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 Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner |  | |
 |  | BENIN | (Porto Novo a + Cotonou ilnqr) |  | President Yayi Boni | | |
 |  | BRAZIL | (Brasilia) |  | President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva | | |
 |  | CONGO-KINSHASA | (Kinshasa a) |  | President Joseph Kabila | | |
 |  | CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE | (Brazzaville a + Pointe Noire n) |  | President Denis Sassou-Nguesso | | |
 |  | COTE D´IVOIRE | (Bouake t) |  | President Alassane Ouattara | | |
 |  | CAMEROON | (Yaounde) |  | President Paul Biya | | |
 |  | CAPE VERDE | (Praia) |  | President Pedro Pires | | |
 |  | GABON | (Libreville) |  | President Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba | | |
 |  | GHANA | (Accra) |  | President John Atta Mills | | |
 |  | THE GAMBIA | (Banjul) |  | President Yahya Jammeh | | |
 |  | GUINEA | (Conakry) |  | Sekouba Konate | | |
 |  | EQUATORIAL GUINEA | (Malabo a) |  | President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo | | |
 |  | GUINEA-BISSAU | (Bissau) |  | President Malam Bacai Sanha | | |
 |  | LIBERIA | (Monrovia) |  | President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf | | |
 |  | NAMIBIA | (Windhoek) |  | President Hifikepunye Pohamba | | |
 |  | NIGERIA | (Abuja a) |  | President Goodluck Jonathan | | |
 |  | SIERRA LEONE | (Freetown) |  | President Ernest Bai Koroma | | |
 |  | SENEGAL | (Dakar) |  | President Abdoulaye Wade | | |
 |  | SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE | (Sao Tome) |  | President Fradique de Menezes | | |
 |  | TOGO | (Lome) |  | President Faure Gnassingbe | | |
 |  | URUGUAY | (Montevideo) |  | President Jose Mujica | | |
 |  | SOUTH AFRICA | (Pretoria ae + Cape Town l + Bloemfontein j + Johannesburg d) |  | President Jacob Zuma | | |
