Northern Ireland's politicians tonight prepared for more intense talks to restore the power-shring institutions as the Irish and British governments set out a comprehensive agenda for the coming weeks.
Following a "robust" session of the multi-party talks at Stormont, Northern Ireland Secretary Mr Paul Murphy confirmed that over the coming weeks parties would discuss the future of paramilitaries, the stability of the political institutions, policing, human rights and equality.
His co-chair, Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr Brian Cowen, insisted: "It is not a one item agenda.
"If they want one item it is the full implementation of this Agreement in all its aspects including all the difficult aspects."
Sinn Féin had been pressing for a comprehensive agenda along with the nationalist SDLP and smaller pro-Belfast Agreement parties.
Ulster unionists, however, still continued to insist that the primary issue was the threat posed by the existence of paramilitaries and the need to deal with their future.
Sinn Féin president Mr Gerry Adams, however, insisted that the bulk of the work to implement remaining aspects of the Belfast Agreement remained with the British government.
"The British Government has to knuckle down to the job of not just identifying the issues because any child in any political science class could do that," the West Belfast MP insisted.
"We need them actually to come forward with a timeframe, plans and programmes to actually bring that about.
Mr Cowen tonight stressed after the talks, the need for parties to agree to a programme for implementing the 1998 accord in a paramilitary-free environment.
As the governments set out plans for a series of meetings between parties and the governments over the coming weeks, he said: "I think it is important that the parties discuss with themselves and with the governments their views of what they see as being the full implementation of the Agreement in a phase beyond paramilitary activity.
Ulster Unionist negotiator Sir Reg Empey continued to insist that the talks must focus on the issue of paramilitaries.
The East Belfast MLA said it was important to remember that the reason why talks were being held was the failure of the republican movement and other paramilitaries to honour their obligations under the Agreement and the continued threat that their existence posed.
He also hinted that unionists would review their participation in the current round of talks at some stage to see if they were progressing.
"We will have to make a judgment as time goes on," he said.
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