There were several attempts at mediation, from individuals, and foreign governments.

A previous attempt at mediation lasted about four months in 2001 but went nowhere, he said.

The two parties did not reach an out of court settlement, despite repeated attempts at mediation.

Foreign attempts at mediation have been repudiated and eventually ended.

Begin refused to respond to the ultimatum, and all attempts at mediation failed.

Mikhail Gorbachev deserves credit for his constructive attempt at mediation.

The campaigns continued; feeling escalated to such a point that any attempt at mediation only made matters worse.

After a series of motions and counter-motions, including a failed attempt at mediation, the trial began moving forward earlier this year.

Adalbero rejected all attempts at mediation, saying that he would die rather than yield.

Moreover, the central issue that has defeated all previous attempts at mediation - the division of territory - remains unresolved.

In a last attempt at mediation !

Attempts at mediation by France and England were fruitless.

Even the attempts at mediation by the American Secretary of State did not manage to break the deadlock.

However, his attempts at mediation between Chişinău and Tiraspol were largely unsuccessful.

DUCE: I must first thank you for your last attempt at mediation.

Despite a court-supervised attempt at mediation during the trial, the preservationists say, the Transportation Department would not sit down with them.

The destructive efforts of the rioters peaked at around 8 pm, as those attempts at mediation failed.

"Right now we're in litigation and our attempts at mediation are called off," the lawyer, Joseph C. George, said.

If we rejected every attempt at mediation, the whole world would hold us responsible for the conflagration and represent us as the real war-mongers.

Mr. Cadieux said the talks would be the final attempt at mediation and "if it fails the Government will intervene."

"Surveys consistently show that 80 to 85 percent of attempts at mediation result in a written agreement," Mr. Cholst said.

But Russian newspapers, published Tuesday before the offer was made and rejected, were enthusiastic about Primakov's attempt at mediation.

He would not reveal what Browne Sanders had asked, and he said there had been no attempt at mediation between the sides.

We continue to support all attempts at mediation and efforts to seek peace, and particularly the efforts of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development.

We fully support CEDEAO' s attempts at mediation.