The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and Sinn Fein yesterday shared a platform in Omagh, Co Tyrone, arguing the case for a Yes vote in the referendum, according to the independent Yes Campaign.
UUP MP, Mr Ken Maginnis and a local Sinn Fein member, Mr Barry McElduff, joined other politicians to support the Belfast Agreement, said Mr Quintin Oliver, director of the Yes Campaign.
The panel which tried to convince 250 students from six local schools of the merits of the agreement also included Mr Mark Durkan, of the SDLP; Mr David Ervine, of the Progressive Unionist Party; and Ms Monica McWilliams, of the Women's Coalition.
A local SDLP councillor, Mr Joe Byrne, chaired the event. "The panel was well put through its paces by the students," he said. "The students were extremely well informed, quizzing the politicians on a broad range of issues. They faced tough questioning on decommissioning and prisoners, as well as broader issues, such as how more women could get into politics.
"We got very positive feedback from the students, especially due to the fact that there were representatives from a wide range of parties, all speaking in favour of a positive vote.
"This is the first time in the campaign to date that there has been such a broad platform speaking together, and I think we saw just how effective that can be."
The Yes Campaign was also behind a group of 151 ministers, representing many Protestant churches in Northern Ireland, gathering in the Europa Hotel, Belfast, yesterday to campaign for a Yes vote.
All the ministers said they would be supporting the agreement and urged people to vote Yes.
They also placed an advertisement in yesterday's News Letter urging support for the agreement.
The advertisement, which carried all 151 names, said: "We are Christians, committed to the authority of the scriptures, who acknowledge the Lordship of Christ over all aspects of life, past, present and future.
"Whilst there are parts of the agreement which are unclear or even unsatisfactory we are of the opinion that the agreement offers an opportunity for a new beginning for our society and that it is clearly worthy of support of Christian people."
The ministers were representative of the Presbyterian, Church of Ireland, Methodist, Baptist and New Evangelical churches.
