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 | | |
