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Carter Center Op-Eds/Speeches – Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Carter Center Experts

The Op-Eds and Speeches center provides full texts of speeches and of published opinions written by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, and Carter Center experts.

 

Feb. 2, 2010
Jimmy Carter: A Crisis in Sudan
This op-ed by Jimmy Carter was published Feb. 2, 2010, by the Washington Post.
One of the most urgent responsibilities the international community faces is in Sudan, which is facing a renewal of nationwide violence.

 

Dec. 29, 2009
This Is Not Humane.  We Need Dignity.
This editorial by Sami Abdel-Shafi, the Carter Center's Gaza representative, was published in the Dec. 29, 2009, edition of The Guardian. 
A year on from Operation Cast Lead, the Gaza blockade is preventing people from leading a minimally respectable civil life.

Dec. 19, 2009
Gaza Must Be Rebuilt Now
This op-ed by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was published Dec. 19, 2009, by The Guardian.
It is generally recognised that the Middle East peace process is in the doldrums, almost moribund. Israeli settlement expansion within Palestine continues, and PLO leaders refuse to join in renewed peace talks without a settlement freeze, knowing that no Arab or Islamic nation will accept any comprehensive agreement while Israel retains control of East Jerusalem.



Dec. 3, 2009
Speech by Jimmy Carter to the Parliament of the World's Religions
Delivered via remote video from Atlanta, Ga., as part of The Elders project.
First, I want to thank Executive Director Dirk Ficca for making it possible for me to join you, even though remotely. I occupy a privileged position these days, best explained by a cartoon in New Yorker magazine.

 

Nov. 5, 2009
Goldstone and Gaza
This op-ed by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was published Nov. 5, 2009, by the International Herald Tribune and The New York Times.
Judge Richard Goldstone and the United Nations fact-finding mission on the Gaza conflict have issued a report about Gaza that is strongly critical of both Israel and Hamas for their violations of human rights.

 

Oct. 9, 2009
Opinion: Talk to Hamas Now or Fight New Radicals Indefinitely
This op-ed by Nathan Stock, assistant director of the Conflict Resolution Program, was published in the Oct. 9, 2009 edition of The Christian Science Monitor.
History is repeating itself in the Palestinian territories. Washington refuses to engage a right-wing Palestinian group – and so spawns organizations that are even more extreme.

 

Oct. 9, 2009
Sami Abdel-Shafi: Palestinians Let Down by Their Compromising Leaders
This op-ed by Sami Abdel-Shafi, Carter Center representative in Gaza, was published by The Independent on Oct. 9, 2009.
A diplomatic, political and legal disaster has left people in Gaza shocked and disillusioned, and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), and its President look like they are trying to cover the sun in continuing to deny their responsibility for it.

 

Sept. 21, 2009
Address by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter: Mahatma Gandhi Global Nonviolence Award
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter were named recipients of the 2009 Mahatma Gandhi Global Nonviolence Award in recognition of the couple's humanitarian efforts worldwide.  The full transcript of President Carter's speech during the presentation ceremony at James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va., follows.

 

Sept. 19, 2009
Transcript of Former President Jimmy Carter's Remarks on Racism at an Emory University Townhall Meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009
Question and answer from President Carter's townhall meeting Sept. 16, 2009 at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga.

 

Sept. 6, 2009
Concern in the Holy Land
Washington Post op-ed by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
During the past 16 months I have visited the Middle East four times and met with leaders in Israel, Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, the West Bank and Gaza.

 

July 12, 2009
The Words of God Do Not Justify Cruelty to Women
Discrimination and abuse wrongly backed by doctrine are damaging society, argues the former U.S. president.
Editorial by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, published in the July 12, 2009, edition of The Observer.

June 16,  2009
Speech by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to the United Nations Relief Works Agency's Human Rights Graduation in Gaza
Full text of speech delivered in Gaza during President Carter's tour of the Middle East following the June 7 Lebanon parliamentary elections.


June 15,  2009
Transcript of President Jimmy Carter's Meeting with the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Israeli Knesset
Good morning. Mr. President, I would like to welcome you and thank you for accepting our invitation to appear before the Knesset committee on Foreign Relations and Defense.


May 12,  2009
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter Addresses Energy Security Before U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing
Full text of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter's testimony on the impact of energy issues on national security before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing May 12, 2009.

 

April 29,  2009
Remarks by Former U.S. President Carter at FLACSO University in Ecuador
It is a privilege for me at this moment in our history to be here in Ecuador.  Thirty years ago this nation began a new wave of democracy in the region while I was President of the United States, and my wife Rosalynn attended the inauguration of your new president.  Now, Ecuador is beginning a new cycle with a new constitution, and my own president has proposed a new era in relations between the United States and Latin America and the Caribbean. 

 

April 27, 2009
What Happened to the Ban on Assault Weapons?
This op-ed was published in the April 27, 2009 issue of the New York Times. The evolution in public policy concerning the manufacture, sale and possession of semiautomatic assault weapons like AK-47s, AR-15s and Uzis has been very disturbing.

 

Jan. 14, 2009
Remarks by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter at the Li Xiannian Library in Hong'an, China
President Carter traveled to China in January 2009 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of normalizing diplomatic relations with Deng Xiaoping and to expand the Carter Center's working relations with government ministries.

 

Jan. 12, 2009
Commentary: A Victory for Democracy in Africa
This op-ed by John Stremlau was published on CNN.com on Jan. 12, 2009. Supporters of democracy around the world can celebrate the January 7 inauguration of Ghana's new president, professor John Evans Atta Mills, who defeated the leader of the incumbent party in a December 28 runoff election by a mere 41,566 votes out of 9,001,478.

 

Jan. 8, 2009
An Unnecessary War - Washington Post Op-Ed by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter
This op-ed was published in the Jan. 8, 2009 edition of The Washington Post.  I know from personal involvement that the devastating invasion of Gaza by Israel could easily have been avoided.

 

Dec. 19, 2008
Privatizing Mental Health Hospitals: Don't Rush to Hand Off Care of Patients in Need
This op-ed by Thomas Bornemann was published in the Dec. 19, 2008 edition of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Georgia continues to experience the effects of a mental health system that is tragically broken. Georgia Department of Human Resources' (DHR) has responded with some new proposals, one of which is privatizing and downsizing state mental hospitals.

 

Dec. 10, 2008
Obama's Human Rights Opportunity
This op-ed by Jimmy Carter was published in the Dec. 10, 2008 edition of the Washington Post. The advancement of human rights around the world was a cornerstone of foreign policy and U.S. leadership for decades, until the attacks on our country on Sept. 11, 2001.

 

Dec. 2, 2008
Respond to Zimbabwe Crisis
This op-ed was published in the Dec. 2, 2008 edition of the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
As president, I worked actively with African leaders and the British to change the apartheid regime of Rhodesia into a democratic Zimbabwe in 1980. Eight years later, The Carter Center established one of our first agriculture projects in Zimbabwe, at that time known as a breadbasket for the region and setting an example in economic stability, education and health care.

 

Dec. 2, 2008
Commentary: U.S. Must Lead World on Human Rights
This op-ed by Jimmy Carter was published on CNN.com on Dec. 2, 2008.
It has been heartening to witness the outpouring of worldwide enthusiasm over the election of Barack Obama as the next president of the United States, a transformational moment for our country.

 

Sept. 19, 2008
Mental Health Legislation We Need
This letter was originally published in the Washington Post.
The Sept. 8 news story "Kennedy Plans a January Return," regarding Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), mentioned an effort to pass legislation granting parity in insurance coverage for those suffering from mental illnesses.

 

Sept. 11,  2008
Op-Ed by Jimmy Carter: India Nuclear Deal Puts World at Risk
This op-ed was published in the Sept. 11, 2008 edition of the International Herald Tribune.
Knowing since 1974 of India's nuclear ambitions, other American presidents and I have maintained a consistent global policy: no sales of nuclear technology or uncontrolled fuel to any country that refuses to sign the 1970 Non-Proliferation Treaty, or NPT. To imbed this concept as official national policy, I worked closely with bipartisan leaders in the U.S. Congress to pass the Non-Proliferation Act of 1978.

 

July 10, 2008
A Leap in Mental Care for Children
This op-ed by Rosalynn Carter was published in the July 10, 2008 edition of the Boston Globe. In the 31 years since I chaired the first presidential commission on mental health, medical science has made significant strides in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental illnesses. Living in recovery from a mental illness is now not only possible, but expected. Even children and adolescents diagnosed with mental disorders go on to lead healthy, productive lives.

 

May 8, 2008
A Human Rights Crime in Gaza
This column by Jimmy Carter was distributed for publication by Project Syndicate.
The world is witnessing a terrible human rights crime in Gaza, where a million and a half human beings are being imprisoned with almost no access to the outside world by sea, air or land. An entire population is being brutally punished.

 

April 28, 2008
Pariah Diplomacy
Column by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, published in the April 28, 2008, edition of The New York Times.
A counterproductive Washington policy in recent years has been to boycott and punish political factions or governments that refuse to accept United States mandates. This policy makes difficult the possibility that such leaders might moderate their policies.


March 31, 2008
A Village Woman's Legacy (PDF)
This article was published in the Mar. 31, 2008 edition of TIME magazine.
An encounter with the victim of an old scourge gave a former President a new worldview—and a mission.



March 27, 2008
Remarks by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter: 2008 Skoll World Forum
Videotaped remarks delivered by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter during the Skoll Awards Ceremony, held during the 2008 Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship at the University of Oxford's Saïd  Business School.


Feb. 3, 2008
A Clearer Picture on Voter ID
This Jimmy Carter and James Baker III op-ed was published in the Feb. 3, 2008, edition of The New York Times.
This is a major election year. Unfortunately, our two major political parties — Democratic and Republican — continue to disagree on some of the rules that apply to the administration of our elections.

 

Jan. 30, 2008
"Unity, After 160 Years" -- Address by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to the New Baptist Covenant Meeting, Atlanta, Ga.
Good evening;  I come representing Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia, and speak to you tonight as a Sunday School teacher, a deacon - and it seems my preeminent credential is the husband of the world's most famous deacon.

 

Jan. 7, 2008
Addressing the Caregiving Crisis
This Rosalynn Carter op-ed was published in the January 2008 issue of Preventing Chronic Disease.
This issue of Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD) focuses on a set of concerns that is likely to challenge the public's creative spirit and resourcefulness for the next 30 years. Public health is the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting physical and mental health. What we are beginning to see is that success in any one of these areas raises new challenges and presents new problems for us to solve in the other areas.

 

Dec. 10, 2007
Subsidies' Harvest Of Misery:  Jimmy Carter Washington Post Op-Ed 
Congress can still act decisively this year to right a wrong that is hurting both small American farmers and the poorest people on the planet. A long-overdue debate is taking place on reform of the 1933 farm bill, passed during the Great Depression to alleviate the suffering of America's family farmers.

 

Dec. 10, 2007

Venezuela Reins in, Doesn't Reject, Hugo Chávez
This Jennifer McCoy op-ed was published in the Dec. 10, 2007, edition of Newsday.
Voters in Venezuela have sent a clear message to their president: Slow down.

 

Dec. 2, 2007
Creative thinking could resolve ANC's dilemma
This John Stremlau op-ed was published in the Dec. 2, 2007, edition of The Times (South Africa)
John Stremlau says Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma should consider putting the party - and the nation - ahead of their personal ambition.

 

Nov. 23, 2007
Address by Former U.S. President and Carter Center Co-Founder Jimmy Carter to Nepal's Parliament
Remarks by Jimmy Carter to Nepal's Parliament to encourage the peace process and progress toward holding constituent assembly elections. 

Oct. 26, 2007
A Green Revolution for Africa
This Norman E. Borlaug op-ed was published in the October 26, 2007, edition of The Wall Street Journal.
The so-called Green Revolution of Asia, which began in the 1960s and continued through the 1980s, spurred the greatest expansion of food production in world history. Global wheat and rice production doubled, and continued to grow.

Sept. 26, 2007
Jimmy Carter Receives First Albert Schweitzer Humanitarian Award
This lecture was delivered by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter during the awards ceremony at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn.  Sept. 26, 2007 marked the 50th anniversary of Albert Schweitzer's call for an end to nuclear weapons.

Sept. 12, 2007
Jimmy Carter Op-Ed: Nuclear Steps Undermine Peace
By abandoning many of the nuclear arms agreements negotiated in the last 50 years, the United States has been sending mixed signals to North Korea, Iran, and other states with the technical knowledge to create nuclear weapons.

Aug. 3, 2007
Jimmy Carter:  America Is Robbing Developing Nations Of Health Workers
The July 31 USA Today Forum article "U.S. savior: Foreign doctors" is very interesting but presents only one side of a tragic and selfish trend: the active recruitment of extremely scarce health workers from the poorer countries of the world. This is a crisis that The Carter Center faces every day in fighting malaria, lymphatic filariasis, Guinea worm, trachoma, river blindness, and schistosomiasis.

July 18, 2007
Rosalynn Carter and Betty Ford Op-Ed: Pass the Wellstone Act; Mental-health Parity Needed
This op-ed was published in the July 18, 2007, edition of The Washington Times.
If you were diagnosed with a brain tumor, would you seek treatment or would you ignore it and hope it goes away? Would your answer differ according to whether your health insurance covered treatment? A diagnosis such as a brain tumor, or Parkinson's disease, is a serious matter. Just as serious are the diagnoses of mental illnesses and addictions. But depending on the location of the illness in your body, the decision to seek treatment may be harder to make.

 

July 18, 2007
Continuing the Green Revolution: Wall Street Journal Op-Ed
Early crossbreeding experiments to select desirable characteristics took years to reach the desired developmental state of a plant or animal. Today, with the tools of biotechnology, such as molecular and marker-assisted selection, the ends are reached in a more organized and accelerated way. The result has been the advent of a "Gene" Revolution that stands to equal, if not exceed, the Green Revolution of the 20th century.

 

July 10, 2007
Rosalynn Carter's Testimony: Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Education Equity Act, House Education and Labor Committee, Subcommittee on Health
Mr. Chairman and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to speak to you regarding legislation that will profoundly impact the lives of so many Americans.

 

June 21, 2007
Peace with Justice in the Middle East
Remarks by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter Center at the Mansfield College, Oxford, "Hands Lecture" on June 21, 2007.

 

June 19, 2007
Human Rights Speech
Remarks by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, delivered June 19, 2007,  in Dublin, Ireland.

April 12, 2007
Mental Health System Needs Legislature's Boost
A Hidden Shame, the continuing series in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is chronicling inhumane neglect, abuse and death in Georgia's state mental hospitals. Unfortunately, these very real problems in the state hospital system are just the tip of the iceberg.

 

April 06, 2007
A Viable Mideast Peace Plan
This letter, written by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, was published in the April 6, 2007, issue of the International Herald-Tribune.

Jan. 23, 2007
Remarks by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter at Brandeis University
This is a transcript of remarks delivered by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter at Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass., on Jan. 23, 2007. 



Jan. 18, 2007
A New Chance for Peace?
Washington Post op-ed.
I am concerned that public discussion of my book "Palestine Peace Not Apartheid" has been diverted from the book's basic proposals: that peace talks be resumed after six years of delay and that the tragic persecution of Palestinians be ended.  


Jan. 10, 2007
Jimmy Carter: Let's Bridge the Rich-Poor Gap
From MSNBC.  Essay originally published in "Grand Challenges for Engineering," section,  National Academy of Engineering Web site. 


Jan. 3,2007
Remarks of Former President Jimmy Carter During Funeral Service for Gerald R. Ford
Transcript of President Carter's remarks, delivered at Grace Episcopal Church, Grand Rapids, Mich.  


Dec. 8, 2006
How I See Palestine
This op-ed by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was published in the Dec. 8, 2006, issue of the Los Angeles Times.
I signed a contract with Simon & Schuster two years ago to write a book about the Middle East, based on my personal observations as the Carter Center monitored three elections in Palestine and on my consultations with Israeli political leaders and peace activists. 

 

Oct. 11, 2006
Solving the Korean Stalemate, One Step at a Time:  New York Times Op-Ed 
In 1994 the North Koreans expelled inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency and were threatening to process spent nuclear fuel into plutonium, giving them the ability to produce nuclear weapons.

 

July 3, 2006
We Need Fewer Secrets: Jimmy Carter Washington Post Op-Ed
The U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) turns 40 tomorrow, the day we celebrate our independence. But this anniversary will not be a day of celebration for the right to information in our country. Our government leaders have become increasingly obsessed with secrecy. Obstructionist policies and deficient practices have ensured that many important public documents and official actions remain hidden from our view.  


May 25, 2006
Rosalynn Carter Op-Ed: Erasing Stigma Key to Mental Treatment
This op-ed was published in the May 26, 2006, edition of the San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News.  


May 23, 2006
Opening Remarks by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to the 2006 Human Rights Defenders Policy Forum
President Carter's opening address to the human rights policy forum.  


May 22, 2006
Equal Time: Health Bill Plays Russian Roulette, Thom Bornemann Op-Ed
Forty million Americans do not have health coverage. Some analysts are quick to suggest that "basic health coverage" is the answer. That prescription, however, risks spreading a "virus" that now infects most commercial health coverage in this country and lurks in the fine print of most employer-provided health plans: singling out mental health care for rigid coverage limits. 


May 21, 2006
Jimmy Carter Op-Ed: Employers in Quandary over Immigration Bill
This op-ed was published in the May 21, 2006, edition of The Miami Herald. It was also published in The San Jose Mercury News and The Philadelphia Inquirer.   


May 16, 2006
Jimmy Carter Writes on Middle East for USA Today
This op-ed was published in the May 16, 2006, issue of USA Today.  


May 7, 2006
Jimmy Carter: Punishing Innocent Palestinians is a Crime
This article was published in the May 7, 2006, issue of the International Herald Tribune. Innocent Palestinian people are being treated like animals, with the presumption that they are guilty of some crime. Because they voted for candidates who are members of Hamas, the United States government has become the driving force behind an apparently effective scheme of depriving the general public of income, access to the outside world and the necessities of life.  


March 29 2006
Washington Post Op-Ed by Jimmy Carter: A Dangerous Deal with India
During the past five years the United States has abandoned many of the nuclear arms control agreements negotiated since the administration of Dwight Eisenhower. This change in policies has sent uncertain signals to other countries, including North Korea and Iran, and may encourage technologically capable nations to choose the nuclear option. The proposed nuclear deal with India is just one more step in opening a Pandora's box of nuclear proliferation.  


March 13, 2006
Jimmy Carter Op-Ed: Colonization of Palestine Precludes Peace
For more than a quarter century, Israeli policy has been in conflict with that of the United States and the international community. Israel's occupation of Palestine has obstructed a comprehensive peace agreement in the Holy Land, regardless of whether Palestinians had no formalised government, one headed by Yasser Arafat or Mahmoud Abbas, or with Abbas as president and Hamas controlling the parliament and cabinet.   


March 5, 2006
New York Times Op-Ed: Principles Defeat Politics at the U.N.
In the global struggle for the advancement of human rights, the United Nations has reached a defining moment. The president of the General Assembly, Jan Eliasson of Sweden, has led five months of negotiations to develop a proposal to reform the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.   


March 2, 2006
Jimmy Carter on Middle East Peace: Council on Foreign Relations Speech Calls for Renewed Commitment to Justice for Palestinians, Israelis
This speech was delivered by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on March 2, 2006, to the Council on Foreign Relations.   


Feb. 20, 2006
Jimmy Carter Washington Post Op-Ed: Don't Punish the Palestinians
As the results of the recent Palestinian elections are implemented, it's important to understand how the transition process works and also how important to it are actions by Israel and the United States.   


Feb. 10, 2006
Remarks by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter at the Coretta Scott King Funeral   
These remarks were made by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter during the funeral service for Coretta Scott King, held Feb. 7, 2006, at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Ga.  


Jan. 23, 2006
Remarks on Middle East Peace By Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter
Delivered on Jan. 23, 2006, at the Herzliya Conference, Israel  


Jan. 16, 2006
San Francisco Chronicle Op-Ed: Human Rights Commission Must Change
Negotiations are now under way to reform the United Nations' principal human-rights body. The Commission on Human Rights was established 60 years ago next month as the United Nations' main vehicle for exposing human-rights problems throughout the world. The commission has accomplished a great deal by setting standards for measuring human-rights practices of governments, but the body lately has become a target of ridicule, some of it justified.  


Oct. 14, 2005
Food for Thought: Wall Street Journal Op-Ed
This op-ed was published in the Oct. 14, 2005, edition of the Wall Street Journal (Eastern Edition).   


Sept. 13, 2005
Washington Post Op-Ed: Arctic Folly
This op-ed was originally published in the Sept. 15, 2005, edition of The Washington Post.   


Sept. 8, 2005
USA TODAY Op-Ed: Longstanding Disaster Threats Can't Be Ignored
This op-ed was published in the Sept. 8, 2005, edition of USA TODAY.  


May 2, 2005
Miami Herald Op-Ed: Friends of Democratic Charter Urge Early Intervention, Disclosure of Violations
This op-ed was published in the May 2, 2005, edition of The Miami Herald. More than a dozen presidents in the hemisphere in the past 20 years have failed to complete their term. While some have been removed under allegations of corruption or other wrongdoing, others have been forced to resign in the face of social turmoil and a constituency impatient with the rules of democracy and unmet demands.  


March 28, 2005
Washington Post Op-Ed by Jimmy Carter: Saving Nonproliferation
Op-Ed by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, The Washington Post.  


March 11, 2005
The Vulnerabilities of Democracy
Thank you for inviting me to speak at this important seminar on a theme that is central to the health of democracy in our hemisphere. I will discuss the theme of the Democratic Charter and offer some suggestions at the end of my commentary, but first I will identify four sources of democratic vulnerability and four responses from governments in the hemisphere.   


March 2, 2005
Equitable Globalization?
The theme of this year's symposium is the Global Economy: Economic Freedom or Corporate Colonialism. As we all know, there is an ongoing process in our world today called globalization, and there is a great debate about its merits and demerits. Some believe the process to be inherently evil where rich oligarchs exploit the world's poor. Others see market-led globalization as a threat to American jobs.

Jan. 30, 2005
LA Times Election Op-Ed: Only Citizens Can Ensure Democracy
Los Angeles Times op-ed by David Carroll, acting director, and David Pottie, senior program associate, of the Carter Center's Democracy Program.  


Jan. 25, 2005
President Carter Delivers Keynote Speech to OAS Lecture Series of the Americas
The following keynote speech was delivered by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on Jan. 25, 2005, as part of the inaugural Lecture Series of the Americas at the Organization of American States in Washington, D.C.  


Nov. 18, 2004
Remarks of Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter at the Dedication of the Clinton Presidential Library
A transcript of remarks made by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter at the dedication ceremony for the Clinton Presidential Library, held Nov. 18, 2004, in Little Rock, Ark.  


Nov. 12, 2004
Op-ed: Casting a Vote for Peace
The New York Times, Nov. 12, 2004.  


Oct. 13, 2004
Jimmy Carter Urges Supreme Court to Halt Juvenile Executions
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Roper vs. Simmons, a case about whether the execution of children constitutes cruel and unusual punishment under the U.S. Constitution.

 

Sept. 27, 2004
Washington Post Op-Ed: Still Seeking a Fair Florida Vote
After the debacle in Florida four years ago, former president Gerald Ford and I were asked to lead a blue-ribbon commission to recommend changes in the American electoral process. After months of concerted effort by a dedicated and bipartisan group of experts, we presented unanimous recommendations to the president and Congress. The government responded with the Help America Vote Act of October 2002. Unfortunately, however, many of the act's key provisions have not been implemented because of inadequate funding or political disputes.  


Sept. 2, 2004
Venezuela Elections: Jennifer McCoy Gives Insider's Account to The Economist
Opponents of President Hugo Chávez have claimed that fraud thwarted their recent attempt to remove him from office in a recall referendum. Venezuela's election agency declared that Mr Chávez won the referendum by 59% to 41%. How can we assess these competing claims?  


Aug. 23, 2004
Op-Ed: Election Monitors Work to Build Nations' Trust
One of the primary goals of modern society is to enhance a worldwide commitment to democracy. With so many national differences concerning preferred electoral processes, it helps to have a general definition of a democratic government. The dictionary says it is "a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections."   


July 27, 2004
President Jimmy Carter Addresses Democratic National Convention
Full text: Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter's address to the Democratic National Convention in Boston, Mass., July 26, 2004.  


July 15, 2004
Jimmy Carter: Surprisingly Fair Elections in Indonesia
In the United States, especially in Washington and in media reports, there is an obsession with violence and terrorism and a pervasive sense of confrontation between Christians and Muslims. This stereotyping extends to governance, with the generalized belief that Muslim societies are averse to truly democratic governance.  


June 28, 2004
Eulogy for Mattie Stepanek
The eulogy for Mattie Stepanek, delivered June 28, 2004 by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.  


May 29, 2004
Washington Post Op-Ed: Mental Health System Needs a Lifeline
Washington Post Op-Ed, May 29, 2004.    


May 19, 2004
Remarks of President Carter at the World Health Assembly
This speech was delivered to the 57th World Health Assembly on May 19, 2004, in Geneva, Switzerland. The WHA, the supreme decision-making body of the World Health Organization, is meeting May 17-22 at the Palais des Nations.   


May 14, 2004
Op-Ed: The Seeds Of a Rights Scandal In Iraq
To ensure that additional human rights embarrassments will not befall the United States, we must examine well-known, high-level and broad-based U.S. policies that have lowered our nation's commitment to basic human rights.   


April 7, 2004
Op-Ed: Former First Lady Encourages Elimination of Florida's Juvenile Death Penalty
The Miami Herald.   


April 1, 2004
Don't Deny World's Abused the Justice of U.S. Courts
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, guest column by Ashley Barr, senior program associate for human rights at The Carter Center.  


Feb. 16, 2004
USA Today Op-Ed: Inequitable Resources, Benefits Put World at Risk
The most serious and universal problem facing the world today is the growing chasm between the richest and poorest people on earth. Yet our political candidates and current leaders are failing to address this as both a moral concern and a national security priority. The war on terror cannot be won unless we devote more effort to equitably sharing resources and meeting social and economic needs worldwide.   


Dec. 18, 2003
Speech to the Joint Session of Congress of Bolivia by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (English and Spanish)
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Members of the Senate, members of the House, distinguished guests. Thank you, Senator Vaca Díez, for the wonderful introduction and for inviting me to speak to this year's final session of Bolivia's Congress. I am pleased to visit your country, to meet with your people, and to enjoy your nation's amazing beauty and hospitality.   


Dec. 1, 2003
Geneva Initiative Public Commitment Event: Remarks by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter
I want to express my gratitude and admiration to Yossi Beilin, Yasser Abed Rabbo, their fellow negotiators, and to Alexis Keller and Swiss officials for making this ceremony possible. Finding peace for Israelis and justice for the Palestinians has been a personal interest of mine for more than a quarter of a century, and I would like to make a few observations: 1.This Geneva initiative offers the crucial and unavoidable elements of a permanent peace in the Holy Land. There will be inevitable modifications to this agreement if and when official and sincere peace talks are ever conducted, but the basic premises must remain intact. The alternative is sustained and permanent violence.   


Nov. 11, 2003
Human Rights Defenders Conference: Opening Remarks by President Carter [PDF] 
We are delighted to have this assembly here. It is a great honor for The Carter Center, and I want to welcome all of you. We have the largest committee on human rights represented here.   


Nov. 3, 2003
Op-Ed: Middle East Accord Offers 'Best' Chance for Peace
Although it has received little attention in the U.S. media, a detailed, soon-to-be-released Middle East accord struck by a group of influential Israelis and Palestinians paves the way to the region's best, and perhaps last, chance for peace.   


Oct. 1, 2003
A Tale of Two Worlds [PDF]
The foreward to IMPACT: From the Frontlines of Global Health (National Geographic Books), written by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. 


Sept. 30, 2003
Global Development Initiative and Human Rights: A Speech by GDI Director Ed Cain
This luncheon address was delivered on Sept. 30, 2003, by Edmund Cain, director of the Carter Center's Global Development Initiative, during the International Policy Dialogue held in Cologne, Germany.   


Sept. 23, 2003
Washington Post Op-Ed: The Choice For Israelis
The Washington Post.   


Sept. 17, 2003
Camp David Accords: Jimmy Carter Reflects 25 Years Later
I remember the earliest stages of my involvement in the Middle East. I took a trip over there with Jody Powell and Rosalynn in 1972 when I was governor, and we had a chance to travel around Israel and to try to understand the problems there. We spent about half the time looking at biblical places and half the time learning about what was going on between Israel and her neighbors after the wars that had attacked the existence of that nation.  


Sept. 9, 2003
President Carter Delivers Speech to Beijing (Peking) University
President Carter's address to Beijing University (also known as Peking University), Sept. 9, 2003.  


Sept. 5, 2003
Sixth U Thant Distinguished Lecture, United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan
It is an honor for me to participate in this distinguished forum, which recognizes the notable accomplishments of the third secretary-general of the United Nations, who suggested the establishment of this special university to explore the role of the United Nations in addressing global problems.   


Sept. 2, 2003
President Carter: U.S.-North Korea War Seems 'Strong Possibility'
USA TODAY.  

 

July 13, 2003
There's Hope in Liberia's History: An Op-ed by Jimmy Carter
The New York Times   


July 11, 2003
The Next Green Revolution: The New York Times Op-Ed
The key to economic development in Africa is agriculture. As President Bush concludes his trip to the continent, and Americans ponder ways to help it emerge from decades of poverty and turmoil, we would do well to remember that crucial point. Fortunately, we have the economic and technological means to bring about an agricultural revolution.

 

April 23, 2003
Op-Ed: Former First Lady Calls for End Of Juvenile Executions in Nevada
Las Vegas Sun  


April 8, 2003
President Carter's Remarks to Georgia State Legislature
Lieutenant Governor Taylor, Speaker Terry Coleman, whom I consider almost as one of my sons…..It's a great honor for me to come back to this distinguished chamber. This state and this legislature mean a lot to me.   


March 13, 2003
Op-Ed: Former First Lady Calls for End Of Juvenile Executions in Arkansas
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.


March 9, 2003
Just War - or a Just War? Op-Ed by Jimmy Carter
The New York Times.   


Feb. 11, 2003
Op-Ed: Former First Lady Calls for End Of Juvenile Executions in Kentucky
Kentucky Herald Leader.  


Jan. 14, 2003
North Korea: Jan. 14 Washington Post Op-Ed by President Carter
The Washington Post  


Dec. 10, 2002
2002 Nobel Peace Lecture: The Complete Text
The complete text of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, delivered Dec. 10, 2002 in Oslo, Norway.  


Oct. 27, 2002
Engaging North Korea
New York Times   


Sept. 5, 2002
The Troubling New Face of America: An Op-Ed by President Carter
Published in The Washington Post, Sept. 5, 2002; The International Herald Tribune, Sept. 6, 2002; The Atlanta Journal Constitution, Sept. 12, 2002.   


July 1, 2002
Mideast Needs New Mediator
USA Today. 


May 24, 2002
Openings to Cuba: We must find a common ground.
The Washington Post .


May 14, 2002
Remarks by Jimmy Carter at the University of Havana, Cuba
The United States and Cuba: A Vision for the 21st Century I appreciate President Castro's invitation for us to visit Cuba, and have been delighted with the hospitality we have received since arriving here. It is a great honor to address the Cuban people. After a long and agonizing struggle, Cuba achieved its independence a century ago, and a complex relationship soon developed between our two countries. The great powers in Europe and Asia viewed  


May 14, 2002
Declaraciones de Jimmy Carter en la Universidad de la Habana, Cuba
Los Estados Unidos y Cuba: Una Visión Para El Siglo 21 Aprecio debidamente la invitación extendida por el Sr. Presidente Castro para que yo visite Cuba, y estoy encantado con la hospitalidad que hemos recibido desde nuestra llegada. Es un gran honor tener la oportunidad de dirigirme al pueblo cubano.   

May 13, 2002
We Can Feed the World. Here's How.
This op-ed was published in the May 13, 2002, edition of the Wall Street Journal.
Thirty-two years ago, I was chosen to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, representing the thousands of researchers who created the higher crop yields of the Green Revolution. The extra food created saved perhaps a billion people from starving in the 1960s.

 

April 21, 2002
America Can Persuade Israel to Make a Just Peace
The New York Times  


April 18, 2002
Chavez's Second Chance
The New York Times  


Dec. 23, 2001
Precedents for Mideast Peace
The New York Times   


Dec. 5, 2001
Remarks of Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter at the National Press Club, Washington, D.C.
Good afternoon, and welcome to the National Press Club. My name is Richard Ryan, and I am senior Washington correspondent for the Detroit News and president of the National Press Club. I'd like to welcome Club members and their guests in the audience today and those of you who are watching on C-SPAN or listening to this program on National Public Radio.   


Sept. 3, 2001
President Carter's Speech at the International Symposium on Villager Self-government and the Development of Rural Society in China
Thank you Vice-Minister Li Xueju and Minister Duoji Cairang who was nice enough to be our host when we first visited Tibet a number of years ago. I'm delighted to be with him again as a very old friend.  


Aug. 23, 2001
Op-Ed: Helping Poor Nations Lifts All Boats
The Atlanta Journal and Constitution   


May 17, 2001
Misinformation and Scare Tactics
The Washington Post   


April 22, 2001
Peru Can Give U.S. Lessons in How to Hold Elections
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution   


March 24, 2001
A Flawed Timber Market
The New York Times  


Dec. 29, 2000
Make This Natural Treasure a National Monument
The New York Times

 

Dec. 6, 2000
We Need Biotech to Feed the World: Wall Street Journal Op-Ed
Recently, in India, I confronted a move to outlaw inorganic, synthetic fertilizers. Government officials had been influenced by a cadre of international foes of technology. Officials told me that although Indian agriculture had greatly benefited from the use of such fertilizers in its Green Revolution -- by which India achieved self-sufficiency in grain in the 1970s -- they were now concerned that these products might have long-term negative effects.

 

Nov. 26, 2000
For Israel, Land or Peace
The Washington Post   


Nov. 16, 2000
A Former President's Plea To Curb AIDS in Africa
The International Herald Tribune   


Sept. 17, 2000
No National Missile Defense, A Counter Productive National Missile Defense
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution   


Aug. 6, 2000
A Jerusalem Settlement Everyone Can Live With
The New York Times   


Feb. 23, 2000
A Nuclear Crisis
The Washington Post   


July 21, 1999
Don't Take Democracy for Granted
The Wall Street Journal  


May 28, 1999
Let's Keep Chinese Spying in Perspective.
USA Today  


May  27, 1999
Have We Forgotten the Path to Peace?
The New York Times  


March 29, 1999
We Need to Confront Fears About Life's End
USA Today   


Dec. 22, 1998
A Time to Heal Our Nation
The New York Times.   


Oct. 6, 1998
Apply Human Rights to the Mentally Ill
LA Times Syndicate  


Aug. 26, 1998
Who's Afraid of Genetic Engineering?
The New York Times  


Aug. 2, 1998
Advances in Biotechnology Will Save Lives
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri)   


June 30, 1998
Kid Soldiers a War's Most Tragic Victims
USA Today   


March 16, 1998
Sadly, People Die As Human Rights Ignored
USA Today   


February 19, 1998
Corporate Giving Is Part of the Solutions Equation
The Los Angeles Times   


Aug. 10, 1997
It's Wrong to Demonize China
The New York Times   


July 16, 1997
Fraud-Free Elections in Liberia in Reach
USA TODAY   


July 11, 1997
Forestalling Famine With Biotechnology
The Washington Times   


July 2, 1997
All of Us Must Face Hard Facts of Death
The Atlanta Constitution. The Washington Post.   


June 30, 1997
A Quality End of Life
The Washington Post   


June 23, 1997
U.S. Must Take Lead to Ban Land Mines
The Christian Science Monitor   


June 9, 1997
The Search for Peace: Healing wounds, two at a time
The Atlanta Constitution - Viewpoints   


May 20, 1997
U.S. Can Help Democracy Thrive in Zaire
USA Today  


May 1, 1997
Women Leaders Put Mental Health on World Agenda
Seven days a week, 24 hours a day, a group of 100 psychologists answers five phone lines at the Red Cross in Mexico City. Together, the rotating staff makes up the National System of Psychological Support by Telephone (SAPTEL), handling nearly 4,000 calls a month.   


March 30, 1997
Village Elections A Sign of Progress
Atlanta Journal and Constitution   


March 19, 1997
New farm techniques spur Ethiopia rebirth
USA TODAY  


March 3, 1997
Realigning Religious Health Missions
Atlanta Journal Constitution March 8, 1997 and The Fort Worth Star-Telegraph March 3, 1997.  


Feb. 23, 1997
A Nuclear Crisis
The Washington Post   


Dec. 24, 1996
Prayer and the Civic Religion
The New York Times   


Dec. 15, 1996
U.S. Should Support World Criminal Court
The Los Angeles Times   


Oct. 21, 1996
Offering A Healing Hand; Religious groups can bolster the health of their surrounding communities
Time Magazine


Oct. 13, 1996
Nicaragua's Next Step Toward Democracy
Washington Post, October 13, 1996; Miami Herald, October 17, 1996; Memphis Commercial Appeal, October 17, 1996  


June 14, 1996
Parity for Mental Illnesses
The Washington Post  


Feb. 27, 1996
Judge Not: Leaders of the Christian Right Have Injected Into America's Political Debate Some Divisive Religious Questions
Atlanta Journal and Constitution  


Jan. 25, 1996
A First Lady Finds Her Own Way
Atlanta Journal and Constitution 


Dec. 12, 1995
Can Peace Still Come to Israel?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 


Nov. 20, 1995
Regaining our Trust in Justice
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 


Oct. 30, 1995
It's Time to Forgive Pete Rose
USA Today  


Oct. 18, 1995
TAP: The Power of a Project
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 


Oct. 8, 1995
A Role for the United Nations in the Next 50 Years
The New York Times Syndicate 


Sept. 17, 1995
The Crisis in Rwanda and Burundi
The New York Times Syndicate 


Aug. 20, 1995
Q&A: Habitat, Mental Health, NGOs, World Conflicts
The New York Times Syndicate 


July 30, 1995
Tobacco's Big Lie
The New York Times Syndicate 


July 23, 1995
Q&A: Middle East Peace, Africa, Muliculturalism, and Fishing
The New York Times Syndicate 


July 2, 1995
From Politics to Poetics
The Writing Life - Washington Post Book World 


June 21, 1995
Don't Prolong the Bloodshed in Bosnia
Originally published in USA Today and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution  


June 18, 1995
Food, Health Programs Lead to Peace in Sudan
The New York Times Syndicate 


May 21, 1995
Peace is Everyone's Job
The New York Times Syndicate  


May 21, 1995
Save the Alaskan Wilderness
The New York Times Syndicate   


June 10, 1994
Time to Lay Down the Trade Weapon
The Los Angeles Times  


April 1, 1994
Making Global Development Aid Effective
Brown Journal of World Affairs, Spring 1994  


March 8, 1994
Two `Musts' For Health Reform
USA Today   


Feb. 18, 1994
Bring Back the 'Wise Men' to Help Ease All the U.S.-Japanese Trade Friction
The New York Times and The Houston Chronicle (Feb. 20, 1994)   


Dec. 22, 1993
Fragmented Aid Leaves Africa Hungry
USA TODAY   


Nov. 14, 1993
A Chance to Reclaim Lives
The Atlanta Journal and Constitution   


Sept. 21, 1993
This One Can't Wait
The Washington Post   


Sept. 21, 1993
Get Tough on Rights
The New York Times   


Sept. 20, 1993
U.S. Needs to Support Global Tropical Timber Agreement
Christian Science Monitor   


Aug. 9, 1993
Don't Slight Mental Health Benefits
The Washington Post   


July 28, 1993
Elders is Ideal Choice for Surgeon General
USA Today   


Dec. 29, 1992
Sustained Aid Can Prevent Somalias
The Wall Street Journal  


Dec. 10, 1992
USA Can't Point Finger at Others on Human Rights
USA Today  


Dec. 1, 1992
Ensuring Alliance in an Unsure World: The Strengthening of U.S.-Japan Partnership in the 1990s
Washington Quarterly, Winter 1992 

Nov. 17, 1992
How We Make Mental Illness Worse


June 29, 1992
U.S. Finally Ratifies Human Rights Covenant
Christian Science Monitor


June 22, 1992
Salmon Swimming Against Logging Tide


June 18, 1992
Let 'Motor Voter' Pick Up Lost Souls
The Los Angeles Times 


Jan. 23, 1992
Put Children First
The Christian Science Monitor (Boston, Ma.) 


Oct. 11, 1991
Saving America's Children: Give Boost to Immunization
The Atlanta Journal and Constitution  


Oct. 4, 1991
Children Wait on World's Promises
The Christian Science Monitor  


Feb. 25, 1991
Don't Reject a Cease-Fire
Time magazine


Jan. 2, 1991
Needed: Middle East Peace Talks
The New York Times  


Dec. 17, 1990
First Steps Toward Peace
Newsweek   


Oct. 1, 1990
Haiti's Election Needs Help
The New York Times  


April 24, 1990
The Modern Horror of an Ancient Scourge
The Washington Post   


June 7, 1989
Universities Can Be of Greatest Benefit by Concentrating on the Third World
The Chronicle of Higher Education   


March 5, 1989
Rushdie's Book Is An Insult
The New York Times   


June 1, 1987
Middle East Peace: New Opportunities
The Washington Quarterly, Summer 1987 


April 20, 1987
Middle East: Time for Negotiations
Time magazine