79 Members (excluding the associate or suspended members but including the countries represented on their behalf) [The rulers are not necessarily the representatives in the organisation. ] :
 |  | ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA | (Saint John's q) |  | Queen Elizabeth II |  | |
 |  | ANGOLA | (Luanda) |  | President Jose Eduardo dos Santos |  | |
 |  | BARBADOS | (Bridgetown) |  | Queen Elizabeth II |  | |
 |  | BURKINA FASO | (Ouagadougou) |  | President Blaise Compaore |  | |
 |  | BURUNDI | (Bujumbura) |  | President Domitien Ndayizeye |  | |
 |  | BENIN | (Porto Novo a + Cotonou ilmnqr) |  | President Mathieu Kerekou |  | |
 |  | THE BAHAMAS | (Nassau) |  | Queen Elizabeth II |  | |
 |  | BOTSWANA | (Gaborone a) |  | President Festus Mogae |  | |
 |  | BELIZE | (Belmopan) |  | Queen Elizabeth II |  | |
 |  | CONGO-KINSHASA | (Kinshasa a) |  | President Joseph Kabila |  | |
 |  | CENTRAL-AFRICA | (Bangui) |  | President Francois Bozize |  | |
 |  | CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE | (Brazzaville a + Pointe Noire n) |  | President Denis Sassou-Nguesso |  | |
 |  | COTE D'IVOIRE | (Yamoussoukro a + Abidjan dklmn + Cocody r) |  | President Laurent Gbagbo |  | |
 |  | COOK ISLANDS | (Avarua) |  | Queen Elizabeth II |  | |
 |  | CAMEROON | (Yaounde) |  | President Paul Biya |  | |
 |  | CUBA | (Havana) |  | Supreme Leader Fidel Castro |  | |
 |  | CAPE VERDE | (Praia) |  | President Pedro Pires |  | |
 |  | JIBUTI | (Jibuti) |  | President Ismail Omar Guelleh |  | |
 |  | DOMINICA | (Roseau) |  | President Vernon Shaw |  | |
 |  | DOMINICAN | (Santo Domingo de Guzman) |  | President Hipolito Mejia |  | |
 |  | ERITREA | (Asmara) |  | President Isaias Afewerki |  | |
 |  | ETHIOPIA | (Addis Ababa) |  | President Girma Wolde-Giorgis |  | |
 |  | FIJI ISLANDS | (Suva) |  | President Ratu Josefa Iloilo |  | |
 |  | MICRONESIA | (Palikir a + Kolonia b) |  | President Joseph John Urusemal |  | |
 |  | GABON | (Libreville) |  | President Omar Bongo |  | |
 |  | GRENADA | (Saint George's) |  | Queen Elizabeth II |  | |
 |  | GHANA | (Accra) |  | President John Kufuor |  | |
 |  | THE GAMBIA | (Banjul) |  | President Yahya Jammeh |  | |
 |  | GUINEA | (Conakry) |  | President Lansana Conte |  | |
 |  | EQUATORIAL GUINEA | (Malabo a) |  | President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo |  | |
 |  | GUINEA-BISSAU | (Bissau) |  | President Kumba Yalla |  | |
 |  | GUYANA | (Georgetown) |  | President Bharrat Jagdeo |  | |
 |  | HAITI | (Port Au Prince) |  | President Jean-Bertrand Aristide |  | |
 |  | JAMAICA | (Kingston) |  | Queen Elizabeth II |  | |
 |  | KENYA | (Nairobi) |  | President Emilio Mwai Kibaki |  | |
 |  | KIRIBATI | (South Tarawa) |  | President Tion Otang |  | |
 |  | COMOROS | (Moroni a) |  | President Azali Assoumani |  | |
 |  | SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS | (Basseterre) |  | Queen Elizabeth II |  | |
 |  | SAINT LUCIA | (Castries) |  | Queen Elizabeth II |  | |
 |  | LIBERIA | (Monrovia) |  | President Charles Taylor |  | |
 |  | LESOTHO | (Maseru a) |  | King Letsie III |  | |
 |  | MADAGASCAR | (Tananarive) |  | President Marc Ravalomanana |  | |
 |  | MARSHALL ISLANDS | (Dalap-Uliga-Darrit on Majuro a) |  | President Kessai Note |  | |
 |  | MALI | (Bamako) |  | President Amadou Toumani Toure |  | |
 |  | MAURITANIA | (Nouakchott) |  | President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya |  | |
 |  | MAURITIUS | (Port Louis a + Reduit in Moka r) |  | President Karl Auguste Offmann |  | |
 |  | MALAWI | (Lilongwe al + Zomba b + Blantyre jn) |  | President Bakili Muluzi |  | |
 |  | MOZAMBIQUE | (Maputo) |  | President Joaquim Chissano |  | |
 |  | NAMIBIA | (Windhoek) |  | President Sam Nujoma |  | |
 |  | NIGER | (Niamey) |  | President Mamadou Tandja |  | |
 |  | NIGERIA | (Abuja a + Lagos kmn) |  | President Olusegun Obasanjo |  | |
 |  | NAURU | (Yaren lq + Aiwo b) |  | President Derog Gioura |  | |
 |  | NIUE | (Alofi) |  | Queen Elizabeth II |  | |
 |  | PAPUA NEW GUINEA | (Port Moresby) |  | Queen Elizabeth II |  | |
 |  | PALAU | (Koror) |  | President Tommy Remengesau Jr |  | |
 |  | RWANDA | (Kigali) |  | President Paul Kagame |  | |
 |  | SOLOMON ISLANDS | (Honiara) |  | Queen Elizabeth II |  | |
 |  | SEYCHELLES | (Port Victoria) |  | President France-Albert Rene |  | |
 |  | SUDAN | (Khartoum a) |  | President Omar Al-Bashir |  | |
 |  | SIERRA LEONE | (Freetown) |  | President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah |  | |
 |  | SENEGAL | (Dakar) |  | President Abdoulaye Wade |  | |
 |  | SOMALIA | (Mogadishu) |  | President Abdiqasim Salad Hassan |  | |
 |  | SURINAME | (Paramaribo) |  | President Ronald Venetiaan |  | |
 |  | SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE | (Sao Tome) |  | President Fradique de Menezes |  | |
 |  | SWAZILAND | (Mbabane aej + Lobamba jlr) |  | King Mswati III |  | |
 |  | CHAD | (Ndjamena) |  | President Idriss Deby |  | |
 |  | TOGO | (Lome) |  | President Gnassingbe Eyadema |  | |
 |  | EAST TIMOR | (Dilly) |  | President Jose Alexandre Xanana Gusmao |  | |
 |  | TONGA | (Nukualofa) |  | King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV |  | |
 |  | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO | (Port-of-Spain) |  | President George Maxwell Richards |  | |
 |  | TUVALU | (Vaiaku on Fongafale in Funafuti) |  | Queen Elizabeth II |  | |
 |  | TANZANIA | (Dodoma City aln + Dar Es Salaam jnqr) |  | President Benjamin Mkapa |  | |
 |  | UGANDA | (Kampala a + Entebbe r) |  | President Yoweri Museveni |  | |
 |  | SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES | (Kingstown) |  | Queen Elizabeth II |  | |
 |  | VANUATU | (Port Vila) |  | President John Bani |  | |
 |  | SAMOA | (Apia) |  | Malietoa Tanumafili II |  | |
 |  | SOUTH AFRICA | (Pretoria aem + Cape Town l + Bloemfontein j + Johannesburg d) |  | President Thabo Mbeki |  | |
 |  | ZAMBIA | (Lusaka) |  | President Levy Mwanawasa |  | |
 |  | ZIMBABWE | (Harare) |  | President Robert Mugabe |  | |