Board of Peace

Board of Peace, international body, chaired by U.S. Pres. Donald Trump, “that seeks to promote stability, restore dependable and lawful governance, and secure enduring peace in areas affected or threatened by conflict,” according to its charter. The body is set to supervise a transitional Palestinian technocratic government in the Gaza Strip, called the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG), that is headed by Ali Shaath, a former Palestinian Authority (PA) official who was born in the Gaza Strip. The Board of Peace will also work toward disarming Hamas and deploying the International Stabilization Force (ISF), a peacekeeping mission made up of international armed personnel and charged with training a new Palestinian police force. Although the board was proposed to oversee a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas War, its charter suggests a mission that extends beyond the Gaza Strip to other areas of conflict around the globe.

Establishment

The Board of Peace was originally proposed in September 2025 as part of the framework of a broader ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas War. Along with the ceasefire agreement, the United Nations Security Council endorsed the establishment of the Board of Peace and authorized it to operate in the Gaza Strip as a transitional administrative body.

After months of discussions the formation of the board was announced in January 2026 in advance of the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, during which Trump hoped to finalize its formation. The board’s charter indicated a global scope in its mission, prompting concerns from some countries that the board might try to compete with, and thereby undermine, the United Nations.

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Membership and governance

Trump, whose negotiation team proposed the board, is the inaugural chair. The seat is relinquished only voluntarily or by incapacitation, at which time it passes to a designated successor.

Dozens of countries have been invited to take part on the board. Among the most notable states to accept membership, apart from the United States, are Israel, Qatar, Turkey (Türkiye), and Saudi Arabia. Member states are able to renew their membership every three years, subject to approval by the chair, or buy a permanent membership by contributing $1 billion to the board’s fund within its first year.

The Executive Board includes several members close to Trump, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, son-in-law Jared Kushner, special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, and deputy national security adviser Robert Gabriel. It also includes Tony Blair, a former prime minister of the United Kingdom who oversaw the Good Friday Agreement (1998) and later served as an international mediator in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Ajay Banga, the president of the World Bank, and Marc Rowan, the chief executive officer of an asset management firm, were also appointed to the Executive Board.

Nickolay Mladenov, a Bulgarian diplomat who previously worked for the United Nations as a mediator in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, was appointed as the Executive Board’s high representative for Gaza and was tasked with overseeing a special executive board for the administration of the Gaza Strip. The members of that board included Executive Board members Kushner, Witkoff, Blair, and Rowan. They also included Sigrid Kaag, a Dutch diplomat who like Mladenov worked as a mediator for the conflict for the UN; Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan; Qatari Minister of Strategic Affairs Ali al-Thawadi; Egyptian Gen. Hassan Rashad; Emirati Minister of State for International Cooperation Reem al-Hashimy; and Cypriot-Israeli real estate mogul Yakir Gabay.

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