Key Highlights
- According to the Trump administration, the Board of Peace will play an essential role in fulfilling Trump's 20-point plan of providing strategic oversight, mobilising international resources, and ensuring accountability as "Gaza transitions from conflict to peace and development".
- The White House last week announced forming a founding executive board to operationalise the Board of Peace's vision.
- The members of the executive committee include US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, former British prime minister Tony Blair, US special envoy to the Middle-East Steve Witkoff, businessman and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and World Bank president Ajay Banga. US President Donald Trump invites more leaders to join Gaza 'Board of Peace'From Gaza to Global Crises: A Widening MandateThe grouping was initially dubbed as a way to oversee the reconstruction and governance of Gaza.
- However, Trump's letter to different leaders of the world, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, indicated that the new body's ambition will be wider.
- In the letter, Trump has said the board would seek to solidify peace in the Middle East and that it would embark on a "bold new approach to resolving Global Conflict" as well. The Financial Times, quoting from the charter of the board, said it is "an international organisation that seeks to promote stability, restore dependable and lawful governance, and secure enduring peace in areas affected or threatened by conflict," clearly signalling a wider role in conflicts around the world.
