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New Flags Flying - Pacific Leaders Remember

Part 10 tuvalu

Significant events since independence

1979 Treaty of Friendship formally ends US claims to Funafuti, Nukufetau, Nukulaelae and Niulakita islands.

1987 NZ, Australia, Britain, Japan, Korea and Tuvalu contribute to Tuvalu Trust Fund.

1990s Tuvalu begins selling internet domain rights to “.tv”.

2000 Tuvalu becomes 189th member of the United Nations.

2006 Smaller Island States Unit established by Pacific Islands Forum to serve Cook Islands, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau and Tuvalu.

2008 Prime Minister Apisai Ielimia addresses UN General Assembly on Tuvalu's vulnerability to the consequences of climate change.