1.   Annan said that while he supported the proposal to send a human rights mission, he did not see a direct mediation role for himself.

2.   Above all, that means the remarkable activism of President Clinton and the retention of Mitchell in his mediation role.

3.   White House aides said this week that he might want to continue this mediation role here, even after he leaves office.

4.   Canada was chosen for the summit because of its mediation role in the crisis.

5.   Colombian President Andres Pastrana said Friday that Fidel Castro could play a key mediation role in peace talks with leftist rebels in the Andean nation.

6.   India has rejected any U.S. mediation role.

7.   But Okinawan governor Masahide Ota reportedly refused to play a mediation role.

8.   Egypt has played a key mediation role between the two sides and hosted the signing of the agreement in May last year which launched self-rule in Gaza and Jericho.

9.   Mandela agreed to play a mediation role Thursday, after talks with UN special representative Alioune Blondin Beye in Cape Town.

10.   Robaina also told AFP Saturday that it would be inappropriate to comment on the event, even to refute speculation that Cuba would have a possible mediation role.