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India votes in favour of UNGA resolution endorsing new world map

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India votes in favour of UNGA resolution endorsing new world map. (2026, September 6). The Hindu. https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/india-votes-in-favour-of-unga-resolution-endorsing-new-world-map/article71431214.ece

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The Indian government has voted in favour of a UN General Assembly resolution to correct the world map by promoting more accurate representation of continental landmasses. The resolution was adopted on Friday, September 4, with 164 votes in its favour and 8 against, including from the United States. The resolution criticizes the widespread use of the Mercator projection, which it says distorts Africa's size and perpetuates an unbalanced view of the world. India clarified that while it supports more accurate map projections, it does not specifically endorse the Equal Earth projection mentioned in the resolution.
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September 4th, 164 countries, including France and the UK, voted in favor of a resolution at the UN General Assembly to adopt a new world map that more accurately reflects the size of Africa. Only the US voted against it, with six other states abstaining. The new map, known as the Equal Earth cartographic projection, aims to provide a more accurate representation of continental landmasses and reduce distortions caused by the traditional Mercator projection, which has been widely used since the 16th century. According to Foreign Minister Robert Dussey of Togo, "a fair world begins with a fair map," highlighting the importance of cartography in shaping our understanding of the world. The resolution promotes the use of the Equal Earth projection over the Mercator projection, which distorts the relative size of land masses by expanding those nearer the poles, making Greenland appear roughly the same size as Africa, although Africa is about 14 times larger.

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However, India clarified its understanding of the scope of this resolution, saying, "We believe that the resolution should be understood as supporting the broader use and consideration of Equal Area map projections, and not as endorsing the Equal Earth projection or any other specific map projection."
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India has voted in favour of a UN General Assembly resolution aimed at correcting the world map to promote a “more accurate representation” of continental landmasses. asserted
India → vote → landmasses
The 193-member UN General Assembly on Friday (September 4, 2026) overwhelmingly adopted the resolution “Correct the map: rebalancing global cartographic representation and promoting equitable representation of the world’s regions, particularly Africa”. asserted
Assembly → adopt → regions
The resolution was sponsored by Togo, receiving 164 votes in favour, with abstentions from Estonia, Georgia, Lithuania, Moldova, Serbia and Ukraine, and a lone vote against from the United States. asserted
resolution → sponsor → States
The resolution noted that the Mercator projection, designed in the 16th century for navigational purposes, remains widely used in educational, media, digital and official materials, despite the considerable distortion of landmasses to the North and South, far from the equator. asserted
projection → note → equator
The resolution also noted with “concern" that “this distortion contributes to minimising the perceived sizes of Africa, Latin America and South Asia, and perpetuating an unbalanced view of the world.” asserted
distortion → note → world
In an explanation of the vote in the General Assembly, First Secretary at the Permanent Mission of India to the UN, Raghoo Puri, said India “welcomes” the intention behind the resolution to promote more accurate and representative cartographic practices. asserted
India → say → practices
“We believe that maps play an important role in how societies understand geography and the relative scale of the world around us,” he said. asserted
he → believe → us
However, India clarified its understanding of the scope of this resolution, saying, "We believe that the resolution should be understood as supporting the broader use and consideration of Equal Area map projections, and not as endorsing the Equal Earth projection or any other specific map projection." asserted
resolution → clarify → projection
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