UN-backed map must depict India's territory accurately: Govt
The Indian government has clarified that its support for a UN resolution on equal-area world maps does not imply acceptance of any specific cartographic depiction of its borders. Officials emphasized that India's sovereign territory, including Jammu, Kashmir, and Ladakh, must be represented accurately in any future maps.
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This underscores the sensitivity of international cartography and how technical standards for map projections can intersect with geopolitical territorial disputes.
NEW DELHI: After endorsing a UN General Assembly resolution on equal-area world map, the govt warned Sunday that the proposed new map must depict India's sovereign territory, including the Union territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, in accordance with India's official map and any inaccurate or misleading depiction would be unacceptable."Our position on India's sovereignty and territorial integrity is clear, consistent and non-negotiable," said MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, replying to media queries.MEA: Resolution doesn't endorse any specific mapIndia 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…
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