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With U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace connected Gaza being seen arsenic a rival, a United Nations spokesperson said the satellite assemblage has “coexisted” alongside assorted planetary institutions and would hold to spot “what benignant of relationship” it has with the U.S.-led initiative.
“The U.N. has coexisted alongside immoderate fig of organisations. There are determination organisations, subregional organisations, and assorted defence alliances astir the world,” Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said.
“Some of them, we person narration agreements with. Some of them, we don't. We would person to spot successful presumption of details what the Board of Peace becomes arsenic it really is established to cognize what benignant of narration we would person with it,” helium said.
Mr. Haq was responding to questions connected Monday (November 19, 2026) astatine the regular property briefing connected the Board of Peace for the redevelopment of Gaza announced by Trump and for which the U.S. president has extended invitations to satellite leaders to join.
When asked whether the Secretary-General has received immoderate invitation to beryllium connected the Board, Mr. Haq said, “I'm not alert of immoderate connection that we've received connected immoderate of this.”
On the $1 cardinal terms tag required for a state to beryllium connected the Board arsenic a imperishable member, Mr. Haq said, “We've seen these reports. We can't corroborate this… Obviously, antithetic groupings person their ain rules, their ain bylaws, and truthful forth. We don't remark connected different groups and their rules.”
Trump astatine WEF
Mr. Trump volition present a peculiar code to the World Economic Forum yearly gathering successful Davos connected Wednesday (January 21), erstwhile helium volition besides enactment successful a greeting with the Forum's leadership, conscionable overseas leaders and be a reception with concern leaders.
On Thursday, connected the margins of the World Economic Forum, Mr. Trump volition enactment successful the “Board of Peace Charter announcement”, wherever nations would beryllium invited to motion the charter, joining the assemblage aimed astatine Gaza’s redevelopment nether his broad program to extremity the conflict.
Mr. Trump has invited respective planetary leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to articulation the Board of Peace, seen arsenic a rival to the United Nations, that volition enactment towards bringing lasting bid to Gaza and embark connected a "bold caller approach" to resoluteness "global conflict”.
Guterres to skip Davos summit
Mr. Guterres, who is presently successful Switzerland, has cancelled his planned travel to the Swiss Alps municipality of Davos owed to a “bad cold", Mr. Haq said.
“The secretary-general is presently adjacent Geneva, Switzerland, wherever helium is gathering with his peculiar and idiosyncratic representatives and envoys. Following these meetings, helium volition instrumentality to New York and has cancelled his planned travel to Davos owed to a atrocious cold,” Mr. Haq said.
He added that the Board of Peace has been “strictly” authorised by the Security Council for its enactment connected Gaza.
“We're not talking astir the wider operations oregon immoderate of the aspects that person been successful the media for the past respective days. What we're talking astir is the enactment connected Gaza,” helium said.
“As you know, we person welcomed the ceasefire successful Gaza and measures to enactment it, including the Board of Peace, and we'll proceed to enactment with each parties connected the crushed to marque definite that the ceasefire is upheld.
“That is astir Gaza. The larger aspects are things for anyone wanting to enactment successful this grouping to consider. Obviously, the U.N. has its ain Charter, its ain rules, and you tin bash your ain comparison and opposition betwixt the respective organisations,” Mr. Haq said.
