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Today, the United Nations voted to adopt a new world map that reflects countries’ true relative sizes (programming.dev)

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https://edition.cnn.com/2026/09/04/world/un-vote-new-world-map-intl-scli

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[–] nimisnimi@lemmy.ca -3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

The title:

Today, the United Nations voted to adopt a new world map that reflects countries’ true relative sizes

Haters, probably:

let's still make this about us hating Israel - in comparison to how we hate the US

GJ for the UN. I hope it'll make good progress in the long run for all of us. More accurate representation of the world - for more adequate and fair decisions and actions.

[–] mirshafie@europe.pub 2 points 44 minutes ago (1 children)

It's a common pattern for the General Assembly that essentially all of the world votes together, and then the United States, Israel plus some tiny island nations votes together. This vote struck me as deviating from that pattern because the United States literally stands alone on this issue. Even the number of Abstentions is unusually low.

[–] nimisnimi@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 minutes ago

Ok, thanks for opening the prev.comment a bit more!

It is curious, indeed. 🖐️