Northern Ireland Act 1998

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.