Resolution doesn't endorse any specific map: MEA
India has clarified its support for a UN General Assembly resolution aimed at promoting equal-area map projections to reduce the geographic distortion inherent in the traditional Mercator projection. The Ministry of External Affairs emphasized that the vote does not constitute an endorsement of any specific map or political boundary depiction.
Why it matters
The resolution highlights a growing global movement to address historical biases in cartography that minimize the perceived size of regions like Africa, Latin America, and South Asia, potentially influencing future educational and digital standards.
India was among the 164 countries that voted in favour of UN General Assembly's Sept 4 resolution, "Correct the Map: Rebalancing Global Cartographic Representation and Promoting Equitable Representation of the World's Regions, Particularly Africa".MEA said the resolution's purpose is to encourage the use of equal-area map projections that preserve the relative sizes of continental landmasses, and it neither adopts nor authenticates any particular world map, nor does it address political cartography, including international boundaries, disputed territories or place names."India voted in favour of the resolution and also made an explanation, stressing the underlying principle of promoting equal-area cartographic representation.
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