Earlier, Trinamool Congress MP Dr Santanu Sen in his letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi had urged him to take up steps to correct the mistake
V Muraleedharan. Pic/Official Twitter account
V Muraleedharan, Mos Ministry of External Affairs has said that India has strongly raised the issue with World Health Organization's (WHO) on wrong depiction of India's map on their website.
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"Issue of wrong depiction of the map of India on WHO website raised strongly with WHO. In response, WHO informed Permanent Mission of India in Geneva that they've put a disclaimer on the portal," said Muraleedharan in a written reply to an unstarred question in Rajya Sabha.
Issue of wrong depiction of the map of India on WHO website raised strongly with WHO. In response, WHO informed Permanent Mission of India in Geneva that they've put a disclaimer on the portal...: MoS MEA V Muraleedharan in a written reply to an unstarred question in Rajya Sabha
— ANI (@ANI) January 31, 2022
Disclaimer reads, "The designations employed & the presentation of these materials do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of WHO concerning the legal status of any country, territory or area or of its authorities...
— ANI (@ANI) January 31, 2022
...or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Dotted and dashed lines on maps represent approximate border lines for which there may not yet be full agreement.”
— ANI (@ANI) January 31, 2022
Nevertheless, Government of India’s position on the right depiction of its boundaries has been unambiguously reiterated: MoS MEA V Muraleedharan added in a written reply to an unstarred question in Rajya Sabha
— ANI (@ANI) January 31, 2022
The issue was answered in Parliament on 4th February last year.
— ANI (@ANI) January 31, 2022
The question was asked by Union Civil Aviation minister and BJP MP Jyotiraditya Scindia.
Earlier, Trinamool Congress MP Dr Santanu Sen in his letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to take up steps to correct the mistake. Sharing the pictures of the wrong map of India on the WHO dashboard, Sen tweeted, "WHO COVID https://19.int site shows map of India with a separate colour for Jammu & Kashmir & inside that there is another small portion of a separate colour. If they are clicked, Covid datas of Pakistan & China are coming."
.#WHO COVID https://t.co/HSTaKkj0Yc site shows map of #India with a separate colour for Jammu & Kashmir&inside that there is another small portion of a separate colour.
— DR SANTANU SEN (@SantanuSenMP) January 30, 2022
If they are clicked,#Covid datas of #Pakistan & #China are coming.@narendramodi must take up.@MamataOfficial pic.twitter.com/prSoZ2IsJg
Sen also questioned the central government for not noticing the "absolutely horrible" lapse. "Why ministry of home affairs, external affairs and the ministry of health did not notice it and take any initiative to correct this step," the MP wrote in his letter to the prime minister. Sen also said that Arunachal Pradesh was "demarcated separately" from the map of India.
"I tried to locate the map once again and again I noticed Arunachal Pradesh was also demarcated separately," Sen added in his letter.
With inputs from ANI
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