Relations between Tuvalu and Cuba are recent, having developed in the 2000s ( decade ).

Since its independence in 1978, Tuvalu had been a special member of the Commonwealth, but without having any voting rights in the organization that brings together 54 countries which were former colonies of Britain.

More recently, his reputation having been redeemed from the circumstances of his resignation as Prime Minister, he was the Governor-General of Tuvalu, representing the monarch as head of state, from October 1, 1990 through December 1, 1993.

Louis Becke after having worked and travelled in the Pacific from 1869 to 1885 uses papalagi to mean a white person in stories set in what is now Tuvalu, The Rangers of the Tia Kua, Kennedy the Boatsteerer in which appears " The last native girl who occupied the proud position of Te avaga te papalagi ( the white man's wife ) was a native of the island of Maraki "; Samoa, A Basket of Bread-Fruit, At a Kava-Drinking in which appears " alii papalagi ( white gentleman )" and " this wandering papalagi tafea ( beachcomber )", The Best Asset in a Fool ’ s Estate in which appears “ the papalagi mativa ( poor white )”; and the Tokelau, Challis the Doubter.

Unlike some flags of Pacific nations ( e. g., that of Tuvalu ), Nauru's flag has evoked little controversy.

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Depending on individual constitutional arrangements, the reforms now need to be approved by parliaments of most of the realms, however, in some realms such as Papua New Guinea and Tuvalu, the reforms do not require direct legislation and will become automatic once the changes are implemented in the United Kingdom.

* something to do with the Oceanian island nation of Tuvalu ; see Tuvalu

The southernmost chain is the Austral Islands, with its northerly trending part the atolls in the nation of Tuvalu.

This article is about the ways people in Tuvalu can communicate with one another.

The distribution of atolls around the globe is instructive: most of the world's atolls are in the Pacific Ocean ( with concentrations in the Tuamotu Islands, Caroline Islands, Marshall Islands, Coral Sea Islands, and the island groups of Kiribati, Tuvalu and Tokelau ) and Indian Ocean ( the Atolls of the Maldives, the Laccadive Islands, the Chagos Archipelago and the Outer Islands of the Seychelles ).

Tuvaluans are a Polynesian people with the origins of the people of Tuvalu addressed in the theories regarding migration into the Pacific that began about 3000 years ago.

The pattern of settlement that is believed to have occurred is that the Polynesians spread out from the Samoan Islands into the Tuvaluan atolls, with Tuvalu providing a stepping stone to migration into the Polynesian outlier communities in Melanesia and Micronesia.

Over time the number of competing trading companies diminished, beginning with Ruge ’ s bankruptcy in 1888 followed by the withdrawal of the DHPG from trading in Tuvalu in 1889 / 90.

From 1900 the numbers of palagi traders in Tuvalu declined, with the last of the palagi traders being Fred Whibley on Niutao and Alfred Restieaux on Nukufetau.

Tuvalu became fully independent in 1978 and in 1979 signed a treaty of friendship with the United States, which recognized Tuvalu's possession of four small islands formerly claimed by the United States.

The stars represent the nine islands which comprise Tuvalu ; the arrangement is geographically correct, with the east towards the top ( i. e. north to the left ).

Earth Day 2007 was one of the largest Earth Days to date, with an estimated billion people participating in the activities in thousands of places like Kiev, Ukraine ; Caracas, Venezuela ; Tuvalu ; Manila, Philippines ; Togo ; Madrid, Spain ; London ; and New York.

In Tonga, Seventh Day Adventists ( who usually observe seventh-day Sabbath ) observe Sabbath on an official Sunday due to an anomaly in the International Date Line which places the line east of Tonga ; as Tonga lies east of the meridian of 180 ° longitude, Sunday as observed in Tonga ( as with Kiribati, Samoa, and parts of Fiji and Tuvalu ) is considered for this purpose to be the same day as Saturday observed in most other places.

Over a period of 40 years, from the mid-19th century to the early 20th century, labor for the sugar cane fields of Queensland, Australia included an element of coercive recruitment and indentured servitude, of the 62, 000 South Sea Islanders ( from Melanesia, mainly the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, with a small number from the Polynesian and Micronesian islands such as Samoa, Kiribati and Tuvalu ).

At the same time, given China's long-term shared interests with the people of Tuvalu and the strong wish of the Pacific States to admit that country, his delegation would not block the recommendation.

Tuvalu notably played an active role in the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, attracting media and public attention with a proposed protocol which would have imposed deeper, legally binding emission cuts, including on developing nations.

While Tuvalu is not currently a member of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, it has observer status with admission and recognition still pending.

Finally, as with many other nations in Oceania, Tuvalu is not a member of Interpol or of the International Hydrographic Organization.

The only nation with a resident embassy in Tuvalu is the Republic of China ( Taiwan ).

Australia has strong ties with Tuvalu.

Australia was ( along with New Zealand and the United Kingdom ) one of the three founding donating countries to the Tuvalu Trust Fund.

The United Kingdom has shown a continuing interest in the welfare of Tuvalu and was ( along with New Zealand and Australia ) one of the three founding donating countries to the Tuvalu Trust Fund.

Through French Polynesia, France shares a sea border with Tuvalu, and Tuvalu maintains very strong relations with France, cooperating in France's environmental efforts and maintaining close ties with French positions in votes in the United Nations.

Like other countries in Oceania, Tuvalu is a beneficiary of Cuban medical aid ; bilateral relations between Funafuti and Havana must be viewed within the scope of Cuba's regional policy in Oceania.

We want the islands of Tuvalu and our nation to remain permanently and not be submerged as a result of greed and uncontrolled consumption of industrialized countries.

Because there are no political parties in Tuvalu, any member of Parliament can be nominated for the role.

The office of Prime Minister was established when Tuvalu gained independence in 1978, although the post is sometimes considered to be a continuation of the earlier office of Chief Minister, which was created in 1975.

Speakers are thought to be descendants of people from Tuvalu.

The Polynesians are believed to be descendants of people from northern Tuvalu.

reported that members from the island state of Tuvalu interrupted a session on 10-December-2009 to demand that global temperature rise be limited to 1. 5 degrees instead of the proposed 2 degrees.

Examples: Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Tuvalu, and also the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Ontario and British Columbia, and the American state of Hawaii ; see commons: Flags based on British ensigns.

AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 ( 2004 )-Same radio station, TMC ( Tuvalu Media Cooperation ) broadcasts on both AM and FM.

The UAE and Tuvalu established diplomatic relations on 31 March 2010.

Tuvalu became fully independent within the Commonwealth on October 1, 1978.

Tuvalu is on the western boundary of the Polynesian Triangle so that the northern islands of Tuvalu, particularly Nui have links to Micronesians from Kiribati.

In May 1819, Captain Arent de Peyster ( or Peyter ) of New York, as captain of the armed brigantine or privateer Rebecca, sailing under British colours, while on a voyage from Valparaíso to India, passed through the southern Tuvalu waters ; de Peyster sighted Nukufetau and Funafuti, which he named Ellice's Island after an English Politician, Edward Ellice, the Member of Parliament for Coventry and the owner of the Rebecca's cargo.

Following 1819 whalers were roving the Pacific though visiting Tuvalu only infrequently because of the difficulties of landing ships on the atolls.

Peruvian slave raiders (" blackbirders ") seeking workers to mine the guano deposits on the Chincha Islands in Peru, combed the Pacific between 1862 and 1865, including the southern islands of Tuvalu.

A. W. Murray, the earliest European missionary in Tuvalu, reported that in 1863 about 180 people were taken from Funafuti and about 200 were taken from Nukulaelae as there were fewer than 100 of the 300 recorded in 1861 as living on Nukulaelae.

Henderson and Macfarlane then dominated the copra trade, operating their vessel SS Archer to call on islands in Fiji, Tuvalu, and Kiribati.

The atolls of Tuvalu acted as a staging post during the preparation for the Battle of Tarawa and the Battle of Makin that commenced on 20 November 1943, which was the implementation of operation ' Galvanic '.

Tuvalu is also requesting that Australia welcome part of its population on a permanent basis if and when they become climate refugees due to rising sea levels.

Sopoanga was elected Prime Minister of Tuvalu by MPs on 2 August 2002 after the general election in which previous prime minister Koloa Talake lost his seat.

Following Tuvaluan delegate Ian Fry's " tear-jerking that prompted wild applause among the crowded Copenhagen conference floor ", The Australian ’ s political editor commented that Tuvalu was " no longer small fry on the world stage ".

In November 2011, Tuvalu 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.

Additionally, regular commercial boat service to Tuvalu is primarily through Fiji ( although one provider also goes on to Tarawa in Kiribati as well ).

Tuvalu established diplomatic relations with Russia on 25 September 2011.

He went on to command HMFS Kula, and spent four months in 1984 in the markings of the Exclusive Economic Zones of Tonga, Tuvalu, and Kiribati.

The office has existed since Tuvalu was granted independence from the United Kingdom, on October 1, 1978.