Trump signs charter of 'Board of Peace' at Davos

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

78% : "There's tremendous potential with the United Nations, and I think the combination of the Board of Peace with the kind of people we have here ... could be something very, very unique for the world," said Trump, who has long disparaged the UN and other institutions of multilateral cooperation.
62% : The board's creation was endorsed by a United Nations Security Council resolution as part of Trump's Gaza peace plan, and UN spokesperson Rolando Gomez said on Thursday that UN engagement with the board would only be in that context.
48% : Few of the countries that have signed up for the board are democracies, although Israel, Argentina and Hungary, whose leaders are close allies of Trump and supporters of his approach to politics and diplomacy, have said they will join.
47% : " Global role Apart from the US, no other permanent member of the UN Security Council -- the five nations with the most say over international law and diplomacy since the end of World War Two -- has yet committed to join.
46% : US President Donald Trump on Thursday launched his Board of Peace, initially focused on cementing Gaza's ceasefire but which he said could take a wider role that may worry other global powers, although he said it would work with the United Nations, reports Reuters.
46% : Trump, who will chair the board, invited dozens of ⁠other world leaders to join, saying he wants it to address challenges beyond the stuttering Gaza truce, stirring misgivings that it could undermine the UN's role as the main platform for global diplomacy and conflict resolution.
45% : But Reuters could not immediately spot any representatives from governments of other top global powers or from Israel or the Palestinian Authority.
36% : And we'll do it in conjunction with the United Nations," Trump said, adding that the UN had great potential that had not been fully utilized.
34% : The ceasefire in Gaza, agreed in October, has sputtered for months with Israel and Hamas trading blame for repeated bursts of violence in which several Israeli soldiers and hundreds of Palestinians have been killed.
13% : Both sides accuse each other of further violations, with Israel saying Hamas has procrastinated on returning a final body of a dead hostage and Hamas saying Israel has continued to restrict aid into Gaza despite an ongoing humanitarian disaster.

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