The United States last week formally opened negotiations within the 15-member Council on a text that would build on the ceasefire in the two-year war between Israel and Hamas and give international backing to Trump’s proposal.
According to a draft seen Thursday by AFP, the resolution "welcomes the establishment of the Board of Peace," a transitional governing body for Gaza that Trump would theoretically chair, with a mandate through the end of 2027.
The draft would also authorize member states to assemble a "temporary International Stabilization Force (ISF)" to work alongside Israel, Egypt, and newly trained Palestinian police in securing border areas and demilitarizing the Gaza Strip. Unlike earlier versions, the latest draft includes a reference to the potential emergence of a future Palestinian state.
The United States, joined by several Arab and Muslim-majority countries, including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Jordan, Türkiye, Indonesia, and Pakistan, called on Friday for the Council to swiftly pass the resolution.
"The United States, Qatar, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Jordan, and Türkiye express our joint support for the Security Council resolution currently under consideration," the countries said in a joint statement, urging its "swift adoption."
Their appeal came as Russia circulated a competing draft that omits the Board of Peace and any immediate deployment of an international force, and does not mention Trump. Instead, it asks the UN secretary-general to report on options for a stabilization mission and explicitly reaffirms a two-state solution.
The United States has described the ceasefire as "fragile" and warned Friday of the consequences of rejecting its draft. “Any refusal to back this resolution is a vote either for the continued reign of Hamas terrorists or for the return to war with Israel, condemning the region and its people to perpetual conflict,” U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz wrote in The Washington Post.
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SOURCE: AFP