The Ukrainian President has announced that he will propose a cease-fire with separatist rebels in the east of the country later this week - with the aim of ending violence that has plagued the country for months, according to local news reports.
That evening, Mr. Saakashvili proposed a cease-fire on national television.
Earlier this year, Google proposed a cease-fire, according to people familiar with the conversations.
He proposed a cease-fire that would be followed by a transitional government until elections could be held.
India proposed a cease-fire on the Siachen Glacier, a high-altitude ice field where Indian and Pakistani forces have been skirmishing for years.
Ecowas mediators proposed a cease-fire pact last week, but that deal fell apart last Sunday when Mr. Gbagbo reneged on a pledge to sign it, saying the rebels had to lay down their arms first.
On Monday, Mr. Brahimi proposed a cease-fire during the three-day Muslim holiday of Id al-Adha, which begins Oct. 26, hoping that a religious reprieve universally respected by Muslims could be the basis not only for a pause in the fighting but perhaps the beginnings of a dialogue in Syria.
On Friday, the Syrian foreign minister proposed a cease-fire and prisoner exchange in the northern city of Aleppo, which is divided between rebel and government forces.
Egypt has proposed a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas after a week of air strikes which have killed at least 185 Palestinians, at least 3/4 of whom were civilians, according to the BBC.
On his party website, Saleh proposed a cease-fire by the coalition, Hadi's forces and the Houthis — without mentioning his own — and a return to U.N.-sponsored negotiations.
Early in his first term, President Nixon rejected a suggestion from Mr. Rogers that the United States propose an immediate cease-fire in Vietnam.
