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. ] :
 |  | AFGHANISTAN | (Mazar-i-Sharif t + Kwaja-Bahauddin r + Fayzabad g) |  | President Burhanuddin Rabbani |  | |
 |  | AUSTRALIA | (Canberra) |  | Sir William Deane |  | |
 |  | BANGLADESH | (Dhaka a) |  | President Shahabuddin Ahmed | | |
 |  | BHUTAN | (Thimphu a + Paro s) |  | King Jigme Singye Wangchuk | | |
 |  | FIJI | (Suva) |  | President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara | | |
 |  | INDONESIA | (Jakarta a + Bogor r + Chipanas r + Yogyakarta r + Tampaksiring r) |  | President Haji Muhammad Suharto | | |
 |  | INDIA | (New Delhi a + Simla s + Bolarum w) |  | President Kocheril Raman Narayanan | | |
 |  | IRAN | (Tehran) |  | Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei | | |
 |  | JAPAN | (Tokyo) |  | Emperor Akihito | | |
 |  | CAMBODIA | (Phnom Penh) |  | King Norodom Sihanouk | | |
 |  | SOUTH KOREA | (Seoul a) |  | President Kim Young-Sam | | |
 |  | LAOS | (Vientiane) |  | Khamtai Siphandon | | |
 |  | SRI LANKA | (Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte al + Colombo ejnr + Kandy r) |  | President Chandrika Kumaratunga | | |
 |  | MYANMAR | (Yangon a) |  | Than Shwe | | |
 |  | MALDIVES | (Male) |  | President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom | | |
 |  | MALAYSIA | (Kuala Lumpur) |  | Tuanku Jaafar ibni al-Marhum Yamtuan Abdul Rahman | | |
 |  | NEPAL | (Kathmandu) |  | Maharajah Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev | | |
 |  | NEW ZEALAND | (Wellington) |  | Queen Elizabeth II | | |
 |  | PAPUA NEW GUINEA | (Port Moresby) | | Queen Elizabeth II | | |
 |  | PHILIPPINES | (Manila acr + Quezon City b + Pasay City b) |  | President Fidel Ramos | | |
 |  | PAKISTAN | (Islamabad) |  | President Mohammad Rafiq Tarar | | |
 |  | SINGAPORE | (Singapore) |  | President Ong Teng Cheong | | |
 |  | THAILAND | (Bangkok) |  | King Rama IX Bhumibol Adulyadej | | |
 |  | AMERICA | (Washington-District of Columbia) |  | President Bill Clinton |  | |
