India backs UN map resolution, but warns against inaccurate depiction of J&K, Ladakh

India supported a UN General Assembly resolution encouraging the use of equal-area world maps but clarified that its vote did not endorse any specific projection or depiction of international boundaries. The Ministry of External Affairs said Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh must appear as part of India according to the country’s official map.

New Delhi: India on Sunday backed a United Nations General Assembly resolution that promotes equal-area world maps, while making it clear that its vote did not endorse any particular map projection or depiction of national boundaries.

The UN General Assembly adopted the resolution titled “Correct the Map: Rebalancing Global Cartographic Representation and Promoting Equitable Representation of the World’s Regions, Particularly Africa” on September 4. The resolution encourages the use of map projections that preserve the relative sizes of continents and........

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