SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4 Annex A to Strand One of Belfast Agreement

Pledge of Office

To pledge:

  1. a

    to discharge in good faith all the duties of office;

  2. b

    commitment to non-violence and exclusively peaceful and democratic means;

  3. c

    to serve all the people of Northern Ireland equally, and to act in accordance with the general obligations on government to promote equality and prevent discrimination;

  4. d

    to participate with colleagues in the preparation of a programme for government;

  5. e

    to operate within the framework of that programme when agreed within the Executive Committee and endorsed by the Assembly;

  6. f

    to support, and act in accordance with, all decisions of the Executive Committee and Assembly;

  7. g

    to comply with the Ministerial Code of Conduct.