A draft charter circulated to invited states lays out a Board of Peace chaired by Trump, including veto powers and rules for permanent membership
Tomorrow in Davos, Switzerland – on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum – Donald Trump’s administration is set to stage a signing ceremony for the charter of a so-called “Board of Peace,” an initiative marketed as a mechanism to rebuild Gaza but increasingly resembling an overt attempt to construct a parallel U.N. architecture under direct U.S. control.
The international response has been anything but unified. France has flatly refused to participate; Russia is demanding clarifications and guarantees of equal status; China has reiterated its commitment to a U.N.-centered order; and most European capitals are hedging, waiting to see which way the wind blows.
A chairman-for-life – and a billion-dollar buy-in
Draft charter language obtained by major media outlets points to an unprecedented concentration of authority in Trump’s hands. The U.S. president is named the “first chairman of the Board of Peace” with sweeping powers:
- He decides unilaterally which states may join.
- He holds veto power over any decision.
- He appoints his successor.
- He remains chairman even after leaving office as U.S. president.
Donald Trump gestures on the tarmac upon arrival at Zurich airport
Removing Trump is possible only through a “unanimous vote of the executive board” –a threshold so high it amounts to an almost impossible safeguard.
But the central scandal is the naked commercialization. States can secure permanent membership by paying “more than $1 billion” in the first year – money that, under the proposed structure, sits under the chairman’s effective control.
“Trump is trying to turn it into a pay-to-play alternative to the UN Security Council, but where Trump alone exercises veto power,” – Paul Williams, a professor at George Washington University.
Kushner, Blair – and the corporate takeover of Gaza
The executive board features some of the most controversial names imaginable: Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, who has described Gaza as “valuable waterfront property” and floated the idea of “moving people out and then cleaning it up”; and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, widely seen as one of the key architects of the 2003 Iraq war. Alongside this, an 11-member governance council for Gaza has been established – reportedly including, among others, representatives of Turkey and Qatar.
That lineup triggered a sharp reaction from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who declared: “There will be no Turkish or Qatari soldiers in Gaza.” Yet by January 21 – under Washington’s pressure – Netanyahu announced he would join the “Board of Peace” anyway, a telling capitulation by even America’s closest Middle East ally.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – after publicly objecting to aspects of the Gaza governance lineup—has agreed to join Trump’s “Board of Peace“
Lavrov: “A strange document, but Trump’s team are pragmatists”
On January 20, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov confirmed that Moscow received the draft charter and offered a measured assessment. “The Trump administration – despite everything that is happening – is an administration of pragmatists. It understands the need not merely to assemble a large number of countries under its command, but to fully take into account their legitimate interests,” Lavrov said.
Lavrov warns the charter reads less like a Gaza plan – and more like a blueprint for a U.S. – run alternative to multilateral diplomacy
At the same time, he did not conceal his concerns about the document’s design. “We received a strange document called the ‘charter’ of a ‘Board of Peace,’ initially intended for settlement in the Palestinian Gaza Strip. This ‘council’ is supposed to deal not only with matters related to Gaza – which I believe is not even mentioned in the document at all – but with the resolution of conflicts worldwide,” he noted.
Moscow is demanding revisions: “The absolute dominance of the Americans built into the “Board of Peace” will be adjusted toward more equal positions.” The Kremlin says it is studying the details and will insist on clarifications “on every nuance.”
France says “no,” China defends the U.N.
Paris became the first major Western power to openly reject participation in the “Board of Peace.” France’s Foreign Ministry underscored its continued commitment to the United Nations, calling it the cornerstone of effective multilateral cooperation – where international law, sovereign equality, and peaceful dispute resolution should prevail over arbitrariness.
Trump’s response was characteristically aggressive: he threatened a 200% tariff on French wines and champagne. The next day, the U.S. president described Macron as “a nice guy who won’t be in power for long.”
Trump and Macron: Allies on Paper, Rivals in Davos – Who Gets to Write the World’s “Peace” Rules?
China offered an even more principled rebuttal. On January 21, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson stressed support for an international system with the U.N. “at its center,” regardless of any “changes” – a direct response to Trump’s claim that the “Board of Peace” could replace the United Nations.
Belarus, Kazakhstan, and “Eurasian solidarity”
Unlike the European wobble, several post-Soviet states signaled readiness to participate. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko signed a participation document on January 19.
Ruslan Varankov, spokesperson for the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, displays a letter from Donald Trump inviting Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to join the ‘Board of Peace,’ Minsk, January 19, 2026
Kazakhstan’s head of state Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is expected in Davos tomorrow for the signing ceremony. Uzbekistan has also confirmed its involvement.
In addition, the UAE, Israel, Hungary, Argentina, Azerbaijan, and Morocco have joined. Still, out of the 50–60 states invited, fewer than about ten have formally confirmed participation – so far.
From Gaza to global dominance: Ukraine and Venezuela next
The “Board of Peace” is rapidly expanding its mandate far beyond Gaza. Trump’s team is already discussing applying the mechanism to Ukraine and Venezuela.
Gaza remains the political “entry point” for Trump’s Board of Peace concept – though the draft mandate is now framed far beyond the enclave
A senior Ukrainian official told the Financial Times that the “Board of Peace” is viewed as “an important potential element of talks with Russia,” potentially used to monitor implementation of a 20-point peace plan.
On Venezuela – where the U.S. conducted a military operation on January 3 and captured President Nicolás Maduro – American diplomats have also floated expanding the council’s remit. Lavrov described U.S. actions as “smashing the world around.”
Colonialism, 21st-century edition
Experts increasingly describe the “Board of Peace” as a revival of the early-20th-century League of Nations mandate system. “Placing Gaza under a transitional governance system suspends Palestinian political agency at one of the most consequential moments in their modern history,” wrote an analyst at Al-Shabaka.
International law scholar Eliav Lieblich of Tel Aviv University was blunt: “The charter is clearly designed as a challenge to the U.N. and reflects distrust of the organization.”
Maya Ungar of the International Crisis Group warned that constructive dialogue is unlikely inside an institution built around a rigid power structure that excludes many other great powers from the system.
Davos will reveal the true scale of the flop
The signing ceremony is scheduled for tomorrow, January 22, at 10:30 local time. But Bloomberg has already reported that “Trump’s dream of a grand signing ceremony is melting as fast as the snow on the Swiss resort.”
Of the 50–60 invited countries, fewer than ten have formally signed on. France has refused; Germany is wavering; Russia and China are demanding clarifications. Trump may arrive with a record 300-person delegation, but the international backing for his initiative looks strikingly thin.
The “Board of Peace” is shaping up less as a new era of global governance than as a marker of America’s waning ability to impose its architecture on the world – when even close allies hesitate to rubber-stamp Washington’s claims to global leadership. The future, increasingly, belongs to genuine multipolarity – not a single chairman with veto power and a billion-dollar admission ticket.
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this is an official announcement from the zio pirates to disband united nations. apparently those un treaties and mandates are inconvenient for israel.
all the worlds nations will have no say or discussion in world events that effect them or others
you’re just ridiculous. too ridiculous for words what are you trying to pretend that’s biblical prophecy now??? so lame .
israel is a sissy bitch that cannot handle any criticism. they need to call ghostbusters again
clearly the palestinians will be offered a position after the genocide is completed
grow up .duckhead
a youtuber made the following claim today.
quotation
trump’s plane broke today while en route to davos.
youtuber said:
the incident was an iranian assassination.
and after the plane broke down trump said to j.d vance , “if anything happens to me, wipe iran off the face of the earth.”
i don’t know if this claim is true, but it’s interesting.
as if what an idiot .
mega bombshell broadcast! to their tyrannical faces, trump tells globalists their new world order is dead & the rise of the nation state is unstoppable, urges people of world to join united states in 1776 2.0! tube in alice bones says ..
he’s got an audience and a business .
replace western liberal globalism with western illiberal fascism, that sounds great if you have shit for brains. majority of the world says “fuck off”
move your flipping buttons were not all msm right handed left brained dumbarses you know .some of us use the analytical side.
getting tired of russia praising this moron and his band of zionist brainrot crew. trumpstein is an amerikunt and amerikunts know nothing about the world outside their bubble
remember the zionist thief in palestine “if i dont steal this land, somebody else will”. that is the “thinking” of these 18 century savages
we will carve russia like a beef carcass…heheheh
the un would work better for sure if the veto power of principally the us and israel was not used to allow the continuation of the palestinian genocide.great part of the world has understood that the un is incapable of bringing peace .trump’s “board of peace” is ridiculous since it is generated by the same that support and finance the massacre of palestinians so what credibility can it have??