They are not part of the warring sides.
Are we the mediators that pull warring sides together?
After years of war, the two warring sides are considering making peace.
All this seemed to confirm that the UN could take on only soft peacekeeping and "observer" missions with co-operation from the warring sides.
IT TOOK several anxious days, and a lethal grenade attack, for Thailand's warring sides to reach a tentative peace deal.