But the technology and the idea were too foreign for the mediator to grasp.
The mediator, Hans-Jochen Vogel, a former chairman of Germany's ruling Social Democrats, had an unenviable task.
With the guidance of the mediator, everyone has a chance to weigh in and air their differences.
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"Our direct negotiations with the IAAF representatives, through the mediator, have been ongoing for 10 months, " he said.
Mr. Churkin disputed that point, however, saying that the mediator would be appointed by Mr. Annan, not the Syrian government.
The mediator entrusted with ending the crisis that has left Belgium without a government for nearly seven months has tendered his resignation.
To credit this threat, Obama has empowered the Quartet to supplant the US as the mediator between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
The government and local authorities refuse to go beyond the mediator's proposal to boost wages to 90% of the western level by 2002.
The mediator is chosen and a date for mediation is set.
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Therefore, human behavior is the mediator between business strategy and outcomes.
In cases where a mediator is unfamiliar with your business niche, product or service, the aid of an expert may be needed to educate the mediator.
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The boss agreed to engage in talks, and the mediator had the two meet and listen respectfully to each other's emotions and viewpoint, then work out a solution.
The mediator puts the agreements in writing and everyone signs.
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The fact that negotiations under the watchful eye of the mediator continue is encouraging, meaning that the two sides did not entrench themselves further apart over the weekend break.
Microsoft's shares leapt on the announcement of the mediator's appointment: investors would love to see a settlement, almost any settlement, which would dispel the uncertainty hanging over the company.
If the players association does not decertify today, I think it shows that progress has been made in the negotiations before the mediator and an end is somewhere in sight.
While support for Nigeria is the essential purpose of Mr Clinton's African visit, he has also accepted an invitation to Arusha, Tanzania from the mediator of the Burundi conflict, former South African President Nelson Mandela.
For the avoidance of doubt, this Court shall retain exclusive jurisdiction and enforce any determination by the Mediator under the MLB Settlement (including, for avoidance of doubt, the Special Terms) that is issued after the Effective Date.
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Using Chavez as the mediator might come with further diplomatic costs for Colombia, however: Chavez announced that his involvement might also be an opportunity to settle the pending border dispute over the potentially energy rich Gulf of Guajira.
The letters also show that Pierre was very often the mediator in family feuds particularly when the doughty Madame Henri Matisse finally packed her bags after over 40 years of marriage, accusing her elderly husband of having an affair with Lydia Delectorskaya, his Russian assistant and model.
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He has rejected the agreed mediator, Ketumile Masire, the former president of Botswana, and now wants the whole Lusaka agreement renegotiated.
With South Africa as the designated mediator, these members of the South African Development Council and the African Union (A.U.) have failed utterly, and not for the first time.
Mr Diallo has been sent to fill the vacuum left by the death of the previous mediator, Alioune Blondin Beye, and to steer the peace process back on to solid ground.
South Africa is the designated regional mediator in the Zimbabwe crisis.
Nelson Mandela, the new mediator for Burundi , met government and opposition leaders in Tanzania, and appealed for the armed rebels to be included in the peace process.
Netanyahu was led to believe that in return for these concessions Obama would begin behaving like the credible mediator his predecessors were.
Egypt, the supposed mediator, was in fact complicit in Israel's siege.
Under German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, who enjoys the confidence of both the Israelis and the Palestinians, Germany has virtually adopted the role of unofficial mediator in the Middle East.
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