Indian Ocean Commission (IOC)

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🔆 1. Intergovernmental Organization that links African Indian Ocean nations: Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion (an overseas region of France), and Seychelles.

 

2. Five observers: China, India, the Sovereign Order of Malta, the European Union, the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie

 

3. created in 1982 in Port-Louis, Mauritius, and institutionalized in 1984

 

4. Four Pillars: 

1. Political and diplomatic cooperation 

2. Economic and commercial cooperation 

3. Sustainable development in a globalization context, cooperation in the field of agriculture, maritimefishing, and the conservation of resources and ecosystems 

4. Strengthening of the regional cultural identity, cooperation in cultural, scientific, technical, educational and judicial fields.