Overview
- The inaugural leaders meeting is planned for Feb. 19 at the U.S. Institute of Peace and is billed as a fundraising conference to kick-start Gaza reconstruction and advance Phase Two of the ceasefire plan.
- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán says he will attend and Pakistan plans to participate, while overall turnout and representation levels remain unclear.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet President Trump on Feb. 18; Israel has accepted an invitation to join the board but has not signed the charter.
- The board, chaired by President Trump and counting roughly two dozen member states, was authorized by a U.N. Security Council resolution to help oversee Gaza ceasefire implementation, governance and reconstruction.
- Criticism has focused on reported charter provisions granting strong chair powers and a $1 billion threshold for permanent seats, the absence of Palestinian representation, and unresolved mechanics for demilitarization and any stabilization force.