The purpose of this essay is to compare two examples of international mediation and determine what the strengths and weaknesses of the mediator(s) were in each case. The selected cases that will be discussed in this article are the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis with Algerian representatives as mediators between the United States and Iran, and the Camp David case with American President Jimmy Carter as mediator between Egypt and Israel. of the United States in Tehran was attacked by a group of Iranian students who were holding embassy staff hostage. This event put a strain on Tehran-Washington diplomatic relations, which were subsequently completely severed. Therefore, Algeria was chosen as the official mediator, because it was already playing an important role in the “non-existent” diplomatic relations between Iran and the United States. Not only did the Algerians know about the issue, but the delegation also consisted of four experienced and high-level professional negotiators. The siege of the embassy lasted 444 days and ended on January 20, 1981. After successful mediation by Algerian representatives, all hostages were finally released. urgency to solve the problem. This was an initiative of the newly elected US President Jimmy Carter, who was firmly convinced that peace in the Middle East should be the central goal of US foreign policy, despite having been warned by many previous failed attempts to find a solution solution to this problem. However, after a thorough study of the topic, Carter had the idea of ​​a "right solution", which meant that Israel had to return to... middle of paper... Different mediation approaches were shown by Jimmy Carter and by Algerian representatives. While both processes were successful, they had their weaknesses. However, it is important to note that “The success of mediation in no way depends solely on the efforts of the mediator, but rather on whether the disputing parties agree on the mediator's resolution plan.” The two cases of mediation are different, approach of the mediators? if it had not been for the president of the USA (Israel's greatest ally) (footnote), the agreement would probably not have been achieved. agreement was reached at Camp David and subsequently signed. Of course his mediation force helped him to do so (offers of money and threats of failure. His main focus for the meeting was the peace agreement between Egypt and Israel)..