"Like many punters who have tried to do business with Donald Trump in the past, the UN has found itself a victim of a classic bait-and-switch, thinking it was buying one thing, but getting quite another. When they voted to endorse the board of peace in November, other members of the UN security council hoped they were binding Trump into a Gaza peace process, but it now appears they were hoodwinked into backing a Trump-dominated pay-to-play club:"
"The outline of Trump's board of peace which has emerged over the past few days is a long way from the body that the council thought it was endorsing. Resolution 2803 was passed 13-0, with Russia and China abstaining, as an attempt to give a UN imprimatur to a Trump-brokered ceasefire in Gaza. The discussions leading up to the vote on 18 November, and the text of the resolution, were all about the conflict."
"Handing control of Gaza to a Trump-run board for two years cut across longstanding UN principles of self-determination and national sovereignty and against colonialism. It was also vaguer than any other UN peacekeeping resolution in modern times. Nonetheless, the Arab world and Europe decided to vote for the resolution once wording had been added to at least give lip-service to a future sovereign Palestinian state."
The UN Security Council approved Resolution 2803 to endorse a board intended to support a Gaza ceasefire, but the board's charter omits Gaza entirely and reframes the body as a permanent international peace and governance institution. The charter emphasizes pragmatism, results-orientation, nimbleness, and a willingness to depart from approaches deemed to have failed. The board's design and control by Trump raise concerns about undermining UN principles of self-determination, national sovereignty, and anti-colonialism. Arab and European votes aimed to keep Trump engaged in Gaza, but the outcome appears to prioritize a pay-to-play global peace vehicle over Gaza-specific commitments.
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