An Egyptian security source said mediators had sought a start time of 10 a.m. on Thursday.

Source: https://japantoday.com/category/world/no-gaza-hostage-release-before-friday-israel-says

As for mediators, they are people who primarily work as facilitators of negotiations between conflicting parties and do not advise on the merits unless in a difficult negotiation, or in case the parties ask them to work out a solution for them.

Source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202301090048.html

At the end of these exchanges, the head of the Gender, Women, Families and Children office expressed her satisfaction with the establishment of the core group of women mediators.

Source: https://www.africanews.it/english/beni-united-nations-organization-stabilization-mission-in-the-democratic-republic-of-congo-monusco-trains-a-core-group-of-women-mediators-for-conflict-resolution/

At the time, Zelenskyy thanked Pope Francis for his interest but appeared to decline the Vatican’s offer of mediating negotiations, saying on a popular Italian news program that “we do not need mediators, we need a just peace.

Source: https://thetablet.org/popes-envoy-closes-ukraine-visit-as-kyiv-digs-in-heels-on-peace-plan/

But this is currently done without first providing any legal advice, although cultural mediators and interpreters can be present.

Source: https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41083309.html

Details of any deal, worked out through international mediators, were not immediately known.

Source: https://www.postandcourier.com/aikenstandard/news/nation/israeli-airstrikes-on-lebanon-kill-2-journalists-4-palestinian-militants/article_51950473-2faa-5376-a391-aaa335b96dd5.html

Egypt and Qatar acted as mediators on Saturday to maintain the truce.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/killing-reported-in-gaza-refugee-camp-on-third-day-of-truce/article_8a98fdf3-768e-5ab9-87e4-094fec14f9d5.html

Federal law requires several conditions to be met before airline unions can legally strike, including a finding by mediators that further negotiations would be pointless.

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/american-airlines-tentative-contract-deal-pilots-southwest-negotiating-101770040

“Hamas informed the mediators that the resistance movements were willing to extend the current truce by two to four days,” the source said.

Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/11/26/israel-hamas-latest-news1/

Houthi officials will travel to Riyadh with the Omani mediators, who landed in Sanaa on Thursday, the sources said.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/houthi-envoys-heading-to-riyadh-for-ceasefire-talks-with-saudis---sources/article_51a72140-fe35-5927-bc76-0f61a0777522.html

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers asked federal mediators to step into its negotiations with SAG-AFTRA, hoping to head off a possible strike later this week.

Source: https://abc7.com/hollywood-writers-strike-los-angeles-california/13490821/

More problematic than the proclivities of potential mediators is the simple fact that the Ukrainian people do not want this war to end in a negotiated settlement.

Source: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/08/03/ukraine-war-negotiations-russia-china-saudi-african-union-diplomacy/

Occasionally judges retire to pursue careers as law firm partners, mediators, or arbitrators.

Source: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/05/judge-pauline-newman-sues-cognitive-test.html?via=rss

On Wednesday, Deutsche Bahn proposed bringing in outside mediators in hopes of resolving the dispute without further strikes during the summer.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/deutsche-bahn-ap-berlin-europe-b2366539.html

Osakwe reiterated the importance of early inclusion of women at traditional or conflict resolution setting, maintaining that trained women mediators contribute meaningfully to peace making in their communities.

Source: https://blueprint.ng/conflict-resolution-mercy-corps-canvasses-women-involvement-in-mediation-peace-building/

Reports suggest that the joint US-Saudi mediators are making efforts to return the SAF delegation to the negotiating table.

Source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202306020005.html

Su and Sperling's objective is not to act as mediators or intervene directly but rather to offer support in ways that the negotiating parties find constructive, according to the official.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12530041/BIden-UAW-strike-2023-demands-negotiations.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Sudan’s warring parties are set to meet in Jeddah for talks, Riyadh and Washington said, as international mediators pressed to end a conflict that has killed hundreds of people and sent tens of thousands of refugees fleeing abroad.

Source: https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/world/africa-news/2023/05/06/saudis-khartoum-peace-initiative/

The head of Hamas's political bureau in Gaza, Basem Naim, denied that any new prisoner negotiations had taken place with mediators.

Source: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-war-cabinet-blocks-mossad-chief-restart-talks-qatar

They set an atmosphere for change, as do mediators, diplomats and numerous other professionals.

Source: https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/08/17/opinion/opinion-contributor/democracy-listen-opponents/