US Envoy to UN Defends Trump's Gaza Peace Plan

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00:00I think I should start with congratulations. This is not an administration that has sought to

00:05run a lot of its foreign policy through the United Nations, but you did seek and obtain

00:11a UN Security Council resolution supporting the Gaza peace deal this week. Can you just tell us

00:19a little bit about why you wanted the UN's backing for this and the concrete next steps

00:25you're looking for from here? Well, yeah, thank you. It was quite a vote. I think history will look

00:33back on it as one of the most consequential votes the United Nations has taken in quite some time,

00:39and essentially what it did was endorse and welcome the Board of Peace chaired by the United

00:48States. And underneath that, you will have essentially an international fund largely managed

00:55by the World Bank to which countries can contribute for the reconstruction, rebuilding, even supporting

01:03the stabilization of Gaza. So that's one. Number two, there will be a technocratic administration

01:11of Palestinians, apolitical, largely overseen by the board. But these will be technocrats responsible

01:21for electricity, sewage, water, really getting basic government services back in place. And then

01:28importantly, and to answer your question most directly, many countries wanted and needed the

01:34UN's blessing to send troops in for the stabilization of Gaza, countries that were having quite positive

01:41conversations with like Azerbaijan, Indonesia and others. And all of this stemmed from the historic

01:48gathering that we had at Sharm el-Sheikh, which led to the ceasefire in Gaza so many had been crying

01:58for for so long, and also the release of the hostages. We still have three remains that are being brutally

02:05held and used as negotiating chips by the terrorist group Hamas. But, you know, again, we've had two

02:13years of devastating war. And our argument to the United Nations was, you know, everyone can find flaws

02:21in this plan, I'm sure. But it's either this moving forward, or a return to war between Israel and

02:28Hamas, and certainly no one wants that.