The UN Security Council Resolution on Gaza: Age of Consent or Recipe for Conflict? – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)

The author contends that UN Security Council Resolution 2803, which endorses a US-led plan for Gaza, is a 'recipe for further conflict' due to its lack of local legitimacy. The plan proposes a Board of Peace (BoP) for governance and an International Stabilization Force (ISF) for disarmament, but the author argues these will be viewed as instruments of occupation. Drawing on comparisons with successful disarmament in Colombia, Northern Ireland, and South Africa, the text asserts that security reform requires local ownership and a political resolution—specifically Palestinian statehood—rather than external imposition.

• UN Security Council Resolution 2803 endorses a 20-point plan by US President Trump that establishes a Board of Peace (BoP) as an interim administration for Gaza and an International Stabilization Force (ISF) tasked with stability, demilitarization, and the disarmament of Hamas and other armed groups.
• The author argues that the plan is fundamentally flawed because it lacks the consent of Palestinian political actors and the people of Gaza, meaning the BoP and ISF will likely be perceived as tools of coercion and occupation, leading to violent resistance.
• The claim in Resolution 2803 that the parties have accepted the plan is described as false, noting that Hamas has rejected the BoP as an "international guardianship mechanism" and maintains that disarmament must be an internal matter linked to Palestinian statehood and self-determination.
• The author asserts that the ISF is unlikely to succeed in disarming Hamas, citing the failure of the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) to do so despite over two years of war, 100,000 tons of ammunition dropped, and over 65,000 deaths by October 2025.
• Successful disarmament in other contexts, such as Colombia, Northern Ireland, and South Africa, demonstrates that security reform requires local ownership and protracted negotiations to achieve a political resolution, rather than external imposition.

APA

Nathan, L. (2025). The UN Security Council Resolution on Gaza: Age of Consent or Recipe for Conflict? – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). Peace Research Institute Oslo. https://www.prio.org/comments/1847

Chicago

Nathan, Laurie. The UN Security Council Resolution on Gaza: Age of Consent or Recipe for Conflict? – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). Peace Research Institute Oslo, 2025. https://www.prio.org/comments/1847.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{nathan2025security, author = {Nathan, Laurie}, title = {{The UN Security Council Resolution on Gaza: Age of Consent or Recipe for Conflict? – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)}}, publisher = {Peace Research Institute Oslo}, year = {2025}, month = dec, url = {https://www.prio.org/comments/1847}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }