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| Color code: Dark green: Member countries ; Light Green: Dialogue Partners |
When: March 1997 (formally formed after Charter of the Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Co-operation was signed)
Objectives: Maritime Safety and Security, Trade and Investment Facilitation, Fisheries Management, Disaster Risk Management, Academic and Science & Technology Cooperation, and Tourism and Cultural Exchanges.
Recent: Australia will assume role of chairman of IOR-ARC for 2 years term, taking over from India this week.
