President: G.-H. Dumont (Belgium)

Members of the International Commission:
I. A. Abu-Lughod (Palestinian Authority)
A. R. Al-Ansary (Saudi Arabia)
J. Bony (Côte d'Ivoire)
E. K. Brathwaite (Barbados)
G. Carrera Damas (Venezuela)
A. H. Dani (Pakistan)
D. Denoon (Australia)
M. Garasanin (Yugoslavia)
T. Haga (Japan)
H. Inalcik (Turkey)
S. Kartodirdjo (Indonesia)
J. Ki-Zerbo (Burkina Faso)
C. Martínez Shaw (Spain)
E. Mendelsohn (United States of America)
E. M'Bokolo (Democratic Republic of Congo)
K. N'Ketia (Ghana)
T. Obenga (Congo)
B.A. Ogot (Kenya)
Pang Pu (China)
W. Sauerlander (Germany)
B. Schroeder-Gudehus (Ms) (Canada)
R. Thapar (Ms) (India)
I. D. Thiam (Senegal)
K. V. Thomas (United Kingdom)
S. L. Tikhvinsky (Russian Federation)
N. Todorov (Bulgaria)
G. Weinberg (Argentina)
M. Yardeni (Ms) (Israel)
E. Zürcher (the Netherlands)

Bureau of the International Commission:
A. R. Al-Ansary (Saudi Arabia)
E. K. Brathwaite (Barbados)
G. Carrera Damas (Venezuela)
A. H. Dani  (Pakistan)
E. Mendelsohn (United States of America)
R. Thapar (Ms) (India)
I. D. Thiam (Senegal)
K. V. Thomas (United Kingdom)
S. L. Tikhvinsky (Russian Federation)
N. Todorov (Bulgaria)

Honorary Members:
S.A. Al-Ali (Iraq)
P.J. Riis (Denmark)
T. Yamamoto (Japan)

Former Presidents:
P. E. B. Carneiro (Brazil.) (Deceased)
C. Morazé (France)

Secretariat (UNESCO):
Bocar Dia (Mr)
Corinne Julien (Ms)
Khadija Touré (Ms)

Former Members:
E. Condurachi (Romania) (deceased)
G. Daws (Australia)
C. A. Diop (Senegal) (deceased)
F. Iglesias (Brazil) (deceased)
A. A. Kamel (Egypt) (deceased)
M. Kably (Morocco)
H. Nakamura (Japan)
J. Prawer (Israel) (deceased)
S. Zavala (Mexico)