Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 06:32pm on 05 Sep 2026,Saturday International
The UN General Assembly has overwhelmingly backed an African Union-led push for more accurate world maps, with India voting in favour of the resolution. The “Correct the Map” resolution received 164 votes, while the United States voted against it and six countries abstained. Sponsored by Togo on behalf of the African Group, the resolution challenges the widely used Mercator projection, which distorts the apparent size of regions away from the Equator. India said it supported broader consideration of equal-area map projections, but did not endorse any single projection. The African Union urged institutions, schools, publishers and digital platforms to adopt more accurate maps. (PC: Economic Times)
