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Fiji soldiers served in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, which Fiji's Major General George Konrote commanded in 1998 and 1999. [ 4 ] The country has also contributed to other operations including Kosovo and Sinai , [ 5 ] and, in 2004, Fiji was the first country to volunteer troops to protect United Nations officials in Iraq .
The military government revoked the constitution and declared Fiji a republic on 10 October, the seventeenth anniversary of Fiji's independence from the United Kingdom. This action, coupled with protests by the government of India, led to Fiji's expulsion from the Commonwealth and official non-recognition of the Rabuka regime by foreign ...
Fiji and the United Kingdom established diplomatic relations on 10 October 1970. [1]Both countries share common membership of the Commonwealth, the International Criminal Court, and the World Trade Organization, as well as the Pacific States–United Kingdom Economic Partnership Agreement. [2]
Fiji became the 127th member of the United Nations on 13 October 1970, and participates actively in the organization. Fiji's contributions to UN peacekeeping are unique for a nation of its size. A nation with a population of less than one million, it maintains nearly 1,000 soldiers overseas in UN peacekeeping missions, mainly in the Middle East.
As Fiji's Representative to the United Nations, he strove to broaden Fiji's diplomatic relations as widely as possible, so that during his time at the United Nations, Fiji formalised diplomatic relations with over ninety countries. He has been described as "spearheading vital elements of Fiji's Look North policy."
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 287, adopted unanimously on October 10, 1970, after examining the application of Fiji for membership in the United Nations, the Council recommended to the General Assembly that Fiji be admitted.
Fiji maintains an embassy in Washington, D.C., as well as a permanent mission in New York City at the United Nations. Fiji also maintains honorary consulates in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and Dallas. [20] Fiji's embassy to the United States is accredited to Canada and Mexico.