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UN Equal Earth map adoption controversy
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FIRST ENTRY SEP 05
SEP 05 · Day 1
UN votes 164-1 for Equal Earth map after US calls it 'radical ideological project'
The United States was the only country to vote against the resolution.
Yaryna Ferencevych, the deputy U.S. representative to the U.N. Economic and Social Council, said the resolution was part of a 'much larger and more radical ideological project.'
Google Maps adopted the Web Mercator projection in 2005.
“Instead of focusing on genuine problems of international peace, prosperity, or good relations, this body is debating map projects from the 16th Century, and their role in promoting reparations and 'cognitive justice',”
YARYNA FERENCEVYCH
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