The "Board of Peace" charter is the founding document for an international body launched by U.S. President Donald Trump to oversee peacebuilding initially in Gaza and to be expanded to other conflicts. The charter names Trump as inaugural chair, creates a founding executive council (reported members include Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Steve Witkoff, Tony Blair and Jared Kushner), limits ordinary memberships to three‑year terms unless a state pays $1 billion for permanent membership, and assigns reporting obligations to the U.N. Security Council.
The announcement and signing took place at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos on Jan 22, 2026; the event was led by President Trump/White House officials (a Trump‑led signing ceremony at Davos) rather than being presented as a WEF‑run initiative — the White House posted the video of the event.
An official full recording of the signing is available (White House/YouTube upload). As of available reporting, a separate official written transcript or a dedicated White House press release summarizing the full charter text is not clearly published in news coverage; the charter text itself has been reported by outlets (and Reuters cited a copy of a draft charter).
President Trump acted as the lead signatory and speaker at the ceremony — he led the signing and presented the charter on stage (chair/founder role), rather than being a passive attendee.
Multiple foreign leaders and officials joined or endorsed the charter at the Davos signing; reported attendees/signatories included leaders or foreign ministers from Argentina, Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Bahrain, Morocco, Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan, UAE, Qatar, Turkey, Kazakhstan and others — but many Western allies (e.g., France, Norway, Sweden, the UK publicly opted out or were non‑committal). There was no Palestinian representative on the announced board at the ceremony.
The charter includes policy and funding provisions: it assigns the board a role in coordinating reconstruction and stabilization (initially Gaza), sets reporting to the U.N. Security Council, and specifies a $1 billion contribution for permanent membership (otherwise membership is limited to three‑year terms) — details of binding legal authorities beyond the Security Council mandate and operational funding mechanisms remain unclear.
White House officials described the initiative as a Trump‑led, action‑oriented international body to make the Gaza ceasefire and reconstruction durable and to eventually address other global conflicts; the White House named founding executive members (Rubio, Witkoff, Blair, Kushner) and said the board would work with the U.N. while the president emphasized its independence and scope during the Davos ceremony.
Yes. Major international outlets reported on and independently described the Davos signing and charter: Reuters, Al Jazeera, CNN, CBS/NBC and others covered the launch and its membership and policy contours; reporting also highlighted pushback or non‑participation by several Western allies.