Many countries have formally agreed to join President Trump’s “Board of Peace” to transform the Gaza Strip into a stabilized region following disruption from conflict between Hamas and Israel, with Trump saying that as many as 59 nations are in play.

President Trump signed the founding charter of his Board of Peace without major U.S. allies on Thursday then met with Ukraine's President Zelenskyy.

President Donald Trump’s suggestion Tuesday that his Board of Peace “might” replace the United Nations is likely to compound concerns that the body meant to oversee the reconstruction of Gaza — and that he will indefinitely chair — will instead become a vehicle for him to attempt to supersede the body established 80 years ago to maintain global peace.