``In accordance with Article 4.4 of the IAAF Constitution, the IAAF Council has provisionally granted IAAF Membership to the Tuvalu Athletics Association, with full rights and obligations,'' the federation said in a statement posted on its website Wednesday.
``Tuvalu's affiliation must be confirmed by a Special Majority at the next IAAF Congress which takes place in Berlin, Germany, in August 2009,'' it added.
Located in Oceania, Tuvalu is an island group in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia.
It has been an independent country since 1978.
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