Niue Niue (, ; niu, Niuē) is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean, northeast of New Zealand. Niue's land area is about and its population, predominantly Polynesian, was about 1,600 in 2016. Niue is located in a triangle between T ...

maintains diplomatic relations with various other countries and multilateral organizations.

is an

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in the

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the conti ...

in a state of free association with

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island coun ...

. The

King King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen regnant, queen, which title is also given to the queen consort, consort of a king. *In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contempora ...

in right of New Zealand is the head of state of Niue - as such Niue is part of the

Realm of New Zealand The Realm of New Zealand consists of the entire area in which the monarch of New Zealand functions as head of state. The realm is not a federation; it is a collection of states and territories united under its monarch. New Zealand is an indep ...

. The ''Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs'' records that in 1988 "New Zealand stated ... that its future participation in international agreements would no longer extend to ... Niue". Niue was granted membership of

UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a List of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international coope ...

in 1993 and the

World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level o ...

in 1994. Also in 1994, the

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"recognized the full treaty-making capacity ... of Niue". New Zealand retains a constitutional link with

in relation to

citizenship Citizenship is a "relationship between an individual and a state to which the individual owes allegiance and in turn is entitled to its protection". Each state determines the conditions under which it will recognize persons as its citizens, and ...

, with people from Niue being citizens of New Zealand. Niue conducts bilateral relations with other countries and interacts with the international community as an independent state. Despite self-rule, New Zealand manages its defence and foreign affairs on Niue's request. Like the

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, however, Niue has begun to establish formal diplomatic relations with

sovereign states A sovereign state or sovereign country, is a political entity represented by one central government that has supreme legitimate authority over territory. International law defines sovereign states as having a permanent population, defined terr ...

. with Niue. China's ambassador to New Zealand, Zhang Limin, is accredited to Niue, and became the first Chinese ambassador to present his credentials there in October 2008.

Diplomatic relations

The following countries have established formal diplomatic relations with Niue.

Oceania

* (27 February 2013) * (2013) * (November 2015 or before) * (9 January 2004 or before) * (2 August 1993) * (1994 or 9 December 2014) * (June 2014 or before) * (11 July 2022)

Europe

* (23 January 2001) * (15 January 2012 or before) * (12 September 2015) * (23 June 2015) * (7 June 2014)

Asia

* (12 December 2007); see China–Niue relations * (30 August 2012); see India–Niue relations * (13 July 2019) * (24 May 2011 or before) * (4 August 2015) * (30 January 1996) * (27 September 2022) * (6 August 2012) * (27 August 2013)

Americas

* (2 September 2016) * (6 July 2021) * (5 September 2014) * (3 July 2020) * In 2022, Joe Biden signaled an intention to recognize the

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and Niue as sovereign states as part of a larger strategy for foreign policy in the Pacific.

International organization participation

* ACP, AOSIS,

ESCAP The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) is one of the five regional commissions under the jurisdiction of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. It was established in order to increase economi ...

(associate),

FAO The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)french: link=no, Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture; it, Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'Alimentazione e l'Agricoltura is an intern ...

, IFAD,

OPCW The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is an intergovernmental organisation and the implementing body for the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which entered into force on 29 April 1997. The OPCW, with its 193 member s ...

Pacific Islands Forum The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) is an inter-governmental organization that aims to enhance cooperation between countries and territories of Oceania, including formation of a trade bloc and regional peacekeeping operations. It was founded in 197 ...

, Sparteca, SPC,

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Commonwealth of Nations The Commonwealth of Nations, simply referred to as the Commonwealth, is a political association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire. The chief institutions of the organisation are the C ...

- Niue is a part of the Commonwealth, but is not a member state, being a dependency of New Zealand, whose Commonwealth membership covers Niue, Cook Islands, and Tokelau, as well as New Zealand itself. * In November 2011, Niue was one of the eight founding members of

Polynesian Leaders Group The Polynesian Leaders Group (PLG) is an international governmental cooperation group bringing together eight independent or self-governing countries or territories in Polynesia. The idea of a Polynesian regional grouping had been discussed for ...

, a regional grouping intended to cooperate on a variety of issues including culture and language, education, responses to climate change, and trade and investment.

Participation in international treaties and conventions

* Biodiversity Convention and its

Cartagena Protocol The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity is an international agreement on biosafety as a supplement to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) effective since 2003. The Biosafety Protocol seeks to prote ...

Cotonou Agreement The Cotonou Agreement is a treaty between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States ("ACP countries"). It was signed in June 2000 in Cotonou, Benin's largest city, by 78 ACP countries (Cuba did not sign) and the t ...

, POPs Project,

UNCCD The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa (UNCCD) is a Convention to combat desertification and mitigate the effects of drought through ...

, UNCLOS,

UNFCCC The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) established an international environmental treaty to combat "dangerous human interference with the climate system", in part by stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations in th ...

and its

Kyoto protocol The Kyoto Protocol was an international treaty which extended the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, based on the scientific consensus that (part ...

Notes

References

External links

Government of Niue

Niue Diplomatic and Consular Corps 2005

Niue Abstracts Part 1 A (General Information)

Niue representatives overseas historical list
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