Diplomatic missions of Tuvalu

This is a list of diplomatic missions of Tuvalu. Tuvalu has a population of 12,100, making it the second least populated independent country in the world, ahead of the Vatican (900). It consequently cannot support anything but the barest diplomatic network.

General Aspects

Building hosting the Embassy of Tuvalu in Taipei

Tuvalu has only five diplomatic missions abroad: a High Commission in Suva, Fiji, (opened in 1976), its office at the United Nations (opened in 2001), an embassy in the Republic of China (Taiwan) (opened in March 2013), a High Commission in Wellington, New Zealand (opened in February 2015).[1][2] and an embassy to the United Arab Emirates in Abu Dhabi (opened in April 2022).[3]

Tuvalu established an embassy in Brussels, Belgium, home city of the European Union (EU) headquarters (opened in 2008), however, the embassy was closed in 2022, with Tuvalu's accreditation to the EU and Belgium managed from the embassy in Abu Dhabi.

Tuvalu also has honorary consulates in Sydney (Australia), Tokyo (Japan), Kaohsiung (Republic of China), Basel (Switzerland), Singapore, Hamburg (Germany), Seoul (South Korea) and in the Tuvalu House in London (United Kingdom).[1]

Asia

Europe

Oceania

Multilateral organisations

Permanent Representative of Tuvalu to the United Nations

Main article: Permanent Representative of Tuvalu to the United Nations

Sources and references

  1. ^ a b "United Nations". Archived from the original on 2014-05-17. Retrieved 2008-09-20.
  2. ^ Tuvalu opens High Commission in New Zealand, in: Radio New Zealand International 4 February 2015.
  3. ^ Ibrahim, Lina (4 April 2022). "Tuvalu FM urges countries to take greater responsibility for climate change to save island nations". MENAFN- Emirates News Agency. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  4. ^ MFA Belgium: Tuvalu
  5. ^ Tuvalu UN Mission (3 July 2001). "New Permanent Representative of Tuvalu Presents Credentials". United Nations. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d Tuvalu UN Mission (July 2017). "Ambassadors". United Nations. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  7. ^ Tuvalu UN Mission (19 December 2006). "New Permanent Representative of Tuvalu Presents Credentials". United Nations. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  8. ^ Tuvalu UN Mission (20 December 2012). "New Permanent Representative of Tuvalu Presents Credentials". United Nations. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  9. ^ "NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF TUVALU PRESENTS CREDENTIALS", United Nations press release, April 2013
  10. ^ Tuvalu UN Mission (3 January 2021). "The Permanent Mission of Tuvalu to the United Nations". United Nations. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  11. ^ "Tuvalu's Ambassador to the United States: Who Is Samuelu Laloniu?". AllGov. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  12. ^ "New Permanent Representative of Tuvalu Presents Credentials". United Nations press release - BIO/5483. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  13. ^ "Leaders and Cabinet Members". CIA.gov. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.

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