A yes vote in next month's referendum offers the only way forward for Northern Ireland, the Ulster Democratic Party leader, Mr Gary McMichael, said.
At a press conference in Belfast yesterday, Mr McMichael made a stinging attack on unionist opponents of the peace deal. The DUP leader, the Rev Ian Paisley, and the UK Unionist leader, Mr Bob McCartney, could not offer any alternative to the Agreement, he said. Opening the UDP's Yes campaign, he accused the two unionist leaders of having "done nothing to contribute towards providing any kind of alternative, to providing any answers to the questions which they hold and pose now".
The UDP's press officer, Mr David Adams, said the party was supporting the agreement despite being uncomfortable with certain aspects of it. However, there was no major issue with which they had a problem.
The Women's Coalition yesterday said the Agreement offered both risks and opportunities for women. Its spokeswoman, Ms Kate Fear on, said: "Certain articles are directly beneficial for women and their involvement in the new institutions."
The SDLP's senior negotiator, Ms Brid Rodgers, yesterday set off on a political tour of the US to promote the Agreement. She will deliver several lectures and has planned a series of media interviews.
Ms Rodgers said she would be communicating "loud and clear the need for US support for the Agreement."
The SDLP has appointed its former chairman, Mr Mark Durkan, as director of its referendum campaign. Sinn Fein yesterday said it was not interested in "jobs for the boys or the girls" after the Irish News revealed that members of the new Stormont assembly could earn £36,000 a year.
The party spokeswoman, Ms Chrissie McAuley, said its elected representatives did not take salaries, and any money they received was paid to the party. Meanwhile, hundreds of people, including many living abroad, have inundated the North's electoral office in Belfast with calls demanding the right to vote in next month's referendum.
They have been told that unless they are resident in Northern Ireland or registered to vote they will not be able to take part in the poll. Applications for postal or proxy votes must be made to the Electoral Office by May 1st.