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Resolution 2803 (2025) on Gaza, with the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict (17 November 2025)

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Summary

The Security Council’s resolution adopted at its 10046th meeting on 17 November 2025, which welcomes and endorses the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict of 29 September 2025, annexed to the resolution, welcomes the Trump Declaration for Enduring Peace and Prosperity of 13 October 2025 and the role of the United States, Qatar, Egypt and Türkiye in facilitating the Gaza ceasefire, welcomes the establishment of the Board of Peace as a transitional administration with international legal personality to set the framework and coordinate funding for Gaza’s redevelopment until a reformed Palestinian Authority can take back control, after which the conditions may finally be in place for a credible pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood, authorizes the Board and participating Member States to establish operational entities including a transitional governance administration supervising a Palestinian technocratic, apolitical committee, and authorizes a temporary International Stabilization Force in Gaza, under unified command acceptable to the Board, to use all necessary measures to carry out its mandate including demilitarizing the Gaza Strip, with the Board and the authorized presences remaining authorized until Dec. 31, 2027; the annexed 20-point Plan provides for the return of all hostages within 72 hours of Israel publicly accepting the agreement, Israel’s release of 250 life sentence prisoners plus 1700 Gazans detained after October 7th 2023 and the remains of 15 deceased Gazans for every Israeli hostage’s remains, amnesty for Hamas members who commit to peaceful co-existence and decommission their weapons, and safe passage to receiving countries for Hamas members who wish to leave Gaza, full aid, transitional governance by the Palestinian committee under the Board of Peace headed and chaired by President Donald J. Trump with Former Prime Minister Tony Blair among those to be announced, a Trump economic development plan and special economic zone, no forced departure from Gaza, no role for Hamas or other factions in Gaza’s governance, Israeli withdrawal linked to demilitarization with a remaining security perimeter presence, and, when the Palestinian Authority reform program is faithfully carried out, a credible pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood (Resolution 2803 (2025) on Gaza, with the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict (17 November 2025), PDF p.1-4).

What the file is

United Nations document S/RES/2803 (2025), Distr.: General, 17 November 2025, 4 PDF pages, about 2,243 words in the text copy: the resolution’s preamble and 11 operative paragraphs on PDF p.1-2, and Annex 1, the Comprehensive Plan’s 20 numbered points, on PDF p.3-4. The text copy matches the original. Its quotation marks and apostrophes are UTF-8 curly characters (PDF p.1-3) and it prints Türkiye with ü; read in a non-UTF-8 encoding those characters show as â€, ’ and ü sequences, and the wording at those points was read against the original. No vote count is given in the file.

Section by section

  • Preamble (PDF p.1). Welcomes the Comprehensive Plan of 29 September 2025, applauds the states that have signed, accepted or endorsed it, welcomes the historic Trump Declaration for Enduring Peace and Prosperity of 13 October 2025 and the constructive role of the United States, Qatar, Egypt and Türkiye in facilitating the Gaza ceasefire; determines the situation in Gaza threatens regional peace and the security of neighboring states.
  • Paragraph 1 (PDF p.1). Endorses the Comprehensive Plan, acknowledges the parties have accepted it, and calls on all parties to implement it in its entirety, including maintenance of the ceasefire, in good faith and without delay.
  • Paragraph 2 (PDF p.1). Welcomes the Board of Peace as a transitional administration with international legal personality to set the framework and coordinate funding for redevelopment until the Palestinian Authority has satisfactorily completed its reform program, as outlined in proposals including President Trump’s peace plan in 2020 and the Saudi-French Proposal, and can securely and effectively take back control of Gaza; after reform and redevelopment advance, the conditions may finally be in place for a credible pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood; the United States will establish a dialogue between Israel and the Palestinians on a political horizon for peaceful and prosperous coexistence.
  • Paragraph 3 (PDF p.1). Underscores full resumption of humanitarian aid in cooperation with the Board, consistent with relevant international legal principles, through the United Nations, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent, ensuring aid is used solely for peaceful uses and not diverted by armed groups.
  • Paragraph 4 (PDF p.1-2). Authorizes participating Member States and the Board to enter into arrangements to achieve the Plan’s objectives, including on privileges and immunities of the paragraph 7 force’s personnel, and to establish operational entities with international legal personality and transactional authorities for transitional governance including supervising and supporting a Palestinian technocratic, apolitical committee of competent Palestinians from the Strip, as championed by the Arab League, responsible for day-to-day civil service and administration; reconstruction and economic recovery; coordination and delivery of public services and humanitarian assistance; measures to facilitate movement of persons in and out of Gaza; and any additional tasks necessary to support and implement the Plan.
  • Paragraph 5 (PDF p.2). The operational entities operate under the Board’s transitional authority and oversight, funded through voluntary contributions from donors and Board funding vehicles and governments.
  • Paragraph 6 (PDF p.2). Calls on the World Bank and other financial institutions to facilitate and provide financial resources for Gaza’s reconstruction and development, including through a dedicated donor-governed trust fund.
  • Paragraph 7 (PDF p.2). Authorizes Member States working with the Board, and the Board, to establish a temporary International Stabilization Force in Gaza under unified command acceptable to the Board, with forces from participating States, in close consultation and cooperation with Egypt and Israel, to use all necessary measures consistent with international law including humanitarian law; the Force works with Israel, Egypt and the newly trained and vetted Palestinian police force to secure border areas, stabilize Gaza by ensuring demilitarization including destruction and prevention of rebuilding of military, terror and offensive infrastructure and permanent decommissioning of weapons from non-state armed groups, protect civilians including humanitarian operations, train and support the vetted Palestinian police, coordinate humanitarian corridors, and undertake additional tasks; as it establishes control and stability the IDF withdraws on standards, milestones and timeframes linked to demilitarization agreed between the IDF, the Force, the guarantors and the United States, save for a security perimeter presence until Gaza is properly secure from any resurgent terror threat; the Force assists the Board in monitoring the ceasefire, operates under the Board’s strategic guidance and is funded through voluntary contributions and Board funding vehicles and governments.
  • Paragraph 8 (PDF p.2). The Board and the international civil and security presences authorized remain authorized until Dec. 31, 2027, subject to further Council action; any further reauthorization of the Force be in full cooperation and coordination with Egypt, Israel and other Member States continuing to work with it.
  • Paragraphs 9-11 (PDF p.2). Calls on Member States and international organizations to contribute personnel, equipment and financial resources and give full recognition to the Board’s acts and documents; requests the Board to report in writing on progress to the Council every six months; decides to remain seized of the matter.
  • Annex 1, points 1-2 (PDF p.3). Gaza will be a deradicalized terror-free zone that does not pose a threat to its neighbors, and will be redeveloped for the benefit of the people of Gaza, who have suffered more than enough.
  • Annex 1, points 3-6 (PDF p.3). If both sides agree, the war will immediately end, Israeli forces withdraw to the agreed upon line, military operations including aerial and artillery bombardment are suspended and battle lines frozen until conditions are met for complete staged withdrawal; within 72 hours of Israel publicly accepting the agreement, all hostages, alive and deceased, will be returned; once all hostages are released, Israel will release 250 life sentence prisoners plus 1700 Gazans detained after October 7th 2023, including all women and children detained in that context, and the remains of 15 deceased Gazans for every Israeli hostage whose remains are released; Hamas members who commit to peaceful co-existence and decommission their weapons will be given amnesty, and those who wish to leave Gaza will be provided safe passage to receiving countries.
  • Annex 1, points 7-8 (PDF p.3). Upon acceptance, full aid will be immediately sent, at a minimum consistent with the January 19, 2025 agreement on humanitarian aid, including rehabilitation of infrastructure (water, electricity, sewage), hospitals and bakeries, and equipment to remove rubble and open roads; entry and distribution proceed without interference from the two parties through the United Nations and its agencies and the Red Crescent and other international institutions not associated with either party, with the Rafah crossing in both directions under the same mechanism as the January 19, 2025 agreement.
  • Annex 1, point 9 (PDF p.3). Gaza will be governed under the temporary transitional governance of a technocratic, apolitical Palestinian committee of qualified Palestinians and international experts, with oversight and supervision by the Board of Peace, headed and chaired by President Donald Trump, with other members and heads of State to be announced, including Former Prime Minister Tony Blair; the body sets the framework and handles funding for redevelopment until the Palestinian Authority has completed its reform program, as outlined in proposals including President Trump’s peace plan in 2020 and the Saudi-French proposal, and can securely and effectively take back control of Gaza, and will call on best international standards to create modern and efficient governance conducive to attracting investment.
  • Annex 1, points 10-12 (PDF p.3-4). A Trump economic development plan will be created by a panel of experts who have helped birth some of the thriving modern miracle cities in the Middle East, considering international groups’ investment proposals to create jobs, opportunity and hope; a special economic zone will be established with preferred tariff and access rates negotiated with participating countries; no one will be forced to leave Gaza, those who wish to leave will be free to do so and free to return, and people will be encouraged to stay and offered the opportunity to build a better Gaza.
  • Annex 1, points 13-14 (PDF p.4). Hamas and other factions agree to have no role in the governance of Gaza, directly, indirectly or in any form; all military, terror and offensive infrastructure, including tunnels and weapon production facilities, will be destroyed and not rebuilt, with demilitarization under independent monitors, an agreed decommissioning process and an internationally funded buy back and reintegration program verified by the monitors; a guarantee will be provided by regional partners that Hamas and the factions comply and that New Gaza poses no threat to its neighbors or its people.
  • Annex 1, points 15-17 (PDF p.4). The United States will work with Arab and international partners to develop the temporary International Stabilization Force to immediately deploy in Gaza, training and supporting vetted Palestinian police forces, consulting Jordan and Egypt, as the long-term internal security solution, working with Israel and Egypt to secure border areas and prevent munitions entering Gaza while facilitating the flow of goods, with an agreed deconfliction mechanism; Israel will not occupy or annex Gaza, and the IDF will withdraw as the Force establishes control and stability, progressively handing over territory it occupies under an agreement with the transitional authority until withdrawn completely, save for a security perimeter presence until Gaza is properly secure from any resurgent terror threat; if Hamas delays or rejects the proposal, the above, including the scaled-up aid operation, will proceed in the terror-free areas handed over from the IDF to the Force.
  • Annex 1, points 18-20 (PDF p.4). An interfaith dialogue process will be established on tolerance and peaceful co-existence to try to change mindsets and narratives of Palestinians and Israelis; while re-development advances and when the Palestinian Authority reform program is faithfully carried out, the conditions may finally be in place for a credible pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood, which is recognized as the aspiration of the Palestinian people; the United States will establish a dialogue between Israel and the Palestinians to agree on a political horizon for peaceful and prosperous co-existence.

Key passages

  • “Endorses the Comprehensive Plan, acknowledges the parties have accepted it, and calls on all parties to implement it in its entirety, including maintenance of the ceasefire, in good faith and without delay” (PDF p.1)
  • “Decides the BoP and international civil and security presences authorized by this resolution shall remain authorized until Dec. 31, 2027, subject to further action by the Council” (PDF p.2)
  • “Within 72 hours of Israel publicly accepting this agreement, all hostages, alive and deceased, will be returned.” (PDF p.3)
  • “No one will be forced to leave Gaza, and those who wish to leave will be free to do so and free to return.” (PDF p.4)
  • “Israel will not occupy or annex Gaza.” (PDF p.4)

Evidence the work relies on

  • The resolution rests on the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict of 29 September 2025, reproduced as its Annex 1, the Trump Declaration for Enduring Peace and Prosperity of 13 October 2025, the Palestinian Authority reform proposals including President Trump’s peace plan in 2020 and the Saudi-French Proposal, and the January 19, 2025 agreement on humanitarian aid cited in the Plan’s points 7-8. None of those documents is reproduced beyond the Plan itself, and the resolution gives no casualty or aid figures.

Analysis

Unlike resolutions 2712, 2720, 2728 and 2735, which demanded or welcomed humanitarian access and ceasefires without creating machinery of their own beyond 2720’s Coordinator, this resolution authorizes new international bodies — a Board of Peace with international legal personality as transitional administration, its operational entities, and a stabilization force empowered to use all necessary measures — and fixes their authorization to Dec. 31, 2027. Palestinian self-determination and statehood appear not as a two-State commitment, the phrase used in 2720 and 2735, but as a conditional pathway that may be in place after the Palestinian Authority reform program is faithfully carried out and Gaza redevelopment has advanced, with the Authority’s return itself conditioned on that reform. In the annexed Plan, Israel’s complete withdrawal is likewise linked to demilitarization milestones, with a security perimeter presence remaining until Gaza is properly secure.

People, organizations, places and events

UN Security Council, UN Security Council Resolution 2803, Board of Peace, International Stabilization Force, Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict, Hamas, Palestinian Authority, Gaza, Egypt, World Bank, International Committee of the Red Cross, Donald Trump, Israel, Qatar, United States

Concepts

Two-state solution, Self-determination

How it relates to other sources

Open questions

  • No vote count is given in the file.
  • The preamble prints “(Comprehensive Plan”)(annex 1 to this resolution) with no space before the parenthesis, as printed in the text copy.
  • The Trump Declaration of 13 October 2025, the Saudi-French Proposal and the January 19, 2025 agreement are cited but not reproduced in the file; their terms cannot be checked from this source.
  • The file does not name the Board of Peace’s members beyond the Plan’s point 9, which names President Donald J. Trump as its head and chair and Former Prime Minister Tony Blair among members to be announced, and does not name the states contributing forces to the International Stabilization Force or the guarantors.

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