ARTICLE 6
ADMISSION OF NEW MEMBERS
1. The procedure for application and admission to ASEAN shall be prescribed by the ASEAN Coordinating Council.
2. Admission shall be on the following criteria:
a. location in the recognized geographical region of Southeast Asia;
b. recognition by all ASEAN Member states;
c. agreement to be bound and to abide by the Charter; and
d. ability and willingness to carry out the obligations of Membership.
3. Admission shall be decided by consensus by the ASEAN Summit, upon the recommendation of the ASEAN Coordinating Council.
4. An applicant States shall be admitted to ASEAN upon signing an Instrument of Accession to the Charter.
ARTICLE 7
ASEAN SUMMIT
1. The ASEAN Summit shall compritse the Heads of State or Government of the Member States.
2. The ASEAN Summit shall:
a. be the supreme policy-making body of ASEAN
b. deliberate, provide policy guidance and take decisions on key issues pertaining to the realization of the objectives of ASEAN, important matters of interest to Memberstaters and all issues refered to it by the ASEAN Coordinating Council, the ASEAN Community councils and ASEAN Sectoral Ministerial Bodies;
c. instruct the relevant Miniters in each of the Councils concerned to hold ad hoc inter-Ministerial meetings, and aaddress important issues concerning ASEAN that cut across the Community Councils. Rules of procedure for such meetings shall be sdopted by the ASEAN Coordinating Council;
d. address emergency situations affecting ASEAN by taking appropriate actions;
e. decide on matters referred to it under;
f. authorize the establishment and the dissolution of Sectoral Ministerial Bodies and other ASEAN institutions;and
g. appoint the Secretary-General of ASEAN, with the rank and status of Minister, who will serve with the confidence and at the pleasure of the Heads of State or Government upon the recommemdation of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting.
3.ASEAN Summit Meetings shall be:
a. heldtwice annually, be hosted by the Member State holding the ASEAN Chairmanship; and
b. convened, whenever necessary, as special or ad hoc meetings to be chaired by the Member State holding the ASEAN Chairmanship, at venues to be sgreed upon by ASEAN Member states.