Niue maintains diplomatic relations with various other countries and multilateral organizations.

Niue is an island country in the Pacific Ocean in a state of free association with New Zealand. The King in right of New Zealand is the head of state of Niue - as such Niue is part of the Realm of New Zealand.

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". ^[1] Niue was granted membership of UNESCO in 1993 and the World Health Organization in 1994. Also in 1994, the United Nations Secretariat "recognized the full treaty-making capacity ... of Niue". ^[1]

New Zealand retains a constitutional link with Niue in relation to citizenship, with people from Niue being citizens of New Zealand. ^[2]

Niue conducts bilateral relations with other countries and interacts with the international community as an independent state. ^[3]

Despite self-rule, New Zealand manages its defence and foreign affairs on Niue's request. Like the Cook Islands, however, Niue has begun to establish formal diplomatic relations with sovereign states. As of September 2016, 20 other states maintain diplomatic relations 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. ^[4]

Diplomatic relations

List of countries with which Niue maintains diplomatic relations:

#	Country	Date
1	New Zealand	2 August 1993 [5]
2	Malaysia	30 January 1996 [6]
3	China	12 December 2007 [7] [8]
4	Singapore	6 August 2012 [9]
5	India	30 August 2012 [10]
6	Thailand	27 August 2013 [11]
—	Cook Islands	2013 [12]
7	Australia	27 February 2014 [13]
8	Turkey	7 June 2014 [14]
9	Cuba	5 September 2014 [15]
10	Papua New Guinea	9 December 2014 [16]
—	Kosovo	23 June 2015 [17]
11	Japan	4 August 2015 [18]
12	Italy	12 September 2015 [19]
13	Brazil	2 September 2016 [20]
14	Indonesia	13 July 2019 [21]
15	Peru	3 July 2020 [22]
16	Chile	6 July 2021 [23]
17	Tuvalu	11 July 2022 [24]
18	Philippines	27 September 2022 [25]
19	South Korea	29 May 2023 [26]
20	Israel	1 August 2023 [27]
21	Switzerland	9 August 2023 [28]
22	Canada	12 September 2023 [29]
23	United States	25 September 2023 [30]
24	Fiji	7 November 2023 [31]

Other

Oceania

•   Nauru (9 January 2004 or before) ^[32]
•   Samoa (June 2014 or before) ^[33]

Europe

•   France (15 January 2012 or before) ^{[34] [35]}

International organization participation

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2011)

• ACP, AOSIS, ESCAP (associate), FAO, IFAD, OPCW, Pacific Islands Forum, Sparteca, SPC, UNESCO, WHO, WMO
• Commonwealth of Nations - 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, a regional grouping intended to cooperate on a variety of issues including culture and language, education, responses to climate change, and trade and investment. ^{[36] [37] [38]}

Participation in international treaties and conventions

• Biodiversity Convention and its Cartagena Protocol, Cotonou Agreement, POPs Project, UNCCD, UNCLOS, UNFCCC and its Kyoto protocol

See also

• List of diplomatic missions of Niue
• List of diplomatic missions in Niue
• Foreign relations of the Cook Islands
• Foreign relations of New Zealand
• Politics of Niue

References

External links

• Government of Niue
• Niue Diplomatic and Consular Corps 2005
• Niue Abstracts Part 1 A (General Information)
• Niue representatives overseas historical list