President Donald Trump announced on Thursday a $10 billion U.S. contribution to rebuilding Gaza at the inaugural meeting of his Board of Peace, describing the organization as the premier world body for international peace and harmony.

“I believe it’s the most consequential board, certainly in terms of power and in terms of prestige,” Trump said as he opened the meeting with representatives of about two dozen countries that have accepted his invitation to join. “There’s never been anything close because these are the greatest world leaders. Almost everybody’s accepted. And the ones that haven’t will be. And some are playing a little cute. That doesn’t work. You can’t play cute with me.”

Several leaders attended, including the presidents of Indonesia and Argentina, the prime minister of Hungary, and the king of Bahrain, although many members sent lower-level officials. A number of European allies, nearly all of whom declined to join, and several others sent observers to the session.

Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko accepted Trump’s invitation but then said he would send his foreign minister, though neither showed up. A ministry statement issued Thursday on social media said that despite receiving all the right forms on time, the United States had not issued visas for the Belarusian delegation. “If even basic formalities aren’t respected, what ‘peace’ are we talking about?” the statement said.

Trump has framed the board as a supplement — or possibly an alternative — to the United Nations, which he has dubbed an ineffectual organization and put at risk of imminent fiscal collapse by withholding the United States’ mandatory dues that make up nearly a quarter of its operating budget as well as other contributions.

The meeting was held at the U.S. Institute of Peace, the congressionally established independent nonprofit that the administration seized last year and renamed after Trump, a move that is still the subject of litigation. U.S. officials, board members and others, sitting on a dais in the massive, blue-curtained foyer of the building, presented details on implementing the ambitious rebuilding phase of Trump’s 20-point Gaza peace plan that ended the two-year war between Israel and Hamas

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During his near hour-long speech, Trump mused about the wealth or good looks of some of the people in the room. He gave a shout-out to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has been criticized for anti-democratic actions such as curtailing independent media and is struggling in an upcoming election campaign. “Not everybody in Europe loves that endorsement, but that’s okay,” Trump riffed.

He delved into familiar political gripes and grievances and congratulated members of his own administration. He panned speeches at the Munich Security Conference by political opponents California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York).

He recounted the various wars he claims to have stopped and revisited his very public disappointment at not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.

“Norway has agreed to host an event bringing together the Board of Peace,” Trump said of the country, where a nongovernmental committee awards the prize. “Oh, I thought when I saw this note. … I thought they were going to say that they’re giving me the Nobel Prize. Oh, this is less exciting. ... I don’t care about the Nobel Prize. I care about saving lives.”

He praised FIFA President Gianni Infantino, whom he had invited to the Board of Peace event, and recalled that the soccer organization gave him a peace prize after “I got screwed by Norway.” In his own remarks to the meeting, Infantino said FIFA would invest millions in Gaza to build 50 “mini” and five full-sized soccer fields, as well as a national stadium seating up to 25,000.

“We’re going to straighten out Gaza ... make it successful and safe,” Trump said in closing the meeting. “And we’re also going to maybe take [the board] a step further where we see hot spots around the world.”

“We’ll work together again with the United Nations. ... It’s got tremendous potential, but it needs a lot of help,” Trump said. “We can fix up even the building.”