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Q. Consider the following statements with respect to the Indian Ocean Commission:

Which of the above given statements are correct?


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1 only
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2 only
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Both 1 and 2
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Neither 1 nor 2
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Solution

The correct option is B 2 only

Explanation: The commission was created in 1982 in Port-Louis, Mauritius. Its secretariat is based in Mauritius.

Statement 1 is incorrect: Indian Ocean Commission is an intergovernmental organization that links five African Indian Ocean nations: Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion (an overseas region of France), Seychelles. Maldives is not a member of the IOC.

Statement 2 is correct: IOC has seven observers, namely: China, India, Japan, the Sovereign Order of Malta, the European Union, the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, and the United Nations. • Recently in 2020, India was admitted as an observer in the Indian Ocean Commission.


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