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 Carlos Menem |  | |
 |  | BENIN | (Porto Novo a + Cotonou ilnqr) |  | President Mathieu Kerekou | | |
 |  | BRAZIL | (Brasilia) |  | President Fernando Henrique Cardoso | | |
 |  | CONGO-ZAIRE | (Kinshasa a) |  | President Laurent-Desire Kabila | | |
 |  | CONGO | (Brazzaville a + Pointe Noire n) |  | President Pascal Lissouba | | |
 |  | COTE D´IVOIRE | (Yamoussoukro a + Abidjan dln) |  | President Henri Konan Bedie | | |
 |  | CAMEROON | (Yaounde) |  | President Paul Biya | | |
 |  | CAPE VERDE | (Praia) |  | President Antonio Mascarenhas Monteiro | | |
 |  | GABON | (Libreville) |  | President Omar Bongo | | |
 |  | GHANA | (Accra) |  | President Jerry John Rawlings | | |
 |  | THE GAMBIA | (Banjul) |  | President Yahya Jammeh | | |
 |  | GUINEA | (Conakry) |  | President Lansana Conte | | |
 |  | EQUATORIAL GUINEA | (Malabo a) |  | President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo | | |
 |  | GUINEA-BISSAU | (Bissau) |  | President Joao Bernardo Vieira | | |
 |  | LIBERIA | (Monrovia) |  | Ruth Sando Perry | | |
 |  | NAMIBIA | (Windhoek) |  | President Sam Nujoma | | |
 |  | NIGERIA | (Abuja a) |  | General Sani Abacha | | |
 |  | SIERRA LEONE | (Freetown) |  | President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah | | |
 |  | SENEGAL | (Dakar) |  | President Abdou Diouf | | |
 |  | SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE | (Sao Tome) |  | President Miguel Trovoada | | |
 |  | TOGO | (Lome) |  | President Gnassingbe Eyadema | | |
 |  | URUGUAY | (Montevideo) |  | President Julio Maria Sanguinetti Coirolo | | |
 |  | SOUTH AFRICA | (Pretoria ae + Cape Town l + Bloemfontein j + Johannesburg d) |  | President Nelson Mandela | | |
