The Gaza envoy for U.S. president Donald Trump’s Board of Peace initiative has called on the terrorist group Hamas and other Palestinian factions to disarm “without delay.”
Nickolay Mladenov, a veteran Bulgarian diplomat appointed as the Board’s high representative for Gaza, addressed the UN Security Council on Tuesday, March 24th.
“Every hour, every day wasted carries a human cost and further erodes the process for credible and lasting peace,” Mladenov said. The Board of Peace plan, negotiated by the United States with Qatar and Egypt, aims to halt the two-year war in Gaza that began with Hamas’s October 7th, 2023 attack on Israel.
The initiative’s second phase includes the disarmament of Hamas, a gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces, and the deployment of an international stabilizing force. In return, the Board of Peace has promised reconstruction and investment aid for Gaza contingent on a lasting truce.
