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 [1] .
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). [2] [3] and an embassy to the United Arab Emirates in Abu Dhabi (opened in April 2022). [4]
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). [2]
Republic of China (Taiwan) 
United Arab Emirates 
Fiji 
New Zealand 
United Nations 
Fiji has experienced many coups recently, in 1987, 2000, and 2006. Fiji has been suspended various times from the Commonwealth of Nations, a grouping of mostly former British colonies. It was readmitted to the Commonwealth in December 2001, following the parliamentary election held to restore democracy in September that year, and has been suspended again because of the 2006 coup, but has been readmitted a second time after the 2014 election. Other Pacific Island governments have generally been sympathetic to Fiji's internal political problems and have declined to take public positions.
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.
The member states of the European Union are aligned in their foreign policy on many issues. The EU is the world's largest economic union, customs union and donor of humanitarian and development assistance and thus has an extensive network of delegations around the world mainly operating in the framework of External Relations, for which the European Commission is the main decision body. The EU also represents shared political and security viewpoints held by its member states, as articulated in the Common Foreign and Security Policy.
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. The country has played a role in advocating for more ambitious international cooperation on mitigating climate change, given the country's vulnerability to its impacts.
Aunese Makoi Simati, is a Tuvaluan diplomat. Simati, was appointed as Tuvalu's Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), following Tuvalu opened an embassy to the UAE in Abu Dhabi in April 2022. He was Tuvalu's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 20 December 2012 to July 2017.
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. He vacated his offices on 19 January 2023.
This is a list of the Permanent Representatives of Tuvalu to the United Nations. The current office holder is H. E. Tapugao Falefou.
