It follows a campaign by African states to limit the use of the 16th-century Mercator map that distorts the relative size of land masses by expanding those nearer the poles.
As a result, Greenland appears to be about the same size as Africa, even though the continent is around 14 times bigger.
The UN resolution at the General Assembly, which was passed by 164 votes to one, promotes the 2018 Equal Earth projection, which more accurately portrays the size of continents.
The United States was the only country to vote against, saying the resolution pushed an "ideological agenda" and was a distraction from the "genuine problems of international peace, prosperity or good relations".
There were six abstentions in New York.
Togo led the African Union initiative to help limit the use of the Mercator map, with foreign minister Robert Dussey saying before Friday's vote: "A fair world begins with a fair map."
He said the Equal Earth version offers "the best perception" of the world.
And he said his country will urge other governments, schools, international organisations and technology companies to move away from the 1569-created Mercator version.
It was created by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator to help sailors navigate the seas.
The UN resolution is not legally binding and it "in no way challenges the use of the Mercator projection for maritime and aerial navigation, for which it remains fully suited," the Togolese ministry said.
"Togo will be the first country to change our own geography books. In the classroom, we need to change it to give an example to all the countries in the world," Mr Dussey said.
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The country is set to meet African Union member states and supporters from other regions in the next six months to agree on how to promote wider adoption, according to the minister.
He linked the campaign to adopt the map to wider African efforts to confront colonial-era legacies, while stating it was not an attack on Europe or any other civilisation.
He said the Mercator map's widespread use was a consequence of colonisation, adding: "The world is changing. Africa also is changing."
Mr Witkoff and Mr Kushner will travel to Russia and then Ukraine over the weekend and into next week - marking their first visit to the Ukrainian capital.
The US has not provided further details on the trip, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday that he was expecting the pair to visit Kyiv on Sunday.
In a Telegram post, he confirmed that Ukraine would refrain from airstrikes during the negotiations.
He said: "As with previous diplomatic visits by the American side, we will ensure the normal functioning of Russian airspace so that the negotiators can arrive safely. We are concerned about their safety, not about Russia."
Russian presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov refused to confirm whether Mr Kushner and Mr Witkoff would visit Moscow on Friday.
They last visited the Russian capital in January, after which an aide to Vladimir Putin said that "reaching a long-term settlement can't be expected without solving the territorial issue".
The US president said of the upcoming trip: "They are bringing with them a proposal to end the war."
It comes after Mr Zelenskyy said that a Russian drone struck the headquarters of Ukraine's state security service (SBU) on Friday.
At least seven people were injured in the attack on the building in Kyiv, across from the historic St Sophia Cathedral.
Heavy black smoke was seen rising from the city centre, along with numerous ambulances and emergency services at the scene.
Mr Zelenskyy posted on X: "The drone was aimed directly at the office of the head of the security service in that building."
He said he had spoken with the head of Ukraine's security service, Oleksandr Poklad, and instructed him to deliver an "appropriate" response to Russia that "mirrors this strike".
It was not immediately clear if SBU members were among those injured.
Throughout the war, the SBU has carried out high-impact strikes targeting Russia's war machine and its energy infrastructure.
It bombed a Russian bridge to occupied Crimea in 2022 and carried out a 2025 drone attack which struck Russian strategic bombers.
Friday's attack marks one of the rare occasions in which a Ukrainian government building has been damaged during the conflict.
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The owner of the popular Zavertailo bakery said on Telegram that their building opposite the SBU building was also destroyed in the attack.
Kyiv has faced repeated Russian drone attacks for 10 days, with a university in the city centre also hit on Wednesday.
Local authorities said the blast occurred around 2.30pm local time in an area used to store pyrotechnic material at the barracks in the municipality of Viacha.
The cause of the blast has not been established, but officials said it originated from the defence ministry's fireworks stockpile.
Viacha health director Rita Nebraska said between 10 and 15 people were believed to have died, while 62 people have been injured.
Fourteen of the wounded were transferred to hospitals in La Paz, the country's administrative capital, including a girl with third-degree burns, she told local TV.
Police said more than 50 people were injured and dozens of homes were damaged, largely by windows shattered in the blast.
Ambulances, medical teams and police were deployed to the military complex to assess the damage and evacuate the wounded.
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Ms Nebraska said firefighters warned a heat source remained at the site, raising the risk of another explosion.
She urged residents to stay at least 150m away.
This is a naturally occurring phenomenon characterised by warmer-than-normal sea surface temperatures in that ocean.
Forecasters have warned it is almost certain that this year's El Nino will intensify into a very strong event in the coming months and last until February 2027.
It usually takes place irregularly every two to seven years and lasts nine to 12 months, but this year's has been forecast to be "exceptional" having been "supersized", according to the United Nations.
Hurricane Lowell, which could target Hawaii this weekend, reached the maximum category five strength on Wednesday before later weakening to a category three.
Karina has weakened from a category three to category two east of the Hawaiian Islands and is forecast to weaken further in the next 48 hours, according to the National Hurricane Centre.
But Marie, located nearly 400 miles off the coast of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula, is strengthening.
The storm could create strong swells for parts of Mexico's southwestern coast and Baja California through the weekend, and perhaps Southern California, according to the centre.
There are predictions by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and other groups of an exceptionally strong El Nino, or "super El Nino" this year, marked by water temperatures at least 2C above average in the Pacific.
This El Nino event has a 69% chance of becoming the strongest ever recorded, according to a NOAA forecast last month.
The event has taken hold at a point when sea surface temperatures in the Pacific were already significantly raised.
Scientists have been monitoring a vast marine heatwave - a prolonged period of unusually high ocean temperatures - in the Pacific that started in 2025.
Meteorologist Daniel Gilford said early studies by his research group Climate Central have found around 94% of the Pacific has experienced heatwave conditions since January, with some regions already up to 2C warmer than normal.
"Temperatures across the entire Pacific Ocean are elevated, and we're certainly seeing that in the region where these hurricanes and tropical cyclones are traversing," he said.
El Nino usually exacerbates warming from climate change, further increasing global temperatures and pushing up the chances of extreme weather.
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United Nations secretary-general António Guterres said on Thursday that El Nino is "being supersized before our eyes".
"The science leaves no room for doubt: The planet is in uncharted waters, and those waters are heating up," he said.
Mr Guterres was reacting to a new World Meteorological Organisation report that El Nino "is firmly established and will intensify into a very strong event in the coming months, with big impacts on rainfall and temperature patterns and associated risks of floods, drought and extreme heat".
The 41-year-old resigned from his post as professor of sociology of education at the university last month after facing accusations of plagiarism.
He was found "unresponsive" by family members at home in Battersea, south London, on 14 August, an inquest at London Inner South Coroner's Court heard last month.
On Friday, the university posted on social media: "Today, university council took the necessary steps to launch an independent review into the university's decision-making and actions, with a focus on identifying shortcomings and areas for improvement."
The first part will cover the "support, interventions and protections available to Prof Arday during the period prior to his death", vice-chancellor Professor Deborah Prentice said.
It will report back in three months, "enabling recommendations for urgent action to be considered and implemented without delay".
Nazir Afzal, former chief crown prosecutor for the North West of England and current chancellor of the University of Manchester, will lead it.
The second part will examine the university's "response to allegations of research misconduct" and the support offered to academics "who are subject to extraordinary public and media scrutiny".
It will appoint an independent external chair to lead this work and report back within six months of the panel being established.
Last month, Prof Arday's family thanked supporters for their fundraiser donations - which have reached nearly £225,000 at the time of writing.
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They spoke of their "shock" following his death and said he had faced a "campaign of misinformation".
In Prof Arday's resignation letter, he told colleagues: "While criticism is an inevitable part of academic life, what I have experienced has gone far beyond scholarly disagreement.
"The relentless accusations, speculation and public commentary have taken a profound toll on me and on those I love."