UN Resolution on Gaza: A Breakdown of the Trump Plan

The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution endorsing President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan for Gaza, effectively authorizing a new, two-part framework to govern and secure the Palestinian enclave. The US-drafted resolution, which passed on Monday, establishes a “Board of Peace” as a transitional authority and an “international stabilization force” (ISF) to handle security. This vote provides the international mandate supporters say is necessary to move forward with ending the two-year war.
First, the “Board of Peace” is established as the primary governance body. According to the resolution, this board will be chaired by President Trump and will be responsible for overseeing the entirety of Gaza’s reconstruction and economic recovery. The text explicitly authorizes member states to participate in this board. President Trump has already hailed the move, calling it “historic” and promising to announce the board’s members in the “coming weeks.”
Second, the resolution authorizes the “international stabilization force” (ISF). This is the security component of the plan, and it has a very specific mandate: the complete demilitarization of Gaza. The text empowers the ISF to decommission weapons and destroy military infrastructure. US Ambassador Mike Waltz described this as the mechanism that “dismantles Hamas’ grip” and allows Gaza to become “prosperous and secure.”
This demilitarization mandate is also the plan’s most significant point of conflict. Hamas, the militant group that rules Gaza, issued a statement immediately after the vote rejecting the resolution. It called the plan an “international guardianship” and unequivocally stated it “will not disarm,” arguing its fight is “legitimate resistance.” This sets up a direct confrontation with the ISF.
The plan also has its share of high-level diplomatic skeptics. Russia and China, both permanent Security Council members, abstained from the vote. Their ambassadors complained that the resolution gives the UN no clear role, instead handing “complete control” to the US-led initiative. Furthermore, a clause referencing a “pathway to… statehood” for Palestinians, while welcomed by the Palestinian Authority, has been publicly opposed by Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, highlighting the plan’s fragile consensus.