# UN votes to adopt new map showing Africa’s true scale

https://mins.news/en/video/46221

- DW News, 2026-09-05 01:46 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5RDI9Lt4QE

> The United Nations has approved a resolution adopting a world map that more accurately represents the relative size of the continents. The African Union proposed the measure, which won support from 164 members; the United States was the sole vote against it. The Mercator projection, used since 1569, distorts countries near the equator and in polar regions.

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