# UN approves resolution backing map that shows Africa’s true size

https://mins.news/en/video/46790

- France 24 English, 2026-09-05 16:23 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld37YyHSE5w

> The United Nations voted Friday to move away from the 16th-century Mercator world map toward a projection that more accurately represents countries’ actual size. African states sponsored the resolution to challenge perceptions of the continent as peripheral.

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