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Ukraine refused to support a U.N. resolution adopting a new world map because it showed Crimea differently from the rest of Ukraine, which Kyiv sees as erasing its territorial integrity. While the map was meant to fix long-standing distortions that shrink Africa and the Global South, Ukraine and some allies viewed the depiction of Crimea as a political slight, even though the U.N. insists the map doesn’t change sovereignty. The U.S. rejected the map for unrelated ideological reasons, calling it part of a radical agenda.