UN, world map and Africa
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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.
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.
Updating the world map to be more accurate may sound like a good idea, but many nations aren't happy about it.
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UN votes to adopt new world map that reflects Africa’s true size
The widely-used Mercator map is often criticised for visually exaggerating and centralising Western nations.
The United Nations General Assembly on Friday voted in favour of replacing the traditional world map with a version that more accurately reflects the size of Africa. A resolution entitled "Correct