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Towards Realizing the Strengths and Mitigating the Challenges of NGO Mediators

Acknowledgements: The authors wish to extend their gratitude to the participants of the workshop in Brussels as well as to the mediation practitioners, who provided invaluable inputs via e-mail. Special thanks to the Mediation Support Unit of the UN Department of Political Affairs for initiating this consultation, to the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Ireland for graciously funding this endeavor as well as to the Crisis Management Initiative for their help in the organization of the Brussels workshop. Finally, the authors wish to thank their colleagues at swisspeace for their creative ideas and feedback as well as Medina Haeri for proofreading the report.