SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 4 Annex A to Strand One of Belfast Agreement
Pledge of Office
To pledge:
- a
to discharge in good faith all the duties of office;
- b
commitment to non-violence and exclusively peaceful and democratic means;
- 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;
- d
to participate with colleagues in the preparation of a programme for government;
- e
to operate within the framework of that programme when agreed within the Executive Committee and endorsed by the Assembly;
- f
to support, and act in accordance with, all decisions of the Executive Committee and Assembly;
- g
to comply with the Ministerial Code of Conduct.