TimesLIVE columnist criticizes US position on new UN map
Columnist Tom Eaton writes in an article for TimesLIVE that the United States was the only country to vote against a more accurate depiction of the relative sizes of continents on a new UN world map. According to him, the US side called the map change a radical ideological project.
Togo's initiative
Eaton claims that the relevant proposal at the UN was put forward by the government of Togo, which also supports the Correct The Map campaign. In the author's view, the updated image elongates Africa and reduces the visual scale of the world's northernmost parts, more accurately conveying the ratio of the continents' areas.
The columnist cites the Correct The Map campaign's claim that Africa could fit the United States, China, India, Japan, Mexico and a significant part of Europe, while still leaving land free.
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Satirical criticism
The article is satirical in nature. Eaton ironically remarks that changing the cartographic projection will visually make Africa larger and the United States and Europe smaller. He also mentions the vast distances on the African continent and long flights to South Africa.
The author links the US objections to the political style of President Donald Trump's administration. These claims and assessments are the position of the columnist himself, set out in an opinion article.
