Q. Consider the following statements with respect to the Indian Ocean Commission:
Which of the above given statements are correct?
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.