16 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. ] :
| | BURKINA FASO | (Ouagadougou) | | President Blaise Compaore | | |
| | BENIN | (Porto Novo a + Cotonou ilnqr) | | President Mathieu Kerekou | | |
| | COTE D´IVOIRE | (Yamoussoukro a + Abidjan dln) | | President Henri Konan Bedie | | |
| | CAPE VERDE | (Praia) | | President Antonio Mascarenhas Monteiro | | |
| | GHANA | (Accra) | | President Jerry John Rawlings | | |
| | THE GAMBIA | (Banjul) | | President Yahya Jammeh | | |
| | GUINEA | (Conakry) | | President Lansana Conte | | |
| | GUINEA-BISSAU | (Bissau) | | President Joao Bernardo Vieira | | |
| | LIBERIA | (Monrovia) | | President Charles Taylor | | |
| | MALI | (Bamako) | | President Alpha Oumar Konare | | |
| | MAURITANIA | (Nouakchott) | | President Maaouya Ould Sid´Ahmed Taya | | |
| | NIGER | (Niamey) | | President Ibrahim Bare Mainassara | | |
| | NIGERIA | (Abuja a) | | General Abdulsalami Abubakar | | |
| | SIERRA LEONE | (Freetown) | | President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah | | |
| | SENEGAL | (Dakar) | | President Abdou Diouf | | |
| | TOGO | (Lome) | | President Gnassingbe Eyadema | | |