Vanuatu maintains diplomatic relations with many countries,and it has a small network of diplomatic missions. Australia,France,Japan,New Zealand,the People's Republic of China,South Korea and the United Kingdom maintain embassies,High Commissions,or missions in Port Vila. The British High Commission maintained a continued presence for almost a century,though closed from 2005 until reopening in 2019.
Pound is the name of various units of currency. It is used in some countries today and previously was used in many others. The English word "pound" derives from the Latin expression lībra pondō,in which lībra is a noun meaning 'pound' and pondō is an adverb meaning 'by weight'. The currency's symbol is '£',a stylised form of the blackletter 'L',crossed to indicate abbreviation.
From 1916 to 1975,Tuvalu was part of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony of the United Kingdom. A referendum was held in 1974 to determine whether the Gilbert Islands and Ellice Islands should each have their own administration. As a consequence of the referendum,the separate British colonies of Kiribati and Tuvalu were formed. Tuvalu became fully independent as a sovereign state within the Commonwealth on 1 October 1978. On 5 September 2000,Tuvalu became the 189th member of the United Nations.
Resident commissioner was or is an official title of several different types of commissioners,who were or are representatives of any level of government. Historically,they were appointed by the British Crown in overseas protectorates,or colonies,and some still exist in this capacity. The United States of America once had a resident commissioner in the Philippines and the Puerto Rico resident commissioner resides in Washington DC. State governments of today's Republic of India have a resident commissioner to represent them in New Delhi.
The British Western Pacific Territories (BWPT) was a colonial entity created in 1877 for the administration of a series of Pacific islands in Oceania under a single representative of the British Crown,styled the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific. Except for Fiji and the Solomon Islands,most of these colonial possessions were relatively minor.
In the Commonwealth of Nations,a high commissioner is the senior diplomat,generally ranking as an ambassador,in charge of the diplomatic mission of one Commonwealth government to another. Instead of an embassy,the diplomatic mission is generally called a high commission.
Oceania is,to the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China,a stage for continuous diplomatic competition. The PRC dictates that no state can have diplomatic relations with both the PRC and the ROC. As of 2019,ten states in Oceania have diplomatic relations with the PRC,and four have diplomatic relations with the ROC. These numbers fluctuate as Pacific Island nations re-evaluate their foreign policies,and occasionally shift diplomatic recognition between Beijing and Taipei. The issue of which "Chinese" government to recognize has become a central theme in the elections of numerous Pacific Island nations,and has led to several votes of no-confidence.
Cuban-Pacific relations are diplomatic,economic,cultural,and other relations between the Cuba and countries situated in Oceania. In the 2000s,Cuba has been strengthening its relations with Pacific nations,which have,for the most part,responded favorably to Cuban medical aid in particular. The first Cuba-Pacific Islands ministerial meeting was held in September 2008 in Havana,with government members from ten Pacific countries—Kiribati,Tuvalu,Nauru,Solomon Islands,Fiji,Tonga,Vanuatu,Samoa,the Federated States of Micronesia and Papua New Guinea—attending. The meeting was a consolidation rather than a starting point of Cuban-Pacific relations.
The following outline is provided as an overview and topical guide to Oceania.
The British Overseas Territories maintain their own entry requirements different from the visa policy of the United Kingdom. As a general rule,British citizens do not have automatic right of abode in these territories.
Laura Mary Clarke is the CEO of ClientEarth a global non-profit environmental law organisation. She is a former British diplomat,who served as the British High Commissioner to New Zealand,and the Governor of Pitcairn.
Nineta Bărbulescu is a Romanian career diplomat,and current Ambassador of Romania to Malaysia and (non-resident) Brunei. She served as the Romanian Ambassador to Australia from August 2013 until December 2020. During these 7 years she also was accredited non-resident Ambassador to New Zealand (2015–2020),Fiji (2018–2020),Independent State of Samoa (2018–2020),Solomon Islands (2018–2020),Vanuatu (2018–2020),Kiribati (2018–2020),Tuvalu (2019–2020),and Nauru (2019–2020).
