联合国大会以164票赞成、1票反对、6票弃权的结果通过了非洲联盟发起的"纠正地图"决议1。该决议鼓励采用"平等地球"等积投影地图取代墨卡托投影1。决议认为，墨卡托投影造成的各大洲面积失真构成历史偏见，其中非洲面积实际上是格陵兰岛的14倍，但在墨卡托投影地图上看起来一样大1。
美国投出唯一反对票。美国驻联合国副代表费伦采维奇指责该决议为"激进的意识形态工程"1。这一立场与美国3月对另一项决议的态度一致——当月联大通过将跨大西洋奴隶贸易定性为"最严重反人类罪"的决议时，美国也投出了反对票1。
"平等地球"投影由三位地图学家在2018年推出1。2021年，"无滤镜非洲"组织发起了"地图正义"全球签名活动1。多哥表示将成为首个更换地理教科书的国家，计划在6个月内推动新版地图的使用1。
The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a resolution sponsored by the African Union encouraging the adoption of equal-area map projections, such as the "Equal Earth" projection, to replace the widely used Mercator projection.1 The resolution passed with overwhelming support: 164 votes in favor, 1 against, and 6 abstentions.1
The initiative addresses long-standing geographic distortions caused by the Mercator projection, which significantly misrepresents the sizes of continents and regions.1 According to the resolution, Africa's actual area is fourteen times larger than Greenland's, yet the two appear roughly equivalent in size on Mercator projection maps—a disparity the resolution characterizes as rooted in historical bias.1 The "Equal Earth" projection, developed by three cartographers in 2018, offers an alternative that maintains accurate proportional representation of land masses.1
The resolution reflects growing momentum toward decolonization and geographic justice, with the "Unfiltered Africa" organization having launched a global "Map Justice" campaign in 2021.1 Togo has pledged to become the first nation to update its geography textbooks accordingly, committing to implement new maps within six months.1 However, the United States cast the sole dissenting vote, with U.S. Deputy Representative to the UN Ferenthweig denouncing the resolution as a "radical ideological project."1 This opposition mirrors the U.S. position earlier this year when the General Assembly designated the transatlantic slave trade as a "crime against humanity"—a measure the United States also opposed.1
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