24 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. ] :
| | ANGOLA | (Luanda) | | President Jose Eduardo dos Santos | | |
| | ARGENTINE | (Buenos Aires a + Olivos r) | | President Raul Alfonsin | | |
| | BENIN | (Porto Novo a + Cotonou ilnqr) | | President Mathieu Kerekou | | |
| | BRAZIL | (Brasilia) | | President Jose Sarney | | |
| | ZAIRE | (Kinshasa a) | | President Mobutu Sese Seko | | |
| | CONGO | (Brazzaville a + Pointe Noire n) | | President Denis Sassou-Nguesso | | |
| | COTE D´IVOIRE | (Yamoussoukro a + Abidjan dln) | | President Felix Houphouet-Boigny | | |
| | CAMEROON | (Yaounde) | | President Paul Biya | | |
| | CAPE VERDE | (Praia) | | President Aristides Pereira | | |
| | GABON | (Libreville) | | President Omar Bongo | | |
| | GHANA | (Accra) | | Jerry John Rawlings | | |
| | GAMBIA | (Banjul) | | President Sir Dawda Jawara | | |
| | GUINEA | (Conakry) | | President Lansana Conte | | |
| | EQUATORIAL GUINEA | (Malabo a) | | President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo | | |
| | GUINEA-BISSAU | (Bissau) | | President Joao Bernardo Vieira | | |
| | LIBERIA | (Monrovia) | | President Samuel Doe | | |
| | SWAPO | (Windhoek) | | President Sam Nujoma | | |
| | NIGERIA | (Lagos a + Abuja f) | | President Ibrahim Babangida | | |
| | SIERRA LEONE | (Freetown) | | President Joseph Saidu Momoh | | |
| | SENEGAL | (Dakar) | | President Abdou Diouf | | |
| | SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE | (Sao Tome) | | President Manuel Pinto da Costa | | |
| | TOGO | (Lome) | | President Gnassingbe Eyadema | | |
| | URUGUAY | (Montevideo) | | President Julio Maria Sanguinetti Coirolo | | |
| | SOUTH AFRICA | (Pretoria ae + Cape Town l + Bloemfontein j) | | State President Pieter Willem Botha | | |