US Alone Votes Against UN Resolution for Accurate Map
The United States was the only country to vote against a UN General Assembly resolution supporting the Equal Earth map projection, which more accurately represents the true sizes of continents like Africa. The resolution passed with 164 votes in favor and six countries abstaining.
Consensus
- The United States was the only country that voted against the UN General Assembly resolution supporting the Equal Earth map.
- The resolution passed with 164 countries voting in favor.
- Six countries—Ukraine, Serbia, Moldova, Georgia, Lithuania, and Estonia—abstained from voting.
- The Equal Earth map projection is described as a more accurate representation of the true relative sizes of continents and countries.
- The current widely used map is Mercator, which distorts landmass sizes, making Africa appear much smaller than it actually is.
- The U.S. representative at the UN criticized the resolution, calling it part of an ideological agenda and distracting from core UN priorities.
Points of divergence
- The U.S. representative claimed the initiative was not a neutral effort to correct cartographic distortions but part of a broader 'ideological agenda' and that such resolutions divert the UN from issues of international peace and interstate relations. — vesti
- The report emphasizes that the Equal Earth map shows the true sizes of Africa, highlighting the distortion issue with the Mercator projection. — tg_tass_agency
Coverage (4 sources)
- Washington opposed UN resolution on real sizes of Africa on maps — Вечерняя Москва
- USA is the only one to oppose UN resolution in support of Equal Earth map — Вести
- USA was the only one to vote in the General Assembly against the UN resolution in support of the Equal Earth map, showing the true... — ТАСС (Telegram)
- USA voted alone in the General Assembly against the UN resolution supporting the Equal Earth map, showing true... — ТАСС (Telegram)