Kuala Lampur, Jan. 22 -- As the world watches the ceremonial launch of Donald Trump's much-anticipated Board of Peace at the World Economic Forum in Davos, one striking fact leaps out: the organisation's founding charter contains no meaningful reference to Gaza - even though its very creation was predicated on a United Nations Security Council mandate explicitly tied to the Gaza conflict.

This absence is not an oversight; it reflects a deeper and troubling shift in how power, legitimacy, and international order are being reconfigured in the early 21st century.

In November 2025, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2803, authorising support for a transitional governance and reconstruction mechanism for the Gaza Strip following the ...