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Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands

The Cook Islands maintains diplomatic relations with various countries and is a member of multilateral organisations.

While the country is in free association with New Zealand, which can act on the Cook Islands' "delegated authority [...] to assist the Cooks Islands" in foreign affairs, the Cook Islands nevertheless enters into treaty obligations and otherwise "interacts with the international community as a sovereign and independent state."

History

In the 1980s the Cook Islands became a member of several United Nations specialized agencies: the World Health Organization in 1984, the Food and Agriculture Organization and UNESCO in 1985, and the International Civil Aviation Organization in 1986. The Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs records that in 1988 New Zealand declared "that its future participation in international agreements would no longer extend to the Cook Islands..." In 1991 the Cook Islands became a full member of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) Preparatory Committee and the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Framework Convention on Climate Change (INC), which the Repertory of Practice describes as "further evidence that the international community had accepted the Cook Islands as a “State” under international law." The United Nations Secretariat therefore "recognized the full treaty-making capacity of the Cook Islands" in 1992 and the Secretary-General, in his capacity as the depository of multilateral treaties, decided that the Cook Islands could participate in treaties that were open to "all states".

Diplomatic relations

List of countries with which the Cook Islands maintains diplomatic relations:

Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands 
# Country Date
1 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Norway 18 July 1991
2 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Malaysia 2 May 1992
3 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  New Zealand 1993
4 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Australia 1994
5 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Nauru 1994
6 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Portugal 12 August 1995
7 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Papua New Guinea 1995
8 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  South Africa 9 February 1996
9 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Iran 1996
10 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  China 25 July 1997
11 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  United Kingdom 4 December 1997
12 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Spain 29 January 1998
13 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  India May 1998
14 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Fiji 14 July 1998
— Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Holy See 29 April 1999
15 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  France 19 October 1999
16 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Germany 11 September 2001
17 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Cuba 2 September 2002
18 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  East Timor 2002
19 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Jamaica 14 May 2003
20 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Italy 9 October 2003
21 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Belgium 6 April 2005
22 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Thailand 24 May 2005
23 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Israel April 2008
24 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Czech Republic 12 May 2008
25 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Turkey 20 October 2008
26 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands   Switzerland 7 March 2011
27 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Japan 16 June 2011
28 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Netherlands 16 August 2011
29 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Philippines 12 December 2011
30 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Singapore 6 August 2012
31 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  South Korea 12 February 2013
32 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Samoa 30 August 2013
33 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Tuvalu August 2013
34 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Solomon Islands 1 September 2013
35 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Kiribati 3 September 2013
36 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Marshall Islands 3 September 2013
37 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Palau 3 September 2013
— Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Niue 2013
38 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Vanuatu 2013
39 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Federated States of Micronesia 24 September 2014
40 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Tonga 18 November 2014
— Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Kosovo 28 May 2015
41 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Brazil 21 August 2015
42 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Chile 3 August 2016
43 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Peru September 2017
44 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Malta 6 October 2017
45 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Iceland 13 October 2017
46 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Antigua and Barbuda 9 November 2017
47 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  United Arab Emirates 5 August 2018
48 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Estonia 25 August 2018
49 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Hungary 20 September 2018
50 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Greece 20 October 2018
51 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Indonesia 12 July 2019
52 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Kuwait 8 December 2021
53 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Vietnam 26 April 2022
54 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Ireland 21 November 2022
55 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Saudi Arabia 11 April 2023
56 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Canada 20 May 2023
57 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  United States 25 September 2023
58 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Ghana 8 November 2023
59 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Mexico 21 November 2023
60 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Panama 8 March 2024
61 Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  Bangladesh 11 April 2024

Bilateral relations

Country Formal Relations Began Notes
Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands  New Zealand 1993
  • The Cook Islands maintains a High Commission in Wellington and a Consul-General in Auckland.
  • New Zealand maintains a High Commission in Rarotonga.
  • In April 2024, the New Zealand Government confirmed it was tracking the Cook Islands's proposed Tainted Cryptocurrency Recovery Bill and discussing the issue with Cook Islands officials. The controversial legislation proposed allowing recovery agents to use various means to investigate and find cryptocurrency that may have been used for illegal purposes. University of Otago political scientist Professor Robert Patman said the proposed legislation could have implications for New Zealand's constitutional arrangements with the Cook Islands.

Consular relations

The following countries have established consular relations with the Cook Islands only.

International organisation participation

Foreign Relations Of The Cook Islands 
43rd Pacific Islands Forum, in the Cook Islands, 28.8.-1.9.2012

Participation in international treaties and conventions

See also

Notes

References

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