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[[Niue]] maintains [[diplomacy|diplomatic relations]] with various other countries and multilateral organizations. Since 1974, Niue has been a self-governing state in [[associated state|free association]] with [[New Zealand]]. The [[Monarchy of New Zealand|King in right of New Zealand]] is the head of state of Niue, making Niue part of the [[Realm of New Zealand]].<ref name="MFAT">{{cite web |title=Niue |url=https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/countries-and-regions/australia-and-pacific/niue |publisher=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (New Zealand)|New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Relations]] |access-date=31 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241222194933/https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/countries-and-regions/australia-and-pacific/niue |archive-date=22 December 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==History==
On 19 October 1974, Niue entered into [[associated state|free association]] agreement with New Zealand. Under the [[Niue Constitution Act]], the state would remain part of the [[Realm of New Zealand]] and would recognise the [[Monarchy of New Zealand|Monarch of New Zealand]] as its head of state.
<ref name="Te Ara">{{cite web |last1=Fraenkel |first1=Jon |title=Pacific Islands and New Zealand - Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau and Nauru |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/pacific-islands-and-new-zealand/page-5 |website=Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand |publisher=[[New Zealand Government]] |access-date=31 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715084548/https://teara.govt.nz/en/pacific-islands-and-new-zealand/page-5 |archive-date=15 July 2024 |date=20 June 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> Under the arrangement, New Zealand also retains a constitutional link with [[Niue]] in relation to [[citizenship]], with people from Niue being citizens of New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cookislands.de/index.php?did=cookisstatus.pdf |title=The Cook Islands' unique constitutional and international status |page=9 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104114636/http://www.cookislands.de/index.php?did=cookisstatus.pdf |archive-date=January 4, 2012 }}</ref><ref name="Te Ara" /> Per the Niue Constitution Act, New Zealand provides economic and administrative assistance to Niue as well as assistance in foreign affairs, defence and security at the request of the Niuean Government.<ref name="MFAT" />

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".<ref name=UN>{{cite web |url=http://legal.un.org/repertory/art102/english/rep_supp8_vol6-art102_e_advance.pdf#xml=http://legal.un.org/dtSearch/dtisapi6.dll?cmd=getpdfhits&DocId=1206&Index=D%3a%5csites%5clegal%5crepertory%5cdtSearch%5cIndexes%5cEnglish%2dAnglais%2dIngles%2dRepertory&HitCount=20&hits=1049+104a+105c+105d+107f+1080+1085+1086+10a6+10a7+10bc+10bd+1103+1104+110a+110b+1134+1135+1158+1159+&.pdf |title=Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs Supplement No. 8 |publisher=[[United Nations]] |page=10 |access-date=2015-01-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019223055/http://legal.un.org/repertory/art102/english/rep_supp8_vol6-art102_e_advance.pdf#xml=http://legal.un.org/dtSearch/dtisapi6.dll?cmd=getpdfhits&DocId=1206&Index=D%3a%5csites%5clegal%5crepertory%5cdtSearch%5cIndexes%5cEnglish%2dAnglais%2dIngles%2dRepertory&HitCount=20&hits=1049+104a+105c+105d+107f+1080+1085+1086+10a6+10a7+10bc+10bd+1103+1104+110a+110b+1134+1135+1158+1159+&.pdf |archive-date=2013-10-19 }}</ref> 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".<ref name=UN/>

==Diplomatic relations ==

List of countries with which Niue maintains diplomatic relations:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="3" |[[File:Diplomatic_relations_of_Niue.svg|frameless|425x425px]]
|-
!#
!Country
!Date
|-
|1
|{{Flag|New Zealand}}
|{{dts|2 August 1993}}<ref name="MFAT Heads of Overseas Mission">{{Cite web |title=New Zealand Heads of Overseas Missions - N |url=http://www.mfat.govt.nz/Embassies/3-NZ-Ambassadors/countries-n.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122030143/http://www.mfat.govt.nz/Embassies/3-NZ-Ambassadors/countries-n.php |archive-date=22 January 2009 |access-date=18 November 2023}}</ref>
|-
|2
|{{Flag|Malaysia}}
|{{dts|30 January 1996}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Senarai tarikh penubuhan hubungan diplomatik Malaysia dan negara - negara luar |url=https://www.data.gov.my/data/dataset/30411e5d-8c25-47fb-940e-0d51149afe20/resource/fc684f56-c8bb-4f65-ab65-8eb5e68c9b5d/download/01-tarikh-penubuhan-hubungan-diplomatik-malaysia.xlsx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113141021/https://www.data.gov.my/data/dataset/30411e5d-8c25-47fb-940e-0d51149afe20/resource/fc684f56-c8bb-4f65-ab65-8eb5e68c9b5d/download/01-tarikh-penubuhan-hubungan-diplomatik-malaysia.xlsx |archive-date=13 November 2021 |access-date=13 November 2021 |language=ms}}</ref>
|-
|3
|{{Flag|China}}
|{{dts|12 December 2007}}<ref name="Xinhua 12 Dec 2007">{{cite web |date=2007-12-12 |title=China, Niue establish diplomatic ties |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/12/content_7236556.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012153105/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/12/content_7236556.htm |archive-date=October 12, 2012 |access-date=2014-08-03 |agency=[[Xinhua News Agency]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2007-12-12 |title=Full text of joint communique on the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Niue |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/12/content_7236560.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212547/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/12/content_7236560.htm |archive-date=2016-03-03 |access-date=2014-08-03 |agency=[[Xinhua News Agency]]}}</ref>
|-
|4
|{{Flag|Singapore}}
|{{dts|6 August 2012}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Pacific Islands |url=http://www.mfa.gov.sg/content/mfa/countries_and_region/oceania/the_pacific_islands.printable.html?status=1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727041138/http://www.mfa.gov.sg/content/mfa/countries_and_region/oceania/the_pacific_islands.printable.html?status=1 |archive-date=2014-07-27 |access-date=2014-07-27 |publisher=Ministry of External Affairs of Singapore}}"Singapore established bilateral relations with Niue and Cook Islands on 6 August 2012"</ref>
|-
|5
|{{Flag|India}}
|{{dts|30 August 2012}}<ref>{{cite web |date=2012-09-04 |title=India establishes Diplomatic Relations with Niue |url=http://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/20452/India+establishes+Diplomatic+Relations+with+Niue |access-date=2012-12-19 |publisher=Ministry of External Affairs of India}}</ref>
|-
|6
|{{Flag|Thailand}}
|{{dts|27 August 2013}}<ref>{{cite web |date=2013-08-27 |title=Press Releases : Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between Thailand and Niue |url=http://www.mfa.go.th/main/en/media-center/14/38301-Establishment-of-Diplomatic-Relations-between-Thai.html |access-date=2014-07-27 |publisher=Ministry of External Affairs of Thailand}}</ref>
|-
|—
|{{Flag|Cook Islands}}
|{{dts|2013}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Pacific Relations |url=http://www.mfai.gov.ck/index.php/foreign-affairs/pacific/67-pacific-relations.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706222033/http://www.mfai.gov.ck/index.php/foreign-affairs/pacific/67-pacific-relations.html |archive-date=2014-07-06 |access-date=2014-08-03 |publisher=Cook Islands Government}}</ref>
|-
|7
|{{Flag|Australia}}
|{{dts|27 February 2014}}<ref>{{cite web |year=2014 |title=Niue country brief |url=https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/niue/niue_brief.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140829123900/http://dfat.gov.au/geo/niue/niue_brief.html |archive-date=2014-08-29 |access-date=2015-01-26 |publisher=[[Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia)|Australian Government, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade]]}}</ref>
|-
|8
|{{Flag|Turkey}}
|{{dts|7 June 2014}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Foreign Minister Davutoğlu "In the last six years, we have taken significant steps to strengthen our relations with Pacific Island States" |publisher=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Turkey)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey]] |url=http://www.mfa.gov.tr/foreign-minister-davutoglu-in-the-last-six-years-we-have-taken-significant.en.mfa |url-status=dead |access-date=2014-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140615041055/http://www.mfa.gov.tr/foreign-minister-davutoglu-in-the-last-six-years-we-have-taken-significant.en.mfa |archive-date=2014-06-15}}"Joint Declaration concerning the establishment of diplomatic relations between Turkey and Niue, ...were signed."</ref>
|-
|9
|{{Flag|Cuba}}
|{{dts|5 September 2014}}<ref>{{cite web |date=2014-09-05 |title=Cuba and Niue establish diplomatic relations |url=http://www.cuba-l.com/cuba-and-niue-establish-diplomatic-relations/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907095832/http://www.cuba-l.com/cuba-and-niue-establish-diplomatic-relations/ |archive-date=2014-09-07 |access-date=2014-09-12 |publisher=Cuba-L Direct}}</ref>
|-
|10
|{{Flag|Papua New Guinea}}
|{{dts|9 December 2014}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 December 2014 |title=Niue establish diplomatic relations with PNG |url=http://www.pina.com.fj/?p=pacnews&m=read&o=9338244115499f3c0f34f8df0b4d92 |access-date=2 December 2023 |archive-date=29 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229035241/http://www.pina.com.fj/?p=pacnews&m=read&o=9338244115499f3c0f34f8df0b4d92 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
|-
|—
|{{Flag|Kosovo}}
|{{dts|23 June 2015}}<ref name="Visoka2">{{cite book |author1=Gëzim Visoka |title=Acting Like a State: Kosovo and the Everyday Making of Statehood |date=2018 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781138285330 |location=Abingdon |pages=219–221}}</ref>
|-
|11
|{{Flag|Japan}}
|{{dts|4 August 2015}}<ref>{{cite web |date=2015-08-10 |title=Niue Establish Diplomatic Relations with Japan |url=http://www.niuegov-premiersoffice.com/uploads/3/1/8/2/31826071/niue_establish_diplomatic_relations_with_japan_pr23.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928073927/http://www.niuegov-premiersoffice.com/uploads/3/1/8/2/31826071/niue_establish_diplomatic_relations_with_japan_pr23.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-28 |access-date=2015-08-19 |publisher=Government of Niue}}</ref>
|-
|12
|{{Flag|Italy}}
|{{dts|12 September 2015}}<ref>{{cite web |date=2015-09-21 |title=Niue Establish Diplomatic Relations with Italy |url=http://www.niuegov-premiersoffice.com/uploads/3/1/8/2/31826071/niue_establish_diplomatic_relations_with_italy.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929004016/http://www.niuegov-premiersoffice.com/uploads/3/1/8/2/31826071/niue_establish_diplomatic_relations_with_italy.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-29 |access-date=2015-10-03 |publisher=Government of Niue}}</ref>
|-
|13
|{{Flag|Brazil}}
|{{dts|2 September 2016}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Randig |first=Rodrigo Wiese |date=2017 |title=Argentina, primeiro país a reconhecer a independência do Brasil |url=https://www.gov.br/mre/pt-br/media/artigo-argentina.pdf |access-date=16 September 2023 |page=524 |language=pt}}</ref>
|-
|14
|{{Flag|Indonesia}}
|{{dts|12 July 2019}}<ref>{{cite news |date=12 July 2019 |title=Indonesia Buka Hubungan Diplomatik dengan Niue dan Kepulauan Cook |url=https://news.detik.com/berita/d-4621706/indonesia-buka-hubungan-diplomatik-dengan-niue-dan-kepulauan-cook |work=detikNews |access-date=2 January 2025 |lang=id}}</ref>
|-
|15
|{{Flag|Peru}}
|{{dts|3 July 2020}}<ref>{{cite news |date=3 July 2020 |title=El Perú y Niue establecen relaciones diplomáticas |language=es |work=Government of Peru |url=https://www.gob.pe/institucion/rree/noticias/192022-el-peru-y-niue-establecen-relaciones-diplomaticas |access-date=8 September 2020}}</ref>
|-
|16
|{{Flag|Chile}}
|{{dts|6 July 2021}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 July 2021 |title=We are pleased to announce that the Ambassador of Chile and the High Commissioner of Niue, Mr. Fisa Igilisi Pihigia, signed today the "Joint Statement Concerning the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between Niue and the Republic of Chile". |url=https://twitter.com/EmbChileNZ/status/1412252462879154180 |access-date=6 July 2021}}</ref>
|-
|17
|{{Flag|Tuvalu}}
|{{dts|11 July 2022}}<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Pacific |url=https://dfa.gov.tv/index.php/pacific/ |access-date=9 August 2022 |archive-date=9 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809163336/https://dfa.gov.tv/index.php/pacific/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|18
|{{Flag|Philippines}}
|{{dts|27 September 2022}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=27 September 2022 |title=Niue and the Republic of the Philippines establish diplomatic relations |url=https://www.gov.nu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/27-sep-media-release-gon-niue-signs-diplomatic-relations-with-philippines-final-.pdf |access-date=2 December 2023}}</ref>
|-
|19
|{{Flag|South Korea}}
|{{dts|29 May 2023}}<ref>{{cite web |date=2023-05-29 |title=S. Korea establishes diplomatic ties with Pacific island nation of Niue |url=https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20230529001100325?section=search |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=Yonhap News Agency}}</ref>
|-
|20
|{{Flag|Israel}}
|{{dts|1 August 2023}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 August 2023 |title=Niue formalises diplomatic relations with Israel |url=https://tvniue.com/2023/08/niue-formalises-diplomatic-relations-with-israel/ |access-date=3 August 2023}}</ref>
|-
|21
|{{Flag|Switzerland}}
|{{dts|9 August 2023}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 August 2023 |title=Switzerland is expanding its network in the PacificIslands. |url=https://twitter.com/ignaziocassis/status/1689173190893834240 |access-date=9 August 2023}}</ref>
|-
|22
|{{Flag|Canada}}
|{{dts|12 September 2023}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 September 2023 |title=Niue Formalises Diplomatic Relations With The Government Of Canada |url=https://www.gov.nu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/media-release-niue-formalizes-diplomatic-relations-with-the-government-of-canada.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230921193926/https://www.gov.nu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/media-release-niue-formalizes-diplomatic-relations-with-the-government-of-canada.pdf |archive-date=21 September 2023 |access-date=25 September 2023}}</ref>
|-
|23
|{{Flag|United States}}
|{{dts|25 September 2023}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 September 2023 |title=On the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations Between the United States and Niue |url=https://www.state.gov/on-the-establishment-of-diplomatic-relations-between-the-united-states-and-niue/ |access-date=25 September 2023}}</ref>
|-
|24
|{{Flag|Fiji}}
|{{dts|7 November 2023}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 November 2023 |title=Government of Niue established diplomatic relations with the Government of the Republic of Fiji |url=https://www.facebook.com/niue.secgov/posts/pfbid02kNgxgMbtpXNhzztR7CVEiMLr9zzTSxThquDMDoM8McGfL2aBzN6CRnhNPX4C2ewJl |access-date=14 November 2023 |website=Office of the Secretary of Government NIUE}}</ref>
|-
|25
|{{Flag|Marshall Islands}}
|{{DTS|26 August 2024}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 August 2024 |title=Government of Niue establishes diplomatic relations with the Republic of the Marshall Islands |url=https://www.facebook.com/niue.secgov/posts/pfbid02G4Sdm4dhfU4kp8Wor427xwUPoADBf242KdNNPb3RKGPogsbb2FScdtFRsHpkYoRAl |access-date=31 August 2024 |website=Office of the Secretary of Government NIUE on Facebook}}</ref>
|}

=== Other ===
==== Oceania ====
* {{Flag|Nauru}} (9 January 2004 or before)<ref>{{Cite web|title=NAURU, Foreign Affairs, Diplomatic Relations |url=http://www.un.int/nauru/foreignaffairs.html |publisher=Permanent Mission to the UN of Republic of Nauru |date=2004-01-09 |access-date=2015-05-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141004083335/http://www.un.int/nauru/foreignaffairs.html |archive-date=October 4, 2014 }}</ref>
* {{Flag|Samoa}} (June 2014 or before)<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 10, 2014 |title=Niue signs Diplomatic relations with Turkey |url=http://www.gov.nu/wb/media/Premier%20Talagi%20Press%20Releases/Diplomatic%20relations%20with%20Turkey%20Press%20Release%20%2328.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126091733/http://www.gov.nu/wb/media/Premier%20Talagi%20Press%20Releases/Diplomatic%20relations%20with%20Turkey%20Press%20Release%20%2328.pdf |archive-date=26 January 2016 |access-date=14 November 2023 |website=Government of Niue Office of the Premier}}</ref>

==== Europe ====
* {{Flag|France}} (15 January 2012 or before)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ambafrance-nz.org/-Autres-pays-d-accreditation- |title=Autres pays d'accréditation |access-date=2015-06-26 |language=French |publisher=Embassy of France in Wellington |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150421184129/http://www.ambafrance-nz.org/-Autres-pays-d-accreditation- |archive-date=2015-04-21 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ambafrance-nz.org/-Countries-Accredited-to-Embassy- | title = Accredited Countries | publisher = Embassy of France in Wellington | date = | access-date = 2015-01-04 }}</ref>

==Bilateral relations==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;"
|-
! style="width:15%;"| Country
! style="width:12%;"| Formal Relations Began
!Notes
|- valign="top"
|{{Flag|Australia}} ||2013<ref name="DFAT country brief">{{cite web |title=Niue country brief |url=https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/niue/niue-country-brief |publisher=[[Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade]] |access-date=31 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007140313/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/niue/niue-country-brief |archive-date=7 October 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> ||
*Between 2013 and 2020, the Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand was accredited to Niue. In August 2020, Australia established a High Commission in [[Alofi]] with a residential High Commissioner<ref name="DFAT country brief" />
|-
|{{Flag|China}} || 2007<ref name="Xinhua 12 Dec 2007" /> ||{{Main|China–Niue relations}}
*China's Ambassador to New Zealand, Zhang Limin, who was accredited to Niue, and became the first Chinese ambassador to present his credentials there in October 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/18/content_10215471.htm |title=China's first ambassador to Niue presents credential to Niue PM |agency=[[Xinhua News Agency]] |date=2008-10-18 |access-date=2014-08-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131116105311/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/18/content_10215471.htm |archive-date=2013-11-16 }}</ref>
|-
|{{Flag|India}} || 2010<ref name="MEA India">{{cite web |date=4 September 2012 |title=India establishes Diplomatic Relations with Niue |url=http://mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/20452/India+establishes+Diplomatic+Relations+with+Niue |access-date=22 April 2017 |website=Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India |language=en |location=New Delhi}}</ref> ||{{Main|India–Niue relations}}
*India and Niue established diplomatic relations on 30 August 2010, when Minister of State for External Affairs [[E. Ahamed]] and [[Premier of Niue|Niuean Premier]] [[Toke Talagi]] signed a Joint Communique formalizing relations on the sidelines of the 2010 [[Pacific Islands Forum]] (PIF) meeting.<ref>{{cite web |title=India establishes diplomatic relations with Niue |url=https://in.news.yahoo.com/india-establishes-diplomatic-relations-niue-072957157.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423071112/https://in.news.yahoo.com/india-establishes-diplomatic-relations-niue-072957157.html |archive-date=23 April 2017 |access-date=22 April 2017 |website=Yahoo! News |language=en-IN |agency=ANI}}</ref><ref name="MEA India" />
|-
|{{Flag|New Zealand}}||1993<ref name="MFAT Heads of Overseas Mission" />|| {{Main|New Zealand–Niue relations}}
*Niue is represented by a High Commission in New Zealand.<ref name="MFAT" />
*New Zealand is represented by a High Commission in Niue.<ref name="MFAT" />
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}||''N/A''||See [[Foreign relations of the United Kingdom]]

Niue has not established [[Foreign relations of the United Kingdom|diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom]]; the UK does not recognise Niue to be a sovereign nation.
*Niue does not maintain an embassy in the United Kingdom.
*The United Kingdom is not accredited to Niue through an embassy; the UK develops relations through its [[High Commission of the United Kingdom, Wellington|high commission]] in [[Wellington]], New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-high-commission-wellington|title=British High Commission Wellington|website=[[gov.uk|GOV.UK]]|access-date=19 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118103947/https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-high-commission-wellington|archive-date=18 January 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

The UK governed [[Niue]] from 1900–1901, when Niue was transferred to New Zealand.
|-
|{{Flag|United States}} || 2023<ref name="cnn.com">{{cite web | url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/25/politics/new-us-diplomatic-relations/index.html | title=US recognizes Cook Islands and Niue as independent states &#124; CNN Politics | website=[[CNN]] | date=September 25, 2023}}</ref> ||
The United States established diplomatic relations with Niue on 25 September 2023.<ref name="cnn.com" />
|}

==International organization participation==

{{Incomplete list|date=February 2011}}
* [[African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States|ACP]], [[Alliance of Small Island States|AOSIS]], [[United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific|ESCAP]] (associate), [[Food and Agriculture Organization|FAO]], [[International Fund for Agricultural Development|IFAD]], [[Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons|OPCW]], [[Pacific Islands Forum]], [[Sparteca]], [[Secretariat of the Pacific Community|SPC]], [[UNESCO]], [[World Health Organization|WHO]], [[World Meteorological Organization|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.<ref name="scoop">{{cite news|last1=Andrews|first1=John|title=NZ may be invited to join proposed 'Polynesian Triangle' ginger group|url=http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2011/09/nz-may-be-invited-to-join-proposed-polynesian-triangle-ginger-group/|access-date=20 November 2011|agency=Pacific Scoop News|publisher=Scoop News|date=19 September 2011}}</ref><ref name="RNZI">{{cite news|title=New Polynesian Leaders Group formed in Samoa|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/200981/new-polynesian-leaders-group-formed-in-samoa|access-date=20 November 2011|agency=Radio New Zealand|date=19 November 2011}}</ref><ref name="Savali">{{cite news |title=American Samoa joins Polynesian Leaders Group, MOU signed |url=https://www.samoanews.com/american-samoa-joins-poly-leaders-group-mou-signed |access-date=24 November 2020 |work=Samoa News |agency=Savalii |date=20 November 2011}}</ref>

==Participation in international treaties and conventions==

* [[Biodiversity Convention]] and its [[Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety|Cartagena Protocol]], [[Cotonou Agreement]], [[Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants|POPs Project]], [[United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification|UNCCD]], [[United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea|UNCLOS]], [[United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change|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==

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== External links ==

* [http://www.gov.nu Government of Niue]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121112082238/https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache%3AQuqXCNyaKuUJ%3Awww.niue.de%2Ffiles%2Fniue_diplomatic_corps.pdf+European+Commission+delegation+accreditations+to+Niue&hl=en&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESghkoxCpJiuKuZhzaWjpEdhIl4mhwKnAZL6JiFHjjKfbQrMEt8fegnaM74lBvhyObGp9M5IPlahpbM2WpPU8WfGifJLfsTsJm2tVo38htfYGplBnfIP_ZwR-5hGF3I8w468XeIu&sig=AHIEtbQPrn6f50-E4Oerlsx2WJJTlQQj-w Niue Diplomatic and Consular Corps 2005]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160121015618/http://www.niue.de/index.php?did=niueabstracts.pdf Niue Abstracts Part 1 A (General Information)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160121002715/http://www.niue.de/index.php?did=niue_representatives_overseas_historical_list.pdf Niue representatives overseas historical list]

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