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[^2]\n\nThe United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on Friday to promote map projections that more accurately reflect the true sizes of continents. [^3]\n\nThe UN General Assembly voted on Friday to adopt a resolution urging international organizations and states to use 'Equal Earth' maps for cartographic representations. [^4]\n\nThe resolution, called 'Correct the map', was presented by members of the African Union as well as by the Bahamas and was approved with strong support: 164 member states voted in favor, six abstained, and only the United States voted against. [^5]\n\nThe UN General Assembly voted on Friday to adopt a new world map reflecting the real relative size of countries after African nations urged the organization to correct what they consider a century-old injustice. [^6]\n\nThe United Nations General Assembly voted on a Friday to approve a resolution replacing the traditional world map with one that accurately reflects the size of the African continent. [^7]\n\nThe UN General Assembly will vote on Friday on a resolution to formally phase out the traditional Mercator map in favor of one that more accurately displays Africa's size. [^8]\n\nThe UN General Assembly is scheduled to vote on a resolution initiated by Togo that requests the abandonment of the traditional Mercator map projection in favor of one that accurately reflects the size of countries. [^9]\n\nThe United Nations General Assembly voted on September 4 to replace the Mercator map projection with the Equal Earth model to accurately reflect the true size of continents. [^10]\n\nThe UN resolution aims to limit the use of 16th-century Mercator maps, which distort continent sizes; for instance, Greenland appears nearly equal to Africa although Africa is 14 times larger. [^11]\n\nTogo's Foreign Minister Robert Dussey said Togo will be the first country to change its geography books and will push other governments, schools, international organizations, and technology companies to promote the changes. 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