The First Session of the South West Indian Ocean Commission was attended by delegates from Comoros, European Community, France, Kenya, the Republic of Maldives, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa and the United Republic of Tanzania. Representatives of the Agulhas Somali Large Marine Ecosystem (ASLME), Commission de l’océan Indien (COI), the World Conservation Union (IUCN), the Republic of Korea, the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), the South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Project (SWIOFP), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Somalia, the Regional Seas Program of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) also attended the Session as observers.