Donald Trump’s Board of Peace is populated by a rogues’ gallery and operates under an opaque, unaccountable governance structure. States will join the board for three years but a donation of $1 billion can buy them a permanent seat. The charter does not mention Gaza but when the UN Security Council endorsed Trump’s 20-point peace plan last November, it also authorised the Board of Peace to take control of the Strip following last October’s ceasefire. Much of the board’s work in Gaza will be done by its executive board and its high representative for the Strip, former Bulgarian foreign minister Nickolay Mladenov. The UN Security Council authorised the Board of Peace to run Gaza until the end of 2027 and requested that it provides a written report to the council every six months.

Source: The Irish Times January 26, 2026 06:56 UTC