List of diplomatic missions of the Cook Islands explained

This article lists the diplomatic missions of the Cook Islands. The Cook Islands is a self governing state in free association with New Zealand,^[1] . The Cook Islands has three diplomatic missions abroad (a High Commission in Wellington, a Consulate in Auckland, and a High Commission in Suva, Fiji.^[2] It has previously had a High Commission in Canberra and an Embassy in Brussels. The High Commission to New Zealand has multiple accreditations. The Cook Islands also has a number of honorary consulates.

Oceania

• Wellington (High Commission)
• Auckland (Consulate-General)
• Suva (High Commission)

Multilateral organizations

• Lancaster (Permanent Mission to the International Maritime Organization)^[3]
• Thoiry (Permanent Delegation to UNESCO)^[4]
• Avarua (Non-Resident Mission to the European Union)

See also

• Foreign relations of the Cook Islands
• List of diplomatic missions in the Cook Islands

External links

• Cook Islands Foreign Affairs and Immigration: Cook Islands Overseas Offices, updated 2015-08-11

Notes and References

1. Alison Quentin-Baxter, “Pacific States and Territories,” paragraph 33, footnote 15 notes the New Zealand Court of Appeal decided that the Cook Islands was a “fully sovereign independent state” as described in its letters patent.
2. Web site: MFAI Media Release: Official Opening of the Cook Islands High Commission to Fiji . Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration . 9 June 2022 . 3 August 2022.
3. Web site: International Maritime Organization (IMO), United Kingdom . Cook Islands Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Immigration . 2016-01-23 . dead . https://archive.today/20151025110532/http://www.mfai.gov.ck/index.php/contact-us/overseas-offices/99-international-maritime-organisation-imo-united-kingdom.html . 2015-10-25 .
4. Web site: More information - Cook Islands . UNESCO . 2017-10-08.