List of 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
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 Brussels, Belgium, home city of the European Union headquarters (opened in 2008), an embassy in the Republic of China (opened in March 2013) and a High Commission in Wellington, New Zealand (opened in February 2015).[1][2]
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]
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Oceania
Fiji
- Suva (High Commission)
New Zealand
- Wellington (High Commission)
Multilateral organisations
- Brussels (Permanent delegation to the European Union)
- New York City (Permanent delegation to the United Nations)
Permanent Representative of Tuvalu to the United Nations
- Enele Sopoaga (3 July 2001[3] to 2006)[4]
- Afelee F. Pita (19 December 2006[5] to December 2012)[4]
- Aunese Simati (20 December 2012[6][7] to July 2017)[4]
- Ambassador Samuelu Laloniu is the current permanent representative to the United Nations. He took up his post on 21 July 2017.[8][4] He also presented his credentials as Tuvalu's ambassador to the United States on 21 July 2017.[9]
Sources and references
- "United Nations". Archived from the original on 2014-05-17. Retrieved 2008-09-20.
- Tuvalu opens High Commission in New Zealand, in: Radio New Zealand International 4 February 2015.
- Tuvalu UN Mission (3 July 2001). "New Permanent Representative of Tuvalu Presents Credentials". United Nations. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- Tuvalu UN Mission (July 2017). "Ambassadors". United Nations. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- Tuvalu UN Mission (19 December 2006). "New Permanent Representative of Tuvalu Presents Credentials". United Nations. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- Tuvalu UN Mission (20 December 2012). "New Permanent Representative of Tuvalu Presents Credentials". United Nations. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- "NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF TUVALU PRESENTS CREDENTIALS", United Nations press release, April 2013
- Tuvalu UN Mission (3 January 2021). "The Permanent Mission of Tuvalu to the United Nations". United Nations. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- "Tuvalu's Ambassador to the United States: Who Is Samuelu Laloniu?". AllGov. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2021.