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. It consequently cannot support anything but the barest diplomatic network.
General Aspects
Tuvalu has only six diplomatic missions abroad: a High Commission in Suva, Fiji,, its office at the United Nations, an embassy in the Republic of China, a High Commission in Wellington, New Zealand, an embassy to the United Arab Emirates in Abu Dhabi. and a High Commission in Canberra, Australia.Tuvalu established an embassy in Brussels, Belgium, home city of the European Union headquarters, 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, Tokyo, Kaohsiung, Basel, Singapore, Hamburg, Seoul and in the Tuvalu House in London.
Asia
Europe
- * Brussels
Oceania
- * Canberra
- * Suva
- * Wellington
Multilateral organisations
Permanent Representative of Tuvalu to the United Nations
- Enele Sopoaga was Tuvalu's first permanent representative to the United Nations, taking up his post on 3 July 2001. to 2006)
- Afelee F. Pita took up his post on 19 December 2006. to December 2012)
- Aunese Simati took up his post on 20 December 2012. to July 2017)
- Samuelu Laloniu took up his post on 21 July 2017. He also presented his credentials as Tuvalu's ambassador to the United States on 21 July 2017.
- Dr. Tapugao Falefou took up his post on 13 February 2023. He later presented his credentials as Tuvalu's ambassador to the United States.