UN endorses new world map showing Africa’s true size
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Equal Earth is ontworpen om landen in hun werkelijke relatieve grootte weer te geven en is een VN-initiatief onder leiding van Togo met steun van de Afrikaanse Unie bij de VN.
As the UN adopts a new world map to reflect Africa's true size, let's take a closer look at what different maps get right and wrong.
The United Nations General Assembly voted on Friday to adopt a new world map that reflects countries’ true relative sizes, after African nations urged the UN to right a centuries-old wrong.
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India votes in favour of UNGA resolution on new world map
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. The 193-member UN General Assembly on Friday overwhelmingly adopted the resolution ‘”Correct the map”: rebalancing global cartographic representation and promoting equitable representation of the world’s