(8 May 2007) SHOTLIST
1. Wide of Assembly
2. Head of Democratic Unionist Party Ian Paisley standing UPSOUND: "I affirm the terms of the pledge of office as set out in Schedule 4 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998."
3. Wide of Assembly with Paisley sitting down UPSOUND: "I now ask Martin McGuinness as Deputy First Minister designate to make the affirmation in the form prescribed, Mr McGuinness."
4. Sinn Fein deputy leader McGuinness standing to speak UPSOUND: (McGuinness speaks first in Irish then English) (in English) "I affirm the terms of the pledge of office as set out in Schedule 4 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998."
5. Wide of Assembly, close-up of Paisley and McGuinness UPSOUND: "I now confirm that the Right Honourable Dr Ian Paisley and Mr Martin McGuinness has affirmed the terms of the pledge of office, having taken up office as First Minister and Deputy First Minister in accordance with the Northern Ireland St Andrews Agreement Act 2006)
6. British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Paisley, Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain and McGuinness entering meeting
7. Various of meeting
8. High wide of ceremony in the grand foyer of Stormont Parliamentary Building with Blair, Paisley, Ahern, Hain and McGuinness at top of stairs looking down at dignitaries
9. Mid of Blair and Paisley
10. Dignitaries assembled at ceremony
11. Dignitaries including Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams at ceremony
11. Blair, Paisley, Ahern, Hain and McGuinness walking down stairs
12. Pan along Ahern, Blair, Paisley, McGuinness and Paisley
13. Pull out from dignitaries to leaders
14. Various of leaders standing on stage taking seats
15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ian Paisley, head of Democratic Unionist Party:
"From the depths of my heart, I can say to you today that I believe Northern Ireland has come to a time of peace, a time when hate will no longer rule. How good it will be to be part of a wonderful healing in this province."
16. McGuinness, Blair and Ahern listening
17. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ian Paisley, head of Democratic Unionist Party:
"We're all aiming to build a Northern Ireland in which all can live together in peace, being equal under the law and equally subject to the law. I welcome the pledge we have all taken to that effect today. That is the rock foundation upon which we must build - and we intend to build."
18. Reverse shot of McGuinness speaking at podium
19. SOUNDBITE: (English) Martin McGuinness, deputy leader of Sinn Fein: (Ends on cutaway of Paisley)
"We will continue to rely on that support as we strive towards a society moving from division and disharmony to one that celebrates our diversity and is determined to provide a better for all of our people."
20. SOUNDBITE: (English) Martin McGuinness, deputy leader of Sinn Fein: (Part overlaid with Paisley listening)
"As for Ian Paisley, I want to wish you all the best as we step forward towards the greatest yet most exciting challenge of our lives."
21. Audience applauding (British Home Secretary John Reid in centre)
22. Side shot of Paisley, McGuinness and Ahern
23. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tony Blair, British Prime Minister: (Ends on Paisley and McGuinness listening)
"Look back and we see centuries pockmarked by conflict, hardship, even hatred among the people of these islands. Look forward today and we see the chance, at last, to escape those heavy chains of history, to make history anew, not as a struggle between warring traditions but as a search for the future, shared, held in common, and bound by goodwill and peace. That is in truth what this process has achieved."
24. Pan across audience applauding
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