European governments have tried and failed to broker a negotiated peace.

In the last few weeks, he has tried to broker the deal between the administration and the federation.

"I'm trying to broker a peace between parties who've so far proved reluctant to talk."

"You had a United States senator trying to broker a deal in public."

Egypt has spent months trying to broker a deal.

This week, leaders of the conference, the city and the archdiocese have been trying to broker an agreement.

To this end, the commission is trying to broker a compromise that would give workers and managers shared power in running their companies.

Washington is right to try to broker a cease-fire and a political transition.

As the final vote approached, he continued trying to broker a deal that would be acceptable to all sides.

Will the Council take this into account when trying to broker a deal?