--- title: "UN General Assembly votes to adopt new world map projections" description: "Most outlets led with the UN General Assembly's decision to adopt a new world map that more accurately reflects the relative size of Africa, making it appear larger and reducing the visual dominance of North America and Europe. Phrasing varied slightly, with some emphasizing the shift as a correction to historical distortions and others highlighting the African-led initiative. A few excerpts noted the U.S. response, describing it as critical or \"slamming\" the resolution, while others omitted this detail or framed it as a minor point." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/6592-un-adopts-major-map-reform-to-show-true-scale-of-continents site: HarZaviya language: en --- # UN General Assembly votes to adopt new world map projections world · latest filing 7 Sep 2026, 1:53 PM PKT · 4–7 Sep 2026 · 12 articles from 9 outlets over 3 developments **HarZaviya summary** — how 9 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported that the UN General Assembly voted to adopt a new world map that more accurately reflects the relative sizes of continents, particularly making Africa appear larger and North America and Europe smaller. Several emphasized that the resolution was spearheaded by African countries and described it as addressing a historical distortion. A few also noted the U.S. response, with one mentioning that Washington "slams resolution" and another that the vote occurred amid African nations urging the UN to "right a centuries-old wrong." ## How it developed Newest development first. Each carries its own coverage and, where we have one, our summary of it. ### 7 Sep 2026 — UN backs new world map showing Africa in its true size (1 outlet) - **Aaj News (English)** — [UN backs new world map showing Africa in its true size](https://english.aaj.tv/news/330471226/un-backs-new-world-map-showing-africa-in-its-true-size) · 7 Sep 2026, 1:53 PM PKT > The United Nations General Assembly has backed a resolution calling for greater use of world maps that more accurately represent the size of Africa and other continents. The “Correct the Map” resolution, sponsored by Togo and supported by members of the African Union (AU), was approved with 164 votes in favour. France and the United Kingdom were among those backing the measure, while the United... ### 6 Sep 2026 — UN General Assembly adopts resolution in support of map showing Africa’s true size (1 outlet) - **Associated Press of Pakistan** — [UN General Assembly adopts resolution in support of map showing Africa’s true size](https://www.app.com.pk/foreign-correspondent/un-general-assembly-adopts-resolution-in-support-of-map-showing-africas-true-size/) · 6 Sep 2026, 11:04 AM PKT > UNITED NATIONS, Sep 04 (APP)::The UN General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to encourage governments, schools and tech companies worldwide to stop using maps that make Africa look far smaller than it really is. By 164 votes to one, member states on Friday endorsed a resolution promoting map projections that more accurately reflect the true size... ### 4 Sep 2026 — UN General Assembly votes to adopt new world map projections (7 outlets) > Most outlets led with the UN General Assembly's decision to adopt a new world map that more accurately reflects the relative size of Africa, making it appear larger and reducing the visual dominance of North America and Europe. Phrasing varied slightly, with some emphasizing the shift as a correction to historical distortions and others highlighting the African-led initiative. A few excerpts noted the U.S. response, describing it as critical or "slamming" the resolution, while others omitted this detail or framed it as a minor point. - **Minute Mirror** — [UN backs new World map to show Africa’s true siz...](https://minutemirror.com.pk/un-backs-new-world-map-to-show-africas-true-size-624998/) · 5 Sep 2026, 3:55 PM PKT > UN backs a new world map to better show Africa’s true size, challenging centuries-old distortions in the widely used Mercator projection.... - **The News International** — [UN approves new world map showing Africa's true size: What changes now?](https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1414936-un-approves-new-world-map-showing-africas-true-size-what-changes-now) · 5 Sep 2026, 11:39 AM PKT · 81% identical wording to the newest filing > The United Nations General Assembly on Friday approved a new world map to rectify Africa’s distorted size while giving the continent a true representation on the map. The Friday’s resolution was sponsored by... - **24 News HD** — [Africa bigger, US smaller - UN adopts new map](https://www.24newshd.tv/05-Sep-2026/africa-bigger-us-smaller-un-adopts-new-map) · 5 Sep 2026, 9:29 AM PKT · 69% identical wording to the newest filing > The United Nations General Assembly voted Friday to adopt a new world map that makes the African continent bigger while shrinking North America and Europe, drawing ire from Washington. - **The Express Tribune** — [UN adopts new map showing Africa bigger, US smaller](https://tribune.com.pk/story/2627584/un-adopts-new-map-showing-africa-bigger-us-smaller) · 5 Sep 2026, 8:08 AM PKT · 67% identical wording to the newest filing > Equal Earth projection passes with 164 votes as Washington slams resolution - **The Nation** — [UN votes to adopt new map that makes our world look very different](https://www.nation.com.pk/05-Sep-2026/un-votes-adopt-new-map-makes-world-look-different) · 5 Sep 2026, 6:07 AM PKT · 75% identical wording to the newest filing > NEWS YORK - 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. - **Arab News Pakistan** — [Africa bigger, US smaller — UN adopts new map](https://www.arabnews.pk/world/africa-bigger-us-smaller-un-adopts-new-map-3000354) · 5 Sep 2026, 5:08 AM PKT · 61% identical wording to the newest filing - **Dawn** — [UNGA adopts new map showing Africa bigger, US smaller](https://www.dawn.com/news/2027609/unga-adopts-new-map-showing-africa-bigger-us-smaller) · 5 Sep 2026, 4:02 AM PKT · 71% identical wording to the newest filing > UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations General Assembly voted on Friday to back a resolution spearheaded by several African countries to adopt a map that makes their continent bigger while shrinking North America and Europe. Aimed at “a more accurate representation” of continental landmasses, the resolution was supported by 164 countries. The United States voted against it and six other states abst... 12 articles from 9 outlets, 4–7 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. 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