2026年9月5日 美国东部时间1:48 / 福克斯新闻网
该决议支持使用等面积地图替代墨卡托投影地图——后者会让非洲看起来比实际面积小得多
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美国常驻联合国副代表亚丽娜·费伦切维奇投票反对更改世界官方地图以反映非洲真实面积。
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联合国周五险些全票通过一份新的世界地图，该地图将展现非洲的真实面积，让这片大陆看起来比传统地图上大得多。
美国是165个成员国中唯一投票反对联合国大会这项决议的国家。该决议旨在认可“平等地球”地图投影方式，据该地图创作者的网站介绍，这种投影方式能如实展现各国和各大陆的相对面积。
共有六个国家投了弃权票，包括爱沙尼亚、格鲁吉亚、立陶宛、摩尔多瓦、塞尔维亚和乌克兰。
亚丽娜·费伦切维奇是美国常驻联合国经济及社会理事会副代表，她表示，该决议看似是“一项更新制图比例的平淡举措”，但在她看来，这是“规模更大、更激进的意识形态项目”的一部分。
亚丽娜·费伦切维奇是美国常驻联合国经济及社会理事会副代表，她于2026年9月4日在第80届联合国大会第114次全体会议上就通过“平等地球”世界地图提案发表反对言论。（联合国供图）
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“联合国本应聚焦国际和平、繁荣或良好关系等真正的问题，但现在却在讨论16世纪的地图项目，以及它们在推动赔偿和认知正义方面的作用，”费伦切维奇周五在第114次全体会议上说道。
“像这样的决议以及它们所推动的意识形态议程，就像附着在我们工作上的藤壶，也是这个机构公信力不断下降的原因所在，”她补充道。
费伦切维奇所指的墨卡托投影诞生于1569年，最初用于辅助海上航行。时至今日，它仍被视为传统世界地图，被众多学校教科书和地图集采用。
该投影会放大极地附近的陆地面积，缩小赤道附近陆地的表观尺寸，导致非洲看起来比实际面积小得多，远不及格陵兰和欧洲。
联合国青睐的“平等地球”地图。该地图能如实展现各大陆之间的相对真实面积。（图片来源：汤姆·帕特森）
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多哥外交部长罗伯特·杜塞伊代表非洲集团提交了该决议，他表示，采用新地图将“推广能更准确保留大陆真实比例的投影方式”。
“一张公平的地图不会改变世界地理，但会改变我们看待世界的方式，”他说。“当我们的视角变得更加公正时，就能为各国之间增进理解、尊重与和平铺平道路。”
该决议并不要求各国或企业放弃墨卡托投影，但确立了联合国官方支持使用等面积地图作为描绘世界的首选方式。
墨卡托投影下的世界，范围在南纬85°3’4″至北纬85°3’4″之间。（作者：斯特雷贝）
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墨卡托投影因存在失真问题，在20世纪基本不再被制图师采用。但在谷歌地图于2005年采用网络墨卡托投影后，该投影再度流行起来，几乎所有主流在线地图服务都纷纷效仿。
2014年《制图学》期刊的一项研究显示，网络墨卡托投影之所以成为在线地图的标准，是因为它能实现全球范围内流畅的平移和缩放，非常适合交互式数字地图。
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詹姆斯·奇罗内是福克斯新闻数字频道突发/热点新闻团队的撰稿人。新闻线索可发送至james.cirrone@fox.com。
United Nations votes 164-1 for Equal Earth map after US brands it ‘radical ideological project’
September 5, 2026 1:48pm EDT / Fox News
The resolution backs equal-area maps over the Mercator projection, which makes Africa appear far smaller than it actually is
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Yaryna Ferencevych, the deputy U.S. representative to the United Nations, voted no on changing the official map of the world to reflect Africa’s true size.
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The United Nations on Friday was one vote shy of unanimously adopting a new map of the world that shows Africa’s true size, making the continent appear far larger than it does on traditional maps.
The United States was the only one of the 165 member nations to vote against the UN General Assembly resolution to accept the Equal Earth map projection, which depicts countries and continents in their true relative sizes, according to the map creator’s website.
Six nations abstained, including Estonia, Georgia, Lithuania, Moldova, Serbia and Ukraine.
Yaryna Ferencevych, the deputy U.S. representative to the U.N. Economic and Social Council, said the resolution was presented as “an anodyne effort to update cartographic proportions” but was, in her view, part of a “much larger and more radical ideological project.”
Yaryna Ferencevych, the deputy U.S. representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council, speaks against adopting the Equal Earth world map during the 114th plenary meeting of the 80th session of the U.N. General Assembly on Sept. 4, 2026.(United Nations)
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“Instead of focusing on genuine problems of international peace, prosperity, or good relations, this body is debating map projects from the 16th century and their role in promoting reparations and cognitive justice,” Ferencevych said Friday during the 114th Plenary meeting.
“Resolutions like this one and the ideological agenda they promote are barnacles on our work here and the reason this institution is losing its credibility,” she added.
Ferencevych was referring to the Mercator projection, created in 1569 to aid maritime navigation. To this day, it is seen as the traditional world map and is used in many school textbooks and atlases.
It enlarges land masses near the poles and reduces the apparent size of those near the equator, making Africa appear far smaller relative to Greenland and Europe than it is in reality.
The Equal Earth map that the United Nations favors. It depicts all continents at their true sizes relative to one another.(Courtesy: Tom Patterson)
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Togo Foreign Minister Robert Dussey, who introduced the resolution on behalf of the African Group, said that adopting the new map would “promote projections that better preserve the true proportions of continents.”
“A fair map does not change the geography of the world; it changes how we see the world,” he said. “And when our perspective becomes more just, it paves the way for greater understanding, respect and peace among nations.”
The measure does not require countries or companies to abandon the Mercator projection, but it establishes the U.N.’s official backing for equal-area maps as the preferred way to depict the world.
The world on Mercator projection between 85°3’4″S and 85°3’4″N.(Strebe)
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The Mercator projection largely fell out of favor among cartographers in the 20th century because of its distortions. However, it saw a resurgence after Google Maps adopted the Web Mercator projection in 2005, with virtually every major online mapping service following suit.
Web Mercator became the standard for online maps because it allowed for smooth panning and zooming across the globe, making it well suited for interactive digital maps, according to a 2014 Cartographica study.
The United States Mission to the United Nations and the ECOSOC did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment.
James Cirrone is a writer on the Breaking/Trending News team at Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to james.cirrone@fox.com.
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