Le Conseil de Paix en tant qu’organisation internationale
The Board of Peace as an International Organisation

Summary/Abstract: The Board of Peace is an international organization with a universal potential, an organization dedicated to cooperation while respecting the individual sovereignty of each Member State, an organization in the field of peace. The Organization is established on a temporary basis, for a term of less than two years, unless its President expressly decides to extend it. The existence of the Board of Peace and its membership (acquisition and maintenance of the membership status) depend essentially on the discretionary will of the President. The main traditional intergovernmental collegial decision-making body, in which all Members are represented and have equal voting rights, bears the same name as the Organization and has no real power of its own. The principal decision-making body of the Board of Peace is its President (who holds the essence of the powers, which he may exercise at his discretion), assisted by the Executive Board (led by its Chief Executive), as the executive body, whose members are appointed by and may be dismissed at the President’s discretion. The first President of the Board of Peace is specifically designated by the Charter as the current President of the United States, for a lifetime term, and each successive President of the Board of Peace designates his or her successor; in the absence of a President the Organization can no longer function and ceases to exist. These legal provisions are highly innovative, but are not per se contrary to International Law.

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