Report: Trump's Board of Peace to settle conflicts around the world
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Sun, January 18, 2026 at 6:28 PM UTC
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Countries in US President Donald Trump's newly created Board of Peace can secure a seat for an indefinite period if they contribute $1 billion to the budget within a year, according to the draft charter published by the Times of Israel.
The Israeli daily published the draft charter in full on Sunday.
The 13 chapters also show that the US government wants to greatly expand the board's mandate beyond its current focus on pacifying and rebuilding the Gaza Strip.
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According to the draft, the Council is to deal with crises and conflicts around the globe.
Critics are therefore already talking about possible competition with the United Nations, which Trump repeatedly criticizes as dysfunctional.
This criticism is also echoed in the preamble, which states that "durable peace requires pragmatic judgement common-sense solutions, and the courage to depart from approaches and institutions that have too often failed."
The document also emphasizes the need for "a more nimble and effective international peace-building body."
According to the current concept, the board will initially focus on the Gaza conflict.
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The body is part of the second phase of Trump's peace plan for the Gaza Strip, which envisages a permanent end to the war and the disarmament of the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas, which Hamas rejects. The body is to oversee the new transitional government of the coastal strip.
Several heads of state and prime ministers have recently been invited by Trump to participate in the so-called Board of Peace.
Invitations were sent to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Egyptian Head of State Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Argentine President Javier Milei and Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán, among others.
The draft charter stipulates that Trump will chair the council and that only heads of state and prime ministers invited by him can be members. Regular membership ends after three years, unless countries pay $1 billion into the council's budget.
Amendments to the document can be decided by a two-thirds majority of the members, with additional confirmation by the chair. It also states that the Board of Peace will dissolve at a time "deemed necessary or appropriate by the chair."