenges world maps that make Africa look smaller
For generations, millions of people have looked at world maps that make Africa appear smaller than it really is. A recent United Nations (UN) resolution has put that distortion under fresh scrutiny and sparked debate about how the world should be mapped. Dr Nisa Ayob, a senior lecturer in geography at the North-West University (NWU), […]
The UN General Assembly voted 164 in favor of the Equal Earth world map, which shows the true scale of the continents much more accurately than the standard Mercator projection. The difference is striking: Africa is actually about fourteen times larger than Greenland, yet they appear to be nearly the same size on traditional maps. The decision does not ban the Mercator projection, but the UN wants schools, the media, and general world maps to in…
As well explained in this sheet's editorial, on the last day 9, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution to face the distortion of the representation of the world in which Europe and North America seem bigger than they are, and Africa, smaller. Read more (09/20/2026
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