United Nations Security Council Resolution 1290

UN Security Council Resolution 1290
Tuvalu
Date	17 February 2000
Meeting no.	4,103
Code	S/RES/1290 (Document)
Subject	Admission of new Members to the UN: Tuvalu
Voting summary	14 voted for None voted against 1 abstained
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China  France  Russia  United Kingdom  United States
Non-permanent members	Argentina  Bangladesh  Canada  Jamaica  Malaysia  Mali  Namibia  Netherlands  Tunisia  Ukraine
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United Nations Security Council resolution 1290 was adopted on 17 February 2000. Resolution 1290 examined Tuvalu's application to become the 189th member of the United Nations (UN). Tuvalu achieved independence in 1978 after over eighty years of British colonial rule. The country had struggled economically, and it took the 2000 sale of Tuvalu's Internet country code top-level domain .tv for the nation to be able to afford UN membership. Resolution 1290 was adopted unopposed, although China abstained due to concerns over Tuvalu's relationship with Taiwan.