Trump’s wide ambitions for Board of Peace spark new support for the United Nations

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By EDITH M. LEDERER and FARNOUSH AMIRI

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to sidestep the United Nations through his new Board of Peace appears to have inadvertently backfired after major world powers rejected U.S. aspirations for it to have a larger international mandate beyond the Gaza ceasefire and recommitted their support for the over 80-year-old global institution.