He did not mean a legal contract but rather a moral contract between MPs and voters based upon the programme the MPs committed themselves to implement if elected to government.
The idea is that, having designed it, they should now commit themselves to implementing it, monitoring it and thus, in the jargon, "owning" it.The man behind the plan is President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, who is seeking a way of realising his dream of an "African renaissance".
In light of the global, unprecedented and enduring phenomenon of population ageing, cities and communities across the world have committed themselves to establishing and implementing age friendly community designs, programs, services and practices.
These preliminary discussions enabled the institutions to appreciate the program from an early start and to commit themselves to supporting the trainees in implementing their projects.
This is the first time that governments from Europe and Central Asia come together and jointly commit themselves to further the efforts of implementing the Convention of the Rights of the Child.
As a core result of this process, the Action Plan "Lima 2040" has been developed and adopted, in which the signatories (the main institutions and organisations responsible for the water sector of Lima) commit themselves to specific actions to be implemented over the years to come.
Member states of the World Health Organisation (WHO) committed themselves in 2005 to implementing universal health systems [ 1, 2].
America is committed, and I am personally committed, to implementing our road map toward peace.
However, the threat of a revolt by the Liberal Democrats forced a reversal of policy: the executive committed itself to implementing free personal care.
