{"id":705864,"date":"2026-09-04T12:51:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T16:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=705864"},"modified":"2026-09-04T12:51:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T16:51:20","slug":"un-votes-to-adopt-new-map-that-shows-true-size-of-continents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=705864","title":{"rendered":"UN votes to adopt new map that shows true size of continents"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>The United Nations General Assembly voted on Friday to adopt a new world map that reflects countries\u2019 true relative sizes, after African nations urged the UN to right a centuries-old wrong.<\/h4>\n<p>The \u201cCorrect the Map\u201d resolution \u2013\u2013 put forward by African Union member states, as well as the Bahamas \u2013\u2013 passed with overwhelming support: 164 member states voted in favor, six abstained and only the United States voted against it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/09\/04\/world\/un-vote-new-world-map-intl-scli\">https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/09\/04\/world\/un-vote-new-world-map-intl-scli<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/UN-map-new-Sept-26.avif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-705865\" src=\"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/UN-map-new-Sept-26.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"860\" height=\"457\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations General Assembly voted on Friday to adopt a new world map that reflects countries\u2019 true relative sizes, after African nations urged the UN to right a centuries-old wrong. The \u201cCorrect the Map\u201d resolution \u2013\u2013 put forward by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=705864\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2948,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-705864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=705864"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":705866,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705864\/revisions\/705866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=705864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=705864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=705864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}