United Nation adopts new map of world in rejection of 'cartographic colonialism' - AOL

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : " He told a UN briefing on Friday: "A map is never neutral.
44% : The United Nations has voted to replace the current world map with a new one following backlash from campaign groups criticising the widely used map as "cartographic colonialism".
40% : Geographers say the map is only useful for navigation and that "outside of that very narrow navigation application, there is no point in using it," according to Mark Monmonier, a Syracuse University professor of geography. US representative at the UN, Yaryna Ferencevych, claimed that the resolution mocked the work and purpose of the UN General Assembly.
36% : The US also criticised the UN's resolution that declared the transatlantic slave trade as "the gravest crime against humanity" earlier this year.

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