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 Nicephore Soglo | | |
| | CENTRAL-AFRICA | (Bangui) | | President Ange-Felix Patasse | | |
| | 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 | | |
| | GABON | (Libreville) | | President Omar Bongo | | |
| | GUINEA | (Conakry) | | President Lansana Conte | | |
| | EQUATORIAL GUINEA | (Malabo a) | | President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo | | |
| | GUINEA-BISSAU | (Bissau) | | President Joao Bernardo Vieira | | |
| | MALI | (Bamako) | | President Alpha Oumar Konare | | |
| | MAURITANIA | (Nouakchott) | | President Maaouya Ould Sid´Ahmed Taya | | |
| | NIGER | (Niamey) | | President Mahamane Ousmane | | |
| | SENEGAL | (Dakar) | | President Abdou Diouf | | |
| | CHAD | (Ndjamena) | | President Idriss Deby | | |
| | TOGO | (Lome) | | President Gnassingbe Eyadema | | |