After the disintegration of the USSR five new republics have been formed within the Central Asian subregion: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Since the composition of the International Scientific Committee no longer corresponded to the situation in the region, the Director-General proposed that the States of the Committee be amended and the Executive Board of UNESCO adopted the following amendment (141 EX/35):
"The Committee shall consist of 16 members appointed as follows: twelve (12) members who are nationals of Member States of UNESCO belonging to the Central Asian region – one from each Member State; and four (4) members from other regions". In 1993 new members of the Committee were appointed by the Director-General.

International Scientific Committee from 1980 - 1993

International Scientific Committee since 1993

Dr F. R. ALLCHIN
(United Kingdom)
Volumes: I

Professor M. S. Asimov
(Tajikistan)
President of the Committee from 1980 to 1996
Editor of Volume IV (Parts One and Two)

Dr N. A. BALOCH
(Pakistan)

Professor M. BASTANI PARIZI
(Islamic Republic of Iran)

Professor Sh. BIRA
(Mongolia)
Volumes: IV

Professor A. H. DANI
(Pakistan)
Volumes: I, II, III, IV

Professor K. ENOKI
(Japan)
Volumes: I

Professor G. F. ETEMADI
(Afghanistan)
Co-editor of Volume II

Professor J. HARMATTA
(Hungary)
Volumes: I, II, III

Professor Liu CUNKUAN
(People's Republic of China)

Dr L. I. MIROSHNIKOV
(Russian Federation)
Volumes: I

Professor S. NATSAGDORJ
(Mongolia)
Volumes: IV

Professor B. N. PURI
(India)
Volumes: II

Professor M. H. Z. SAFI
(Afghanistan)

Professor A. SAYILI
(Turkey)

Dr R. SHABANI SAMGHABADI
(Islamic Republic of Iran)
Volumes: II

Professor D. SINOR
(United States of America)
Volumes:III, IV

Professor B. K. THAPAR
(India)

Professor ZHANG GUANG-DA
(People's Republic of China)
Volumes: III