Event Brief
UN adopts Equal Earth map after US votes no
By The BriefBrief · Sources (19)
Filed: Sep 06, 2026 at 10:08 AM ET
Summary: The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution accepting the Equal Earth map projection, which depicts countries and continents in their true relative sizes. The vote was 164-1, with the United States the only country voting against, while six nations abstained.
WHO: United States (Yaryna Ferencevych, deputy U.S. representative to the UN)
WHAT: The UN General Assembly adopted the Equal Earth world map resolution despite a lone no vote from the United States.
WHEN: Sep 05, 2026
WHERE: United Nations General Assembly
WHY: The resolution was presented as an effort to update cartographic proportions, but the U.S. deputy representative said it was part of a larger ideological project.
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