IORA (Indian Ocean Rim Association), previously known as IOR-ARC (Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation) is a regional cooperation organisation that was declared or inaugurated in San Mauritius in March 1997. In accordance with its founding charter, IORA has several main objectives, namely to develop mutually beneficial cooperation through a consensus approach based on the principles of equality, territorial integrity, non-intervention, political independence, and peaceful coexistence and mutual benefit.
