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 | (Kabul) |  | President Mohammad Najibullah |  | |
 |  | AUSTRALIA | (Canberra) |  | Bill Hayden |  | |
 |  | BANGLADESH | (Dhaka a) |  | President Abdur Rahman Biswas | | |
 |  | BHUTAN | (Thimphu a + Paro s) |  | King Jigme Singye Wangchuk | | |
 |  | FIJI | (Suva) |  | President Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau | | |
 |  | INDONESIA | (Jakarta a + Bogor r + Chipanas r + Yogyakarta r + Tampaksiring r) |  | President Haji Muhammad Suharto | | |
 |  | INDIA | (New Delhi a + Simla s + Bolarum w) |  | President Ramaswamy Venkataraman | | |
 |  | IRAN | (Tehran) |  | Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei | | |
 |  | JAPAN | (Tokyo) |  | Emperor Akihito | | |
 |  | CAMBODIA | (Phnom Penh) |  | Chea Sim | | |
 |  | SOUTH KOREA | (Seoul a) |  | President Roh Tae-Woo | | |
 |  | LAOS | (Vientiane) |  | Kaysone Phomvihane | | |
 |  | SRI LANKA | (Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte al + Colombo ejnr + Kandy r) |  | President Ranasinghe Premadasa | | |
 |  | MYANMAR | (Yangon a) |  | Saw Maung | | |
 |  | MALDIVES | (Male) |  | President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom | | |
 |  | MALAYSIA | (Kuala Lumpur) |  | Sultan Azlan Muhibuddin Shah | | |
 |  | 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 Cory Aquino | | |
 |  | PAKISTAN | (Islamabad) |  | President Ghulam Ishaq Khan | | |
 |  | SINGAPORE | (Singapore) |  | President Wee Kim Wee | | |
 |  | THAILAND | (Bangkok) |  | King Rama IX Bhumibol Adulyadej | | |
 |  | AMERICA | (Washington-District of Columbia) |  | President George Herbert Walker Bush |  | |
