As of Sept. 4, the United Nations voted to adopt a new world map that would more accurately represent the size of Africa. The ...

The Togo-sponsored resolution was backed by 164 nations - the US the only nation to vote against it.

The UN is in favour of changing the traditional world map to one that shows Africa occupying rather more space than it ...

The UN General Assembly has voted to replace the traditional world map with one that more accurately reflects the size of Africa. The “Correct the Map” resolution, sponsored by Togo and backed by ...

Togo-sponsored resolution called to phase out traditional map that depicts continent as similar size to Greenland The United Nations has voted to adopt a resolution for the world to formally phase out ...