Saufatu Sopoanga was a Tuvaluan politician who served as the eighth prime minister of Tuvalu from 2 August 2002 to 27 August 2004. He drew international attention for his speeches warning about the effects of the rising sea level on Tuvalu and other low-lying island countries.
Seve Paeniu is a Tuvaluan politician. Paeniu was elected to the Parliament of Tuvalu in the 2019 Tuvaluan general election to represent the Nukulaelae electorate. He was appointed as the Minister of Finance in the Natano Ministry.
Yashar Teymur oglu Aliyev is an Azerbaijani diplomat who has been the Permanent Representative of Azerbaijan to the United Nations since 2014. Previously he was Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 2002 to 2006 and Ambassador to the United States from 2006 to 2011. He was also Azerbaijan's first ambassador to Cuba (2006).
Tuvalu –United States relations are bilateral relations between Tuvalu and the United States.
Robert Guba Aisi is the former Permanent Representative (ambassador) of Papua New Guinea to the United Nations in New York. He presented his credentials to the Secretary General on June 25,2002. Prior to being appointed to the United Nations,Aisi was Councillor of Papua New Guinea’s Legal Training Institute.
Fekitamoeloa Katoa ‘Utoikamanu is a Tongan civil servant,diplomat and Cabinet Minister currently serving as Tonga's Minister of Foreign Affairs. From 2005 to 2009 she was Tonga's permanent ambassador to the United Nations,and from 2017 to 2021 she was United Nations High Representative for the Least Developed Countries,Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States.
Abdul Zahir Tanin is an Afghan diplomat who has served as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo,making him Head of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK),since October 2015.
Maria Luiza Viotti is the Chef de Cabinet to UN Secretary General António Guterres. Viotti was the Ambassador of Brazil to Germany from 2013 until 2016,Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations from 2007 until 2013,and President of the United Nations Security Council for the month of February 2011. She is married to Eduardo Baumgratz Viotti and has a son.
Tuvalu became the 189th member of the United Nations in September 2000. Tuvalu is one of 14 states not recognising the People's Republic of China.
Ferit Hoxha is the Permanent Representative of Albania to the United Nations,in New York City. He previously served in the role from 2009 to 2015,was succeeded by Besiana Kadare,and again assumed the role in October 2021.
Enele Sosene Sopoaga PC is a Tuvaluan diplomat and politician who was Prime Minister of Tuvalu from 2013 to 2019.
The Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations is the diplomatic mission of the French Republic to the United Nations in New York. As such,it reports to the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs.
Aunese Makoi Simati,born 22 April 1967,is a Tuvaluan diplomat. He was Tuvalu's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 20 December 2012 to July 2017.
The Sopoaga Ministry was the 14th ministry of the Government of Tuvalu,led by Prime Minister Enele Sopoaga. It succeeds the Telavi Ministry upon its swearing in by Governor-General Sir Iakoba Italeli on 5 August 2013.
Durga Prasad Bhattarai is a Nepali career diplomat who is currently the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations in New York City. He serves concurrently as the Ambassador of Nepal to Bolivia,Ecuador,Peru and Venezuela.
Dr. Mohamed Ali Alhakim is an Iraqi politician and diplomat. He was the foreign minister of Iraq from October 25,2018 to May 12,2020 in the government of Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi. He is the former Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations Office at Geneva and New York.
Macharia Kamau is Kenya's Principal Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He previously served as Kenya's representative to the United Nations and as the former President of the UNICEF Executives Board.
Minute Alapati Taupo OBE was a Tuvaluan politician,diplomat,economist and accountant. Taupo was elected to the Parliament of Tuvalu in the 2019 Tuvaluan general election to represent the Nanumanga electorate. He was appointed Deputy Prime Minister &Minister for Fisheries and Trade in the Natano Ministry.
Samuelu Laloniu is a career diplomat from Tuvalu. He took up his post as the Permanent Representative to the United Nations on 21 July 2017. He also presented his credentials as Tuvalu's ambassador to the United States on 21 July 2017.
