{"id":356429,"date":"2025-11-05T02:38:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T02:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/356429\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T02:38:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T02:38:16","slug":"us-proposes-un-authorize-gaza-stabilization-force-for-2-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/356429\/","title":{"rendered":"US proposes UN authorize Gaza stabilization force for 2 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

UNITED NATIONS (AP) \u2014 The United States has circulated draft text for a U.N. Security Council resolution that would provide a mandate for an international stabilization force in Gaza<\/a> for at least two years, marking the next step in President Donald Trump\u2019s plan to halt two years of war between Israel and Hamas<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The draft, confirmed to The Associated Press by two U.S. officials, is an early template for what would likely be extensive negotiations between members of the 15-member council and other international partners<\/a>. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the situation, said the draft is being discussed and changed based on those discussions. <\/p>\n

Arab and other countries that have expressed interest in participating in the stabilization force<\/a> have indicated that U.N. backing of the plan is necessary to persuade them to contribute troops. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we believe is that whatever entity that is created in Gaza should have the legitimacy of a mandate from the Security Council,\u201d U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told reporters in Doha. <\/p>\n

The draft was circulated Tuesday afternoon and has been prepared as a starting point to find consensus that would give the stabilization force and participating countries an international mandate. <\/p>\n

China and Russia \u2014 two of the permanent members of the council \u2014 will likely become the biggest opposition for the U.S. as it tries to push through a resolution without either country vetoing it. <\/p>\n

The draft calls for the force to ensure \u201cthe process of demilitarizing the Gaza Strip\u201d and \u201cthe permanent decommissioning of weapons from non-state armed groups.\u201d A big question in Trump\u2019s 20-step plan<\/a> for a ceasefire and reconstruction in the territory is the way to disarm Hamas, which has not fully accepted that step<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The draft would give countries participating in the stabilization force a broad mandate to provide security in Gaza through the end of 2027, working with a yet-to-be-established \u201cBoard of Peace\u201d<\/a> that would temporarily govern the territory. The draft calls for the force to closely consult and cooperate with Egypt and Israel. <\/p>\n

The text also says the stabilization troops would help secure border areas, along with a Palestinian police force that they have trained and vetted, as well as coordinate with other countries to secure the flow of humanitarian assistance<\/a>. It also emphasizes the \u201cfull resumption\u201d of aid to Gaza by the United Nations, Red Cross and Red Crescent and ensuring that those needed supplies are not diverted.<\/p>\n

Hamish Falconer, Britain\u2019s minister for the Middle East and North Africa, told the AP recently that the focus for the U.K. is ensuring the fragile ceasefire<\/a> holds and that scaled-up aid keeps flowing. He said many questions surround phase two of Trump\u2019s plan<\/a> and that the implementation of the first phase is still unfinished. <\/p>\n

Falconer said it\u2019s important for any stabilization force in Gaza to be \u201cunderpinned by a Security Council mandate.\u201d <\/p>\n

Axios first reported on the draft.<\/p>\n

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Mednick reported from Juba, South Sudan, and Lee from Washington. Associated Press writer Kareem Chehayeb in Beirut contributed to this report. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UNITED NATIONS (AP) \u2014 The United States has circulated draft text for a U.N. Security Council resolution that…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":356163,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[97,36676,69,70,4526,57,173808,50,80,376,1206,89512,370,93,103,107],"class_list":{"0":"post-356429","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-2024-2025-mideast-wars","9":"tag-antonio-guterres","10":"tag-donald-trump","11":"tag-gaza","12":"tag-gaza-strip","13":"tag-general-news","14":"tag-hamish-falconer","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-politics","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-united-nations","19":"tag-united-nations-security-council","20":"tag-united-states-government","21":"tag-washington-news","22":"tag-world","23":"tag-world-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115494774611926597","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}