According to the White House release and media reporting, the Board of Peace is a new international organization established by the Board’s Charter to coordinate post‑war stabilization, demilitarization, governance reform, and reconstruction in Gaza; President Trump is named its Chairman and an Executive Board (including U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner and others) is listed to “operationalize” it. Membership beyond the Executive Board consists of founding member states that signed the charter at Davos (dozens were invited; about 35 committed according to reports); the charter gives the Board an executive leadership structure with a Chairman empowered to veto and remove members under some constraints. (Final membership, governance rules, and term limits are set by the charter and press reporting.)
In this context “ratify” means the President formally signed and publicly adopted the Board’s Charter, establishing the Board as an international organization under that charter and signaling U.S. endorsement and operational launch; it does not by itself create binding international legal personality beyond what the Charter and any supporting UN mandate provide—legal authority depends on the charter text and any Security Council resolution or state consent.
Press reporting and the White House say roughly 35 countries committed as Founding Members; media lists of signatories at Davos include Israel, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, Egypt, Turkey, Hungary, Pakistan, Morocco, Paraguay, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kosovo, Paraguay, Argentina, Bulgaria, Mongolia and others. The White House and officials said founding states pledged to mobilize resources, support demilitarization, governance reform and large‑scale rebuilding in Gaza; Reuters and CNBC reporting add that membership terms are limited to three years unless a state pays $1 billion for permanent membership (per draft charter reporting).
The Board’s authority in Gaza is transitional and contingent: UN Security Council Resolution 2803 (Nov 17, 2025) welcomed the Board as a transitional administration to set frameworks and coordinate redevelopment and authorized a temporary international stabilization force; reporting says the Board will coordinate assistance, support security arrangements and guide post‑conflict administration and must report to the Security Council every six months. Existing Israeli and Palestinian institutions retain legal claims and roles, so in practice the Board’s authority depends on Security Council mandates, agreements with Israel and Palestinian authorities, and on-the-ground consent and enforcement arrangements—i.e., it has a UN‑backed transitional coordination role but not absolute sovereign control absent further legal instruments.
The National Committee for the Administration of Gaza is referenced in the White House article as the body responsible for Gaza’s administration under the new arrangements; the Chief Commissioner named in the White House piece is Dr. Ali Sha’ath, who spoke at the Davos ceremony. Details on the Committee’s legal status, composition beyond the Chief Commissioner, and its exact powers are not fully specified in the White House article.
Demilitarization as described by U.S. officials and reporting would mean decommissioning Hamas’s heavy weapons, disarming organized armed groups in Gaza, and establishing security arrangements (including a proposed temporary International Stabilization Force). Enforcement is intended to be by international actors authorized under UNSC Resolution 2803 and by the Board’s security mechanisms; practical enforcement will depend on deployment of stabilization forces, cooperation by regional states, and negotiated arrangements for amnesty, reintegration or removal for fighters—details and specific enforcing actors remain contingent on implementation agreements.
The White House and event speakers said reconstruction will be financed by mobilizing global resources and large‑scale private‑sector investment; Kushner and the administration announced plans for a donors’ conference and the charter (per media reporting) contemplates member contributions (reports cite a $1 billion fee for permanent membership). Oversight and distribution are described as coordinated by the Board of Peace and its Executive Board together with the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza; exact fiduciary, auditing and implementing arrangements (which agencies or multilateral banks will administer funds) were not fully specified in published statements.