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Recent News

9 May 2008
5,000 Sign Petition Supporting Dialogue with Hamas
Jewish Voice for Peace and Just Foreign Policy have presented former U.S. President Jimmy Carter with a petition signed by 5,000 of their members supporting his meeting with Hamas leader, Khaled Meshaal. The petition is being delivered to the three remaining Democratic and Republican presidential candidates this week. 

8 May 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.

2 May 2008
Palestinians in Gaza Ask Jimmy Carter:  Former U.S. President Answers Videotaped Questions 
At the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, nongovernmental representatives from the human rights community and nongovernmental organizations gathered to hear President Carter's April 21, 2008, Jerusalem press conference and send him their questions via video. 

1 May 2008
In the News:  Interviews with Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter
Archived video, links to transcripts, of President Carter's recent media interviews.


28 April 2008
Pariah Diplomacy
Editorial 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.

23 April 2008
Statement From The Carter Center on President Carter's Middle East Trip
President Carter has the greatest respect for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and believes her to be a truthful person. However, perhaps inadvertently, she is continuing to make a statement that is not true. No one in the State Department or any other department of the U.S. government ever asked him to refrain from his recent visit to the Middle East or even suggested that he not meet with Syrian President Assad or leaders of Hamas.


22 April 2008
Trip Report by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to Israel, Palestine, Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan: April 13-22, 2008
Rosalynn, Jeff, and I arrived in Israel Sunday, 4/13/08, after a very exciting and successful election monitoring mission in Nepal (see prior trip report). Since Israel had declined to approve a previously planned visit by three of us Elders (Kofi Annan, Mary Robinson, and me), I expected a similar negative reaction when I substituted this trip on behalf of The Carter Center. Sure enough, all my requests to meet with ministers of the government were publicly rejected and, more seriously, three requests from our Secret Service detail to work with Israeli security were rejected.

22 April 2008
Solving the Shortage of Health Care Providers: Panelists to Discuss Ethiopia's Response to an Urgent Global Crisis
A critical shortage of health care workers plagues sub-Saharan Africa. Without access to health care provided by qualified professionals, people suffer daily from fully preventable maladies such as diarrhea, malnutrition, malaria, and HIV/AIDS. An expert panel will address a sold-out audience on the Carter Center's work to alleviate the problem in Ethiopia through its Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative, and prospects for applying the model elsewhere.

21 April 2008
Nepal Elections Mark New Political Beginning
Carter Center election observers witnessed a historic vote in Nepal on April 10 creating a constituent assembly to draft a new constitution for the country that will likely abolish the 240-year-old monarchy.

15 April 2008
Trip Report by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to Nepal: April 6-14, 2008
The Carter Center has been deeply involved in Nepal since 2003 in attempting to assist with ending a 10-year revolutionary war and find a peaceful resolution of differences among the political factions. I visited Nepal in June and November 2007 to help encourage an election for a constituent assembly to write a new constitution, and our team gathered these last few days to monitor the twice-postponed event.

15 April 2008
Declaration on Ecuador-Colombia Relations
Statement issued by The Carter Center clarifying press communiqués issued in recent days by the governments of Ecuador and Colombia.


15 de abril de 2008
Declaración sobre las Relaciones Ecuador – Colombia 
En referencia a los comunicados de prensa publicados por los gobiernos de Ecuador y Colombia en días anteriores, en los cuales se menciona al Centro Carter,  nos permitimos aclarar lo siguiente.

12 April 2008
Nepal Constituent Assembly Election - Preliminary Statement by The Carter Center
The Carter Center found that the majority of Nepali voters participated in a remarkable and relatively peaceful constituent assembly election on April 10, 2008.  
 

10 April 2008
International Carter Center Delegation Observes Historic Nepal Elections
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter led the Carter Center's international election observation delegation to Nepal's historic constituent assembly elections, co-led by Dr. Surakiart Sathirathai, former deputy prime minister of Thailand.

10 April 2008
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to Lead Study Mission to Middle East
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter will lead a study mission to Israel, the West Bank, Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan April 13-21, 2008, as part of the Carter Center's ongoing effort to support peace, democracy, and human rights in the region.

8 April  2008
Trip Report by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to Accra, Ghana, and Abuja, Nigeria: March 30 - April 3, 2008
The primary purposes of our trip were to enhance the long-stalled eradication of Guinea worm in Ghana, to conduct our annual Guinea worm eradication meeting in Nigeria, and to induce the Nigerian government to acquire 9 million treated bed nets to combat malaria and lymphatic filaria. In addition, I wanted to have political discussions with Presidents Kufuor and Yar'Adua concerning their electoral processes.

3 April 2008
Declaración para Promover a Nivel Mundial el Derecho de Acceso a la Información Pública,   publicada el día de hoy.
Los participantes en una conferencia global sobre el derecho de acceso a la información publicaron hoy día la "Declaración de Atlanta y el Plan de Acción" para promover el acceso a la información pública como un derecho humano fundamental.

3 April 2008
Declaración de Atlanta y Plan de Acción para el Avance del Derecho de Acceso a la Información (PDF)
Nosotros, más de 125 miembros de la comunidad global del acceso a información provenientes de 40 países distintos, representantes de gobiernos, organizaciones de la sociedad civil, agencias e instituciones financieras internacionales, agencias donantes y fundaciones, compañías del sector privado, medios de comunicación y académicos, nos reunimos en Atlanta, Georgia del 27 al 29 de febrero de 2008 con el auspicio del Centro Carter y asumimos la siguiente declaración y el siguiente plan de acción, a fin de promover la promulgación, la implementación, el cumplimiento, y el ejercicio del derecho de acceso a la información.

2 April 2008
Campaign to Eradicate Guinea Worm Disease Reports Lowest Case Levels to Date, President Carter Observes  Recent Successes During Special Ceremony
The countdown to complete elimination of Guinea worm disease is ticking closer to zero. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter helped the global Guinea Worm Eradication Program celebrate a major milestone today by honoring four new countries that ended transmission of Guinea worm disease in 2007 at a special ceremony. Ethiopia, Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, and Togo join 11 others in reporting an end to the parasitic infection.

2 April 2008
La campagne d'éradication de la dracunculose signale les niveaux de cas les plus faibles jamais atteints, Le Président Carter fait l'éloge des réussites récentes lors d'une cérémonie spéciale
Le compte à rebours s'approche de zéro : la dracunculose est sur le point d'être éliminée. L'ancien Président américain Jimmy Carter a aide le Programme mondial d'éradication de la dracunculose à faire un autre grand pas en avant. En effet, aujourd'hui quatre nouveaux pays qui ont mis fin à la transmission de la dracunculose en 2007 ont été à l'honneur lors d'une cérémonie spéciale. L'Ethiopie, la Côte d'Ivoire, le Burkina Faso et le Togo sont venus se joindre à 11 autres pays qui ont indiqué qu'ils avaient mis fin à l'infection parasitaire.

2 April 2008
Mali's President Touré,  Southern Sudan Program Director Logora Honored With The Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Award
Of the original eleven Guinea worm endemic Francophone countries in West Africa, only Niger and Mali remain, with both aiming to eliminate the disease by the end of the 2008.

2 April 2008
Prix Jimmy et Rosalynn Carter Décerné Au Président Touré du Mali, Directeur de Programme Makoy Samuel Yibi Logora
Des onze pays francophones de l'Afrique de l'Ouest où la dracunculose était endémique au départ, seuls restent le Niger et le Mali dont les deux visent à éliminer la maladie d'ici la fin de 2008.

1 April 2008
The Nepal Elections and The Carter Center:  A Q&A With David Pottie, Associate Director, Carter Center Democracy Program
Q&A with David Pottie, Associate Director, Carter Center Democracy Program, on the April 10, 2008, constituent assembly elections in Nepal.

1 April 2008
Jimmy Carter to Lead Delegation to Observe Nepal's April 10 Elections
The Carter Center announced today that its founders, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, will lead the Center's international election observation delegation to Nepal. Dr. Surakiart Sathirathai, former deputy prime minister of Thailand, will co-lead the delegation with the Carters. The Carter Center mission will also include more than 60 observers representing more than 20 different nations deployed throughout the country.

1 April 2008
President Carter Congratulates Ghana on Lower Case Numbers of Guinea Worm Disease, Warns Against Complacency
One year after witnessing the horrific Savelugu Guinea worm outbreak in northern Ghana, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter returned to Accra today to congratulate the national program for its recent effective efforts in reducing the incidence of Guinea worm disease.

27 March 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.

26 March 2008
"Strengthening Lives:"  The 2006-2007 Carter Center Annual Report (PDF).
Annual report of the Carter Center's peace and health work from Sept. 1, 2006 to Aug. 31, 2007.


26 March 2008
Declaration Calls for Advancement of Public Information Worldwide as Fundamental Human Right 
Participants in a global conference on the right of access to public information released today the Atlanta Declaration and Plan of Action to advance access to information as a fundamental human right. 


26 March 2008
Atlanta Declaration and Plan of Action for the Advancement of the Right of Access to Information (PDF)
Declaration and plan of action issued by more than 125 representatives of government, civil society, media, private sector, international financial institutions, donors, and academics from 40 countries who participated in the Feb.27-29, 2008, global conference on the right of access to public information held at The Carter Center in Atlanta, Ga.


25 March 2008
Life on the Edge:  Carter Center Project Examines Development Challenges on Ecuador-Colombia Border
Buenaventura Morales has a kind face worn weary from life, and friendly eyes that hide the depression plaguing him since he fled his native Colombia after massacres to his village in 2004. His wife died along the way, and he said he feels unable to support his four children by himself; he can't find a job in this poor border region of Ecuador.

21 March 2008
The Carter Center Welcomes Publication of Congo Mining Report
The Carter Center welcomes the decision of the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to release the final report of the Inter-Ministerial Commission on the Revisitation of Mining Contracts and the decision to name a Task Force with political responsibility for the review.

18 March 2008
Carter Center Urges an End to Election-Related Violence in Nepal 
The Carter Center's international election observation mission in Nepal has observed the pre-electoral environment in the country for the past 14 months. 

17 March 2008
Political Reform in China:  A Q&A with Yawei Liu, Director, Carter Center China Program
Q&A with Yawei Liu, Director, Carter Center China Program.

10 March 2008
Carter Center Urges International Community to Support Congo Mining Review Efforts
The Carter Center welcomes recent steps taken by the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to advance the review of natural resource contracts negotiated during and immediately following its years of deadly conflict. 
 

3 March 2008
Carter Center Names Former Mediator as New Conflict Resolution Program Director
Hrair Balian, an attorney with background in international conflict mediation and democratic governance for organizations including the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, United Nations, and International Crisis Group, is the new director of the Carter Center's Conflict Resolution Program.

 
21 February 2008
Freedom of Information to be Discussed at Two Live Webcasts, Including Former U.S. President Carter, Other Experts  
The Carter Center will offer two live webcasts at www.cartercenter that will explore challenges facing the right to information in the United States and around the world.
 
21 February 2008
Conference to Address Advancements, Challenges to Worldwide Access to Public Information Laws
Access to public information matters to the average citizen: it is a human right with the power to make a difference in both individual lives and in the life of a community.
 
20 February 2008
Access to Information:  A Fundamental Right
Q&A with Laura Neuman, J.D., Assistant Director, Americas Program and Access to Information Project manager.
 
17 February 2008
Carter Center Calls on Nepal's Government and All Parties to Focus on April 10 Elections
The Carter Center has heard from Nepalis nationwide that they want peace, prosperity, and a representative, transparent, and accountable government. Nepal's political leaders need to respond to these expectations by holding a credible election for the constituent assembly on April 10, 2008.
 
15 February 2008
The Carter Center Condemns Recent Violence in Israel and the Gaza Strip  
The Carter Center condemns the recent Palestinian suicide bombings and rocket fire against Israel and calls on the Palestinian leadership in Gaza to take urgent and immediate measures to halt the spiraling cycle of violence.
 
12 February 2008
2008-2009 Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism: Applications Being Accepted
Applications are now being accepted for six one-year journalism fellowships with the Carter Center Mental Health Program. Designed to enhance public understanding of mental health issues and combat stigma and discrimination against people with mental illnesses, the fellowships begin in September 2008. Applicants must be U.S. residents.
 
11 February 2008
Winter Weekend Auction Raises $1.2 Million for Carter Center Peace and Health Programs
A bench of hard maple wood handcrafted by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter sold for $300,000 at an auction in Port St. Lucie on Feb. 9 to benefit the nonprofit Carter Center's initiatives to advance peace and health worldwide. Items in the silent and live auctions combined raised $1.2 million for the Center.
 
11 February 2008
Carter Center Assists Liberia's Ministry of Justice in Strengthening Rule of Law
Involved with Liberia since 1991, when invited by West African leaders during the country's first civil war to assist in the peace process, The Carter Center observed Liberia's 1997 and 2005 elections and has worked there in many other ways over the years.
 
3 February 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.
 
30 January 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.
 
26 January 2008
The Carter Center Calls for Ceasefire and Dialogue in Gaza
After two years of almost complete isolation, the people of the Gaza Strip breached the iron wall along the border with Egypt, pouring over the border to seek basic supplies, receive needed health care, and some said, to "breathe a breath of freedom." Although Egypt seems poised to close the border again, most Gazans are giving Hamas credit for relieving their misery, even if the relief is temporary.
 
23 January 2008
Lions, Carter Center Celebrate 10 Millionth Dose of Zithromax, Health Gains Against Trachoma in Ethiopia
Today a group led by Lions Clubs International Foundation Chairperson Jimmy Ross witnessed a historic moment in trachoma control when the 10 millionth dose of azithromycin (Zithromax®) was dispensed to a person in  Awi Zone. The antibiotic, donated by Pfizer Inc, is a main strategy in the fight against the blinding disease in poor, rural areas.
 
18 January 2008
President Carter Memorabilia Offered at Auction to Benefit Global Peace
and Health Work of The Carter Center
A bench of hard maple wood handcrafted by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and an array of rare presidential memorabilia will be auctioned Feb. 9, 2008, to help support the work of the not-for-profit Carter Center, advancing peace and health worldwide.
 
7 January 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.
 
4 January 2008
Carter Center, Partners, Celebrate 100 Millionth Mectizan® Treatment
The Carter Center's River Blindness Program, with its global partners, announced recently the 100 millionth treatment of Mectizan® since 1996. The drug, proven effective and safe in treatment and prevention of river blindness, also called onchocerciasis, is donated by Merck & Co., Inc.  


26 December 2007
The Carter Center Urges Restoration of Judiciary in Advance of Pakistani Elections
The Carter Center calls on President Pervez Musharraf to restore immediately the independent judiciary he incapacitated during the recent state of emergency in Pakistan.
 
14 December 2007
Watch Archived Webcast:  Heralding Freedom - The Gulag, American Civil Rights Movement, and Human Rights Today
Archived video webcast of Dec. 12, 2007, Conversations at The Carter Center with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter;  former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young;  Larry Cox, executive director of Amnesty International USA; Sergei Kovalev, Russian human rights activist and former Gulag prisoner; and Isaac Newton Farris Jr., nephew of the late Martin Luther King Jr., and president and CEO of The King Center in Atlanta.

12 December2007
Charles Brewer to Chair Carter Center Councilors
Charles Brewer, managing member of Las Catalinas Holding Company, has been appointed chair of the Carter Center's Board of Councilors for 2008. The board is comprised of 204 members, who serve as a leadership advisory group that promotes understanding of the Center's mission among opinion leaders and the broader community.


12 December 2007
25 Years of The Carter Center: Changing Agenda, Enduring Principles
The year 2007 marks the Carter Center's 25th anniversary. In the following article, former
U.S. President Jimmy Carter reflects on the Center's evolution and his hopes for waging peace, fighting disease, and building hope into the future. 

 
10 December 2007
Trip Report by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to China, Dec. 2-8, 2007
As has been our custom every few years since leaving the White House, Rosalynn and I wanted to go to China to discuss ongoing projects of The Carter Center, plan for future ones, and especially to meet the new leaders recently chosen in the 17th National People's Congress.


 
10 December 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.


10 December 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.

 
5 December 2007
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter Headlines Panel Discussing Former Soviet Gulag Prison System
The Soviet Gulag prison system imprisoned millions of innocent people during its infamous history; a panel of human rights leaders will discuss its impact on Russia and the world today, as well as offer comparisons to the American Civil Rights Movement, at a sold out program Dec. 12 from 7-8:30 p.m. The event is part of the Conversations at The Carter Center speaker series and will be webcast live on www.cartercenter.org.
 
3 December 2007 
Carter Center Statement on Venezuela Referendum 
Venezuelan citizens responded on Dec. 2 in a peaceful and orderly way to the referendum convoked by the National Electoral Council (CNE) to approve or reject the proposal to reform the National Constitution, presented to the citizens by the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. 
 
2 December 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.
 
30 November 2007
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter Sends Congratulatory Message to Ecuador's New Constituent Assembly
In a message to Ecuador's newly inaugurated Constituent Assembly, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter urged the constituents to use human rights as a basis for drafting a new constitution and encouraged them to seek a harmonious solution on the definition and implementation of their role in transforming the state's institutions.
 
30 November 2007
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter's Message for the Inauguration of Ecuador's New Constituent Assembly
Almost 30 years ago, when I assumed the presidency of my country and military dictatorships extended throughout Latin America, Ecuador inaugurated a wave of democratization that continues today. Human rights began to be restored as fundamental values, and slowly the countries of Latin America established democratic regimes.
 
30 November 2007
First Report:  The Carter Center Review of DRC Mining Contracts - Update and Recommendations (PDF)
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is one of the most mineral-rich nations on earth, yet its citizens have seen little benefit from these resources due to corruption and faulty contracts between mining companies and the government.
The Carter Center worked in collaboration with Columbia Law School's Human Rights Clinic to complete a review of mining contracts in the DRC at the invitation of the Congolese government and in collaboration with Congolese civil society organizations. The following report details the problems found during the review and includes the Carter Center's recommendations for next steps to the international community, World Bank, mining companies, and Congolese government.
 
29 November 2007
Carter Center Helps Educate Liberians on Laws, Rights
This article was published in the Nov. 26, 2007 edition of the Emory Report.
Although the country's decades of violence are over, Liberia's women continue to face their own private wars: marital rape, domestic abuse, poverty. The Carter Center, at the invitation of Liberia's Ministry of Justice and in partnership with community-based organizations in the West African country, is helping close the violence gap through local education programs and governmental capacity building.
 
29 November 2007
Mental Illness Prevention: Interview with Thomas H. Bornemann, Ed.D., Director of the Carter Center Mental Health Program
The 23rd Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy, held Nov. 7-8, 2007 at The Carter Center, examined current mental health prevention interventions—and potential policy barriers for implementation--for children, adolescents, adults, and older adults.
 
28 November 2007
Carter Center Expert Donald Hopkins Receives Prestigious Fries Prize for Guinea Worm Eradication Leadership
Poised to be the first parasitic disease eradicated in human history, Guinea worm disease now teeters on the verge of extinction. The 2007 Fries Prize for Improving Health was bestowed on Donald R. Hopkins, M.D., M.P.H., Carter Center vice president for health programs, for his sustained leadership in the global campaign to eradicate Guinea worm disease (dracunculiasis), a debilitating parasitic infection contracted from drinking contaminated water.
 
27 November 2007
Trip Report by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to Nepal, Nov. 20-24, 2007
The Carter Center has had long-term observers in Nepal since last February, preparing for elections in June and then in November, both postponed.


27 November 2007
The Venezuelan´s Dilemma
This open letter to Venezuelan citizens was written and signed by recognized Latin American democrats and former leaders.


24 November 2007 
Statement by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter in Nepal
The people of Nepal have embarked on a remarkable and historic transition.  I am proud and grateful to witness parties formerly in conflict demonstrating their commitment to resolving their differences through peaceful means.

 
24 November 2007 
Compromise Proposal for Nepal
After having met with as many political leaders and private citizens as possible, I find it obvious that serious obstacles remain to a successful resolution of the present debate that can lead to a Constituent Assembly and a national constitution.


20 November 2007
Global-X Videos Feature Human Rights Defenders
Social Edge, a program of the Skoll Foundation--a Carter Center partner--conducted "Global-X" interviews with participants in the 2007 Human Rights Defenders Forum held Sept. 6-7 at The Carter Center.  Featured on the Social Edge and You Tube Web sites, the three- to seven-minute videos highlight leading social entrepreneurs as they tell stories that had a significant impact on their lives. They also describe how they see the world in 2017.  

 
20 November 2007 
The Carter Center Supports OSCE/ODIHR Decision Not to Observe Russian Elections
The Russian Federation's conditional invitation to the Organization for the Security and Cooperation in Europe - Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) to observe its Dec. 2 elections to the State Duma placed unacceptable limitations both on the number of election observers permitted to monitor the polls and the duration of their observation activities. 

 
20 November 2007
Colombia is First Country to Interrupt Transmission of River Blindness
Colombia has become the first country to interrupt transmission of onchocerciasis (also known as river blindness) on a countrywide basis, according to officials of the Onchocerciasis Elimination Program in the Americas (OEPA).


15 November 2007 
Crisis in Pakistan - A Q&A With Carter Center Human Rights Director Karin Ryan
A Q&A with Karen Ryan, director of the Carter Center's Human Rights Program, on the imposition of martial law and suspension of the constitution in Pakistan by President Pervez Musharraf.

14 November 2007
Pakistan Elections Meaningless Without Restoration of Constitution, Rule of Law
The Carter Center deplores General Pervez Musharraf's announcement that January elections will be held under martial law.  Elections are a necessary step to secure peace and sustainable democracy, but not with potential candidates under house arrest or expelled from Pakistan. No international observers would participate without the full restoration of the constitutional order, including the independent judiciary.
 
13 November 2007
Ethiopia Uses Grassroots Approach to Build Health Care Workforce, Shares Methods with Other Nations Online (With Links to Voice of America Feature Article and Audio Interviews)
Overview of Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative Health Training Materials Web Site, with links to Voice of America feature article, "Ethiopia Partners with Carter Center on Public Health Training Initiative" and audio interviews with EPHTI experts.
 
9 November 2007
The Carter Center Condemns Russian Federation Effort to Undermine Credible Election Observation
 "I am disturbed by the unprecedented restrictions to credible international election observation contained in the Russian Federation's invitation to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's (OSCE) election observation body," said former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, founder of The Carter Center.
 
7 November 2007
Musharraf Demolishes Democracy Under the Guise of Fighting Terrorism; United States Must Tie Aid to Restoration of Freedoms
The Carter Center condemns recent actions by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to suspend the country's Constitution and proclaim a state of emergency. In the process, members of the independent judiciary, news media, and human rights defenders have been abused and imprisoned. Many activist lawyers demanding restoration of the Pakistani Constitution and rule of law have also been arrested.


5 November 2007
Carter Center Symposium to Address the Prevention of Mental Illnesses
Harnessing the power of prevention to stop the onset or progression of mental illnesses is long overdue. Failure to implement preventive measures on a national scale takes not only a human toll but also an economic and societal toll in terms of lost productivity and disability.


26 October 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.

 
24 October 2007
Carter Center Urges Israel To Maintain Energy Supplies in Gaza
The Carter Center urges the government of Israel to cease consideration of a proposal to cut energy supplies in Gaza. On Sept. 19, 2007, Israel threatened to declare the Gaza Strip a "hostile territory" and cut off provision of essential services such as electricity and fuel to the civilian population as retaliation for rocket attacks being launched from the territory.


19 October 2007
Documentary, "Jimmy Carter Man From Plains," Explores Former President's Post-White House Role
Man From Plains is an intimate, surprising encounter with President Jimmy Carter.
 
15 October 2007
Trip Report by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to London, Khartoum, Juba, Darfur, Luneburg: Sept. 28 – Oct. 5, 2007
Jeff and I arrived in London, joined Bob Pastor and Lakhdar Brahimi, and met with former Prime Minister Tony Blair at the home of DCM Richard LeBaron.  We then met with Baroness Shriti Vadera, Under-Secretary for International Development, especially for Sudan, and she is very eager to help. Prime Minister Gordon Brown called me from a meeting at Chequers to express his support and to request a future meeting.


12 October 2007
Statement from Former U.S. President and Nobel Laureate Jimmy Carter
Rosalynn and I are pleased to congratulate former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) led by Rajendra Pachauri on receiving the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.


12 October 2007
Election Delayed, But Long-Term Observers Continue in Nepal
Nepal has undergone tremendous changes in the past year. A 2006 peace agreement ended a decade of fighting between government forces and the Maoists, and the country's king gave up all power other than his ceremonial status. Plans were set in motion to elect a constituent assembly, which would determine the country's future by writing a new constitution.


12 October 2007
Long-Term Election Observers Go the Distance in Nepal (slide show)
A Carter Center multimedia feature on the Carter Center's long-term election observers — the only international observation mission in Nepal — deployed throughout the country.


12 October 2007
Long-Term Election Observer Reflects on Being Part of Nepal "Roaming Team"
Jason Katz is a long-term observer (LTO) for the Carter Center's election observation mission in Nepal. Katz previously worked at the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs in Washington, D.C., and served as an election monitor during both rounds of elections in Peru in 2001.


12 October 2007
Nepal Elections:  By Foot, Car, and Plane, Observer Assesses Country's Readiness
Stefanie Gross is a long-term observer (LTO) for the Carter Center's election observation mission in Nepal. Originally from Germany, Stefanie completed her undergraduate degree in political studies and her postgraduate degree in conflict resolution in the United Kingdom before interning at The Carter Center in 2006.


12 October 2007
Report on the Twenty-second Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy: Mental Health in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina (PDF)
Mental Health in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina: Twenty-second Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy, November 8-9, 2006.


9 October 2007
Carter Center Mental Health Program Observes World Mental Health Day
Mental illnesses affect people of all ages in all countries and societies,  from the boy soldier in Sierra Leone traumatized by years of bloody civil war to the aging farmer in Oklahoma suffering from depression. These illnesses have a profound impact on the quality of life for individuals and families and stunt economic growth in societies around the world.
 
9 October 2007
In South Africa, a Journalist Finds Words for Unspeakable Tragedies
It was a recurring headline in South African newspapers: "Cop Murder-Suicide Claims Family." Dozens of sons, fathers, and husbands working in the South African Police Service had committed these crimes against their own families, but the stories of what motivated them were rarely told.
 
9 October 2007
Mental Health Fellow Breaks Down Stereotypes
Time and money to access voluminous public records are luxuries most reporters do not have to investigate negligence or malfeasance in the public sector.
 
9 October 2007
Journalism Fellowships Expand to Romania
Alex Ulmanu sometimes wonders if things could have been different.
"I had a colleague in university who was a brilliant, brilliant person and who committed suicide in her very early 20s. We learned afterward that she was suffering from schizophrenia," Ulmanu said.


6 October 2007
Carter Center Statement on the Nepal Election Delay
The Carter Center is profoundly disappointed with the announcement of a second postponement of Nepal's constituent assembly election. 

 
3 October 2007
Nepal's Peace Process at Critical Juncture; Carter Center Appeals to all Nepali Political Actors to Work Together for Elections
Nepal's peace process is at a critical juncture following the Sept. 18 departure of the Maoists from the interim government and the rapid approach of key electoral deadlines.
 


2 October 2007
"Beyond the White House: Waging Peace, Fighting Disease, Building Hope" Chronicles Post-Presidency, Carter Center's 25 Years
"Beyond the White House:  Waging Peace, Fighting Disease, Building Hope,"  by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, was published Oct. 2, 2007, by Simon & Schuster.  The book is available from the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum Shop.
 
1 October 2007
Report of the Eleventh Annual Rosalynn Carter Georgia Mental Health Forum: Georgia's Mental Health Gap Analysis: Building an Action Agenda (PDF)
Georgia's Mental Health Gap Analysis: Building an Action Agenda: Report of the Eleventh Annual Rosalynn Carter Georgia Mental Health Forum, May 19, 2006.
 
1 October 2007
Carter Center Observes Democratic Consolidation in Ecuador
Yesterday, Sept. 30, the Ecuadorian people demonstrated their profound democratic vocation by voting peacefully for representatives to the constituent assembly.
 
28 September 2007
Ethiopia Builds Health Care Workforce Using a Grassroots Approach: Shares Methods with Other Nations Online
Battling the dangerous void left by the migration of its skilled health professionals to other countries, Ethiopia, a country challenged by the grim realities of killer diseases, has proven it can build a sustainable health workforce to meet its unique health situation.
 
28 September 2007
Statement by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on the Situation in Myanmar
The political crisis in Myanmar has reached alarming proportions this week. Peaceful demonstrations led by religious leaders who desire justice, freedom, and democracy have been met by brutal force from the military government, the extent of which is not yet known.
 
28 September 2007
Carter Center Pleased with Ecuador's Electoral Process, Urges Equality of Official Electoral Publicity
Since July 2007, The Carter Center has worked intensively to observe the electoral processes leading up to Ecuador's Constituent Assembly elections. This statement presents the continued findings of the Center's international election observation mission in Ecuador. 
 
26 September 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.

 
21 September 2007
Israeli Actions in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank: Prospects Dim for Middle East Peace 
In a statement issued today:  The Carter Center deplores the decision taken Wednesday by Israel to declare the Gaza Strip a hostile territory and its threat to cut off provision of essential services such as electricity and fuel to the civilian population.
 
20 September 2007
Statement by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and The Carter Center on the Death of Sir John Compton
Rosalynn and I are deeply saddened by the death of Sir John Compton, Prime Minister of St. Lucia. Sir John was known as "Father of the Nation" for leading St. Lucia into independence from Britain in 1978.


 
13 September 2007
Sold Out 'Conversations' Event to be Webcast Live - Submit Questions Online Now
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter will discuss The Carter Center's 25 years of humanitarian work to open the 2007-2008 season of Conversations at The Carter Center Sept. 18, 2007, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. EST.  The sold out event will be webcast live on www.cartercenter.org.



12 September 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.



12 September 2007
Carter Center to Observe Constituent Assembly Elections in Ecuador
In response to an invitation by the Supreme Electoral Court (Tribunal Supremo Electoral) of Ecuador, The Carter Center will field an electoral observation mission during the constituent assembly election to be held Sept. 30, 2007. The Carter Center also announces the opening of a field office in the city of Quito.
 
10 September 2007
Carter Center Statement on the Death of Jose Emanuel "Pepe" Mendez
President and Mrs. Carter and all at the Carter Center were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Jose Emanuel "Pepe" Mendez, son of 1990 Carter-Menil Human Rights Prize Recipient Amilcar Mendez Urizar.


7 September 2007
Human Rights Defenders Policy Forum Final Statement Issues Challenges and Recommendations for Addressing Mass Atrocities
On Sept. 5, human rights defenders, including several from faith-based organizations, came from 20 countries to discuss the challenges they face in addressing mass atrocities and to develop recommendations for the international community.


22 August 2007
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter to Launch 2007-2008 Season of Conversations at The Carter Center
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter will discuss 25 years of humanitarian work through The Carter Center to open the upcoming season of Conversations at The Carter Center on Sept. 18, 2007. The annual speaker series features panel discussions of current world topics and Carter Center work.


20 August 2007
The Carter Center Includes Romania in Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism Program
The Carter Center Mental Health Program has awarded two Romanian journalists with the eleventh annual Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism. This will be the first year that journalists from the Eastern European country will participate in the program. The journalists will join a class of six other fellows from the United States and two from southern Africa.
 
10 August 2007
Carter Center Urges Nepal to Continue Progress for Nov. 22 Elections:  Third Pre-Election Statement
This statement presents the observations and continued findings of the Carter Center's international election observation mission in Nepal.  Since March 2007, The Center's 13 international long-term observers (LTOs) have visited all of Nepal's 75 districts, in many cases multiple times, reaching not only to district headquarters but also to the village level.  The goal of the Center's mission is to demonstrate international support for and provide an independent assessment of the constituent assembly election process in order to help consolidate the gains of the ongoing peace process.

3 August 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.


18 July 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.
 
18 July 2007
Two Palestines? What is Risked by a "West Bank first" Policy? Panel Discussion Now Available on Carter Center Web Site
Dialogue that engages all stakeholders in the Israeli and Palestinian peace process is critical to resolve the current crisis, according to three Middle East experts who convened at The Carter Center on Friday, July 13. The panel also addressed risks of the "West Bank first" policy, which is being promoted by the United States and a few European governments to address the Gaza takeover by Hamas in June.
 
17 July 2007
Carter Center Consultant Norman Borlaug Receives Congressional Gold Medal for Food Research
Norman Borlaug, Nobel peace laureate and senior consultant of the Carter Center's Agriculture Program, was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal here July 17 for his work on high-yield, disease-resistant varieties of wheat credited with starting the "Green revolution" and alleviating starvation in India and Pakistan in the 1960s.

13 July 2007
Two Palestines? What is Risked by a "West Bank First" Policy? Q&A with Middle East Experts
In the following Q&A, panel members from "Two Palestines? What is Risked by a 'West Bank First' Policy?," held at The Carter Center in July 2007, answer audience questions that remained following the event.

 
13 July 2007
Carter Center Awards 2007-2008 Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism
The Carter Center Mental Health Program has named eight recipients of its eleventh annual Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism, including six from the United States and two from southern Africa.

11 July 2007
Statement by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on the Death of Lady Bird Johnson
Rosalynn and I are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Lady Bird Johnson. Her commitment to public service and caring spirit were  unwavering.


10 July 2007
Two Palestines? What is Risked By a "West Bank First" Policy?
The collapse of the Palestinian National Unity Government (NUG) last month following the takeover of Gaza by Hamas has left the Palestinian territories in crisis. Join former Advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and leader of the Geneva Peace Initiative Daniel Levy and former Minister of Information in the Palestinian NUG Mustapha Barghouthi as they discuss ways to solve the current crisis.


 
10 July 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.

 
3 July 2007
Timor-Leste Parliamentary Election Democratic and Peaceful Carter Center Preliminary Statement (English and Teturn)
The majority of Timor-Leste voters participated in an orderly and peaceful June 30 parliamentary election.  The administration of these elections was very well executed, bearing testimony to the hard work of election officials and the determination of Timorese citizens to ensure their country remains on the democratic path chosen at independence.
 
22 June 2007
Carter Center Appoints Atlanta Leaders to Board of Councilors
The Carter Center, a not-for-profit organization working to promote health and peace worldwide, recently appointed 19 new members to the Board of Councilors, bringing its membership to 180.
 
21 June 2007
Carter Center to Observe Parliamentary Elections in Timor-Leste
The Carter Center will increase its international observation presence surrounding Timor-Leste's June 30 parliamentary elections by sending a larger delegation to join long-term observers, who have been deployed throughout the country since early June. A field office in Dili will remain open through July 2007.  
 
21 June 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. 


19 June 2007
Human Rights Speech
Remarks by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, delivered June 19, 2007,  in Dublin, Ireland.
 
16 June 2007
Statement by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter in Nepal
I'm happy to be back in Nepal and to be briefed by The Carter Center's long-term observers, political leaders, marginalized groups, and election officials here.


12 June 2007
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to Discuss Malaria During Online Smithsonian Chat June 28
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter will participate in a live online chat  Thursday, June 28 at 11:15 a.m. EST  to discuss malaria and the article "The Ethiopia Campaign - Jimmy Carter Takes on Malaria," featured in the June 2007 issue of Smithsonian magazine. 


June 12, 2007
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to Visit Nepal
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter  will visit Nepal June 13-16 to encourage Nepal's political leaders to continue on the path to peace as they prepare to hold constituent assembly elections later in 2007. 


8 June 2007
The Carter Center International Election Observation Mission in Nepal:   Second Pre-Election Statement 
This statement presents the observations and continued findings of the Carter Center's international election observation mission in Nepal.  In March 2007, the mission deployed 13 long-term observers (LTOs) representing nine different nationalities throughout Nepal to assess the political and electoral environment in the period leading up to the constituent assembly election. 

3 June 2007
Lack of Transparency in Political Financing Poses Serious Problems for Countries
Political party and election campaign financing is a murky field in eight Latin American countries, according to a study released today by Transparency International (TI) and The Carter Center (English and Spanish).
 
3 June 2007
Statement by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter Introducing the Joint Carter Center–Transparency International Project to Measure Disclosure (Crinis)
Including links to recommendations to the OAS, the Crinis Report, and to Crinis brochure(English and Spanish).
 
31 May 2007
The Carter Center Calls for Dialogue; Expresses Concern about Consequences of End of RCTV Concession
The Carter Center expressed concern about the potential for a renewed escalation of violence in the wake of the termination of broadcasts by RCTV and called for new dialogue among political opponents to maintain peace in the country. The Center emphasized the imperative to respect the fundamental human rights of freedom of expression and freedom to dissent and protest peacefully. The Center is concerned that non-renewal of broadcast concessions for political reasons will have a chilling effect on free speech in Venezuela.


18 May 2007
Report of the Twelfth Annual Rosalynn Carter Georgia Mental Health Forum: Reducing the Stigma of Mental Illnesses in Georgia (PDF)
Reducing the Stigma of Mental Illnesses in Georgia: Report of the Twelfth Annual Rosalynn Carter Georgia Mental Health Forum, May 18, 2007.
 
18 May 2007
Carter Center Guinea Worm Program Meets $45 Million Gates Challenge Early
The Carter Center and its partners are another step closer to eradicating Guinea worm disease, a horrific and debilitating parasitic infection, thanks to the completion of a challenge grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which leveraged a total of $45 million with the support of more than 500 partners in a record two years.

9 May 2007
Rosalynn Carter Georgia Mental Health Forum Focuses on Reducing the Stigma of Mental Illnesses 
State leaders, mental health advocates, and consumers will develop anti-stigma activities for communities throughout Georgia during the 12th annual Rosalynn Carter Georgia Mental Health Forum at The Carter Center on Friday, May 18, 2007.

4 May 2007
New Carter Center Field Office in Ramallah to Support Palestinian Democracy and Human Rights
The Carter Center is reinvigorating its presence in the Palestinian Territories in support of peace for Israel, justice for the Palestinians, and the emergence of a viable, democratic Palestinian state.

2 May 2007
Exhibit to Highlight Progress For Peace, Health, Human Rights
"Beyond the Presidency: 25 Years of The Carter Center," a special exhibit at the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum June 30 through Nov. 25, 2007, will give visitors a look behind the scenes and on the frontlines of efforts undertaken by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, to advance peace, health, and hope worldwide through the nonprofit organization they founded in 1982.  

1 May 2007
Observing the 2006 Nicaragua Elections (PDF)
Final report of the Carter Center's election observation team on the 2006 Nicaragua elections.

1 May 2007
Observación Electoral Nicaragua 2006 (PDF)
Final report of the Carter Center's election observation team on the 2006 Nicaragua elections.
 
19 April 2007
Mental Health and the Work Place is Topic of Live Webcast April 26
A panel of experts in health policy and mental health advocacy will discuss issues around workplace mental health at The Carter Center on Thursday, April 26, from 7-8:30 p.m.   The event will be webcast live on www.cartercenter.org  (RealPlayer media player required).

18 April 2007
25 Stories for 25 Years (PDF)
A collection of a quarter-century of Carter Center peace and health success stories.

16 April 2007
Pre-Election Statement: Carter Center Election Observation Mission in Nepal
The Carter Center congratulates Nepal's sustained commitment to the peace process and applauds efforts to address political differences through dialogue. Following the Election Commission of Nepal's April 13 announcement indicating that a June constituent assembly election is not technically feasible, it is now up to Nepali political leaders to focus their efforts on putting the proper conditions in place for the conduct of a sound electoral process in a realistic timeframe.

13 April 2007
Fourth Development Cooperation Forum: Achieving More Equitable Globalization [PDF]
Report of the Fourth Development Cooperation Forum: Achieving More Equitable Globalization. Chaired by Jimmy Carter, Dec. 7–9, 2005.
 
12 April 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.
 
06 April 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.
 
05 April 2007
25 Years of The Carter Center: An Anniversary Message from President and Mrs. Carter
 
05 April 2007
25th Anniversary Q&A with Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter
In this Q&A, President and Mrs. Carter reflect on the Carter Center's 25 years of waging peace, fighting disease, and building hope around the world.

 
2 April 2007
"25 Years of The Carter Center" - 2005-2006 Annual Report (PDF)
Annual report of the Carter Center's peace and health work from Sept. 1, 2005 to Aug. 31, 2006.

29 March 2007
Statement of Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to the U.N. Human Rights Council
Since 1993, my colleagues at the Carter Center and I have worked together with governments and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to improve the United Nations' system for protecting human rights throughout the world. 
 
23 March 2007
Report Outlines Process Leading to Standardization of International Election Observation Practices
The Carter Center has issued "Building Consensus on Principles for International Election Observation," a report outlining the consensus-building process leading to the endorsement of best practices in the field.
 
23 March 2007
Building Concensus on Principles for International Election Observation (PDF)
This brief report outlines the consensus-building process that led to the endorsement of the Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation and the Code of Conduct for International Election Observers and discusses some of the continuing challenges facing the election observation community as a whole.   


11 March 2007
The Embassy of Japan Funds Pipe Filters for the Fight to Eradicate Guinea Worm Disease in Southern Sudan
Today, the Embassy of Japan awarded funding for the Southern Sudan Guinea Worm Eradication Program.



9 March 2007
The Carter Center Deploys Election Observers in Nepal
The Carter Center launched an international election observation mission in Nepal with the deployment this week of thirteen long-term observers in all five development regions around the country.


8 March 2007
2007-2008 Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism:  Applications Being Accepted
Applications are now being accepted for six one-year journalism fellowships with the Carter Center Mental Health Program.


19 Feb 2007
Trip Report of Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter:  Africa Trip, Feb. 6-16, 2007 (Ghana, Sudan, Ethiopia, Nigeria)
From The Carter Center, Rosalynn and I were joined by Dr. John and Laura Hardman, John and Becky Moores, and Dr. Don and Ernestine Hopkins.


15 February 2007
Jimmy Carter and General Dr. Yakubu Gowon Encourage Nigerian Officials to Control Schistosomiasis, Other Diseases
Today, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter watched as hundreds of school children received drug treatment for schistosomiasis, a silent and destructive parasitic infection that leads to poor growth and impaired learning, in the small community of Nasarawa North. 


13 February 2007
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter Visits Ethiopia to Address New Malaria Initiative;  Lauds Country's Progress in River Blindness, Trachoma Control, Public Health Training
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter distributed long-lasting insecticide-impregnated bed nets today in Afeta, a community of 7,500 people in the Jimma zone.


12 February 2007
Upcoming Carter and Albright Discussion on Middle East Peace Prospects To be Webcast Live
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will speak on the prospects for lasting peace in the Palestinian territories to a sold-out audience at The Carter Center on Feb. 22, 2007, from 7-8:30 p.m. 

12 February 2007
Jimmy Carter and Jimmy Ross Recognize Sudan's New Local Lions Club as Crucial Partner in Country's Fight Against River Blindness and Trachoma
On Thursday, Feb. 9,  former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Lions Clubs International President Jimmy Ross encouraged Sudan's local Lions Club to participate in the fight against two blinding diseases affecting the country—river blindness and trachoma.


12 February 2007
Jimmy Carter Visits Southern Sudan to Praise Progress Against Disease, Urges Guinea Worm Eradication by 2009
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Government of  Southern Sudan Minister of Health Dr. Theophilus Ochang Lotti, during a meeting at the National Assembly on Feb. 10, 2007, encouraged top officials of the Government of Southern Sudan to continue their progress in conquering two of the region's most debilitating scourges—Guinea worm disease and trachoma. 
 
8 February 2007
Fight Against Guinea Worm Disease: President Carter, Ghana Ministry of Health Issue Urgent Call to Action
Today, amid the scorching heat of peak dry season, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter visited the parched community of Savelugu to meet with dozens of Guinea worm disease victims in an effort to bring global attention to Ghana's growing Guinea worm epidemic caused by inadequate water supply in the country. 


7 February 2007
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter Leads Delegation to Africa, Focus on Urgent Health Needs
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, are leading a delegation of senior-level Carter Center officials on a Feb. 6-16 tour of Africa to call international attention to health needs among impoverished communities in Ghana, Sudan, Ethiopia, and Nigeria. 

3 February 2007
Winter Weekend Auction Raises $1 Million for Carter Center Peace and Health Programs
A baby cradle of unusual tiger wood handcrafted by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter sold for $300,000 at an auction in Cancun yesterday to benefit the nonprofit Carter Center's initiatives to advance peace and health worldwide.


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


18 January 2007
A New Chance for Peace?
Washington Post editorial.  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. 


12 January 2007
Baby Cradle Crafted by Former U.S. President Highlights Auction to Benefit The Carter Center
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter will host their 15th annual Winter Weekend and auction to benefit The Carter Center Jan. 30 – Feb. 3 at Club Med in Cancun, Mexico.


11 January 2007
Summary of the Tenth Meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication (II)
The tenth meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication (ITFDE) was convened at The Carter Center from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Jan. 11, 2007.


10 January 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.


3 January 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. 


27 December 2006
Statement from Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on the Death of President Gerald Ford
Rosalynn and I join the nation in mourning the loss of President Gerald Ford. President Ford is one of the most admirable public servants and human beings I have ever known. A man of highest integrity, his life-long dedication to helping others touched the lives of countless people. 


19 December 2006
Leading Global Health Organizations Receive $46.7 Million From Gates Foundation to Integrate Programs Fighting Neglected Tropical Diseases
The fight against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) received a major boost today with the announcement of five grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation totaling $46.7 million.  The grants will support efforts to coordinate and integrate programs to fight key neglected diseases in developing countries.


19 December 2006
Gates Foundation Pledges $10 Million to Support Carter Center's Integrated Approach to Combat Neglected Diseases in Nigeria
To help combat neglected tropical diseases suffered by millions of people, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged $10 million to fund two groundbreaking Carter Center initiatives in Nigeria.


15 December 2006
Jimmy Carter Issues Letter to Jewish Community on Palestine Peace Not Apartheid
A letter to Jewish citizens of America. 


8 December 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.


27 November 2006
Third Carter Center Post-Election Statement on the Oct. 29 Presidential Elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (English and French)
The Carter Center deplores the Nov. 21 attack on the Supreme Court of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and cautions all political leaders that they are accountable for the actions of their militants, especially when they use violence to protest election results.
 
20 November 2006
Carter Center Announces Technical Mission to Observe the Venezuelan Elections
In response to an invitation from the Venezuelan National Electoral Council (CNE), The Carter Center will organize a specialized, limited technical mission for the Dec. 3, 2006, presidential elections. 

 
17 November 2006
Panel to Address U.S. Human Rights Policy at Upcoming Carter Center Event
U.S. policies established during the war on terror have undermined the human rights principals upon which the country was founded, adversely affecting the country's reputation globally, the rights of its citizens, and the work of human rights activists. 
 
15 November 2006
President Carter Honors Four Countries at Special Awards Ceremony Highlighting Progress Against Guinea Worm Disease (English and French)
Transmission of Guinea worm disease has been stopped in Benin, Central African Republic, Mauritania, and Uganda. Guinea worm, a debilitating disease that causes severe pain and economic hardship and once plagued millions of people in Africa and Asia, today sits on the brink of eradication.


15 November 2006
Second Carter Center Post-Election Statement on the Oct. 29 Presidential Elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (English and French)
Based on its observation of vote tabulation following the Oct. 29 presidential elections, The Carter Center election observation mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo is confident the results announced by the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) are consistent with the results obtained in the polling stations.

 
13 November 2006
Carter Center to Honor Four African Countries for Stopping Guinea Worm Disease Transmission
The four African countries of Benin, Central African Republic,  Mauritania, and Uganda will be honored Wednesday, Nov. 15 from 6 to 7 p.m. during a special awards ceremony and reception at The Carter Center, recognizing their stopping the transmission of Guinea worm disease for at least a year.


9 November 2006
Carter Center Statement Regarding Nicaragua Election Results
As The Carter Center continues its observation of the electoral process in Nicaragua, we note that the Supreme Electoral Council has reported the results for 92 percent of the polling stations. These results indicate that Daniel Ortega has a clear lead of 9 percent over the second place finisher Eduardo Montealegre in the presidential race.


9 November 2006
Nicaraguan Elections: Trip Report by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter November 4-7, 2006 
The purpose of this trip was for The Carter Center to monitor our fourth Nicaraguan election. The first was  in 1990, while the U.S. Contra War was still being waged. The Carter Center has had six delegations of pre-election observers in the country this year and seven long-term observers since September. A number of our major suggestions have been adopted by the Supreme Electoral Council.   


7 November 2006
Carter Center Election Observation Mission to Nicaragua Issues Post-Election Statement (English and Spanish)
Once again we wish to thank the Supreme Electoral Council and the government of Nicaragua for their kind invitations to observe the 2006 election process. This is the 4th national election The Carter Center has observed in Nicaragua since 1990, and each experience brings fresh lessons. 

 
6 November 2006
Jimmy Carter's Trip Report:  India and Thailand, Oct. 25-Nov. 3, 2006 (PDF)
The purposes of our trip were to have diplomatic discussions with top Indian officials, to participate in an award ceremony for the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Partnership Awards, to build Habitat homes near Mumbai, India, and to visit the tsunami damaged area on the east coast of India and Thailand. 


6 November 2006
Carter Center to Issue Preliminary Statement on Nicaragua's Elections During Managua Press Conference 
The Carter Center will issue a preliminary statement of findings on Nicaragua's  Nov. 5 presidential, vice-presidential, and legislative elections during a press conference scheduled for 11:30 a.m. EDT Nov. 7 at the InterContinental Metrocentro Hotel.


4 November 2006
Statement by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and The Carter Center on the Eve of the Nicaragua Elections (English and Spanish)
This is the fourth national election that The Carter Center has observed in Nicaragua, beginning in 1990.


1 November 2006
Preliminary Statement on the Oct. 29 Presidential Elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
On Oct. 29, the majority of Congolese voters participated in an election that in most parts of the country was extremely orderly and peaceful.

1 November 2006
Chinese Delegation to Observe Elections in Springfield, Ill.
The Carter Center will host a delegation of election officials from China's Ministry of Civil Affairs for an observation of the U.S. elections on Nov. 7, 2006.
 
30 Oct 2006
International Delegation Observes DRC Elections
A 45-member international Carter Center delegation led by former Prime Minister of Canada Joe Clark observed the Democratic Republic of the Congo's presidential run-off elections Oct. 29.
 
27 October 2006
Carter Center Names Leaders for Election Mission to Nicaragua
The Carter Center announced today that it has named former Peru President Alejandro Toledo and former Panama President Nicolás Ardito Barletta to join former U.S. President Jimmy Carter...
 
23 October 2006
Carter Center to Observe Presidential Run-Off Election in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Former Prime Minister of Canada Joe Clark will lead a 45-member international delegation....
 
20 October 2006
Election Statement: The Carter Center Election Observation Mission in Nicaragua
Having accompanied Nicaragua's election process throughout 2006...


13 October 2006
Statement by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize
Rosalynn and I congratulate Muhammad Yunus and his Grameen Bank on receiving the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize.


11 October 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. 

9 October 2006
Carter to Discuss Averting Crises with Rogue Regimes at Upcoming Event: "A Moment of Crisis: North Korea"
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter will participate in a panel discussion on his 1994...
 

6 October 2006
Statement by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on the Israeli/Palestian Conflict
The attempt to coerce Hamas leaders by starving the Palestinian people has failed, and it is time for the international community to alleviate their suffering and resort to diplomacy. 


4 October 2006
The Carter Center to Host Experts on Psychological Effects of Hurricane Katrina
Experts in disaster mental health will gather at the 22nd Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy...



27 September 2006
Removing the Scar of Guinea Worm Disease: One Village at a Time
The muddy pond is as brown as the hillsides surrounding it...


25 September 2006
Carter Center Calls for Better Mental Health Care for All Georgians
This article originally appeared in the Emory Report.  Five-foot-six-inches tall, Angela Ford's weight has varied from 90 pounds to her current 216... 
 
22 September 2006
Ceremony Marks "National Mental Illness Awareness Week"
In recognition of National Mental Illness Awareness Week...
 
20 September 2006
Carter Center Launches Election Observers in Nicaragua
The Carter Center fielded its first election observers in Nicaragua on Sept. 8, 2006...
 
19 September 2006
Carter Center Will Not Observe Zambia Elections
The Carter Center announced today that it received an invitation from the Zambian Ministry...
 
06 September 2006
"Carters on the Record" Opens 2006-07 Discussion Series at The Carter Center
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, will address a sold-out audience...
 
31 August 2006
Second Post-Election Statement on the Democratic Republic of the Congo Elections
The Carter Center did not find evidence of widespread or systematic...
 
31 August 2006
Preliminary Statement of The Carter Center on the 2006 Guyana Elections
The Carter Center commends the people of Guyana...
 
24 August 2006
Correction of President Carter's Comments on The Gambia
The Carter Center regrets The Daily Observer's selective citation...
 
11 August 2006
Trachoma Control: The Lancet Features Groundbreaking SAFE Strategy Study, Article
The Lancet, Aug. 11, 2006. Effect of three years o...
 
11 August 2006
The Carter Center Announces Election Observation Presence in Guyana
The Carter Center announced today that it is organ...
 
1 August 2006
Washington Post Op-Ed on Middle East by Jimmy Carter
The Middle East is a tinderbox, with some key play...
 
1 August 2006
Preliminary Statement of The Carter Center on the Democratic Republic of the Congo July 30, 2006, Elections (English and French)
This statement reflects the observations of The Ca...
 
31 Jul y2006
International Delegation Observes Historic Democratic Republic of the Congo Elections
The Carter Center's 58-member international delega...
 
21 July 2006
Democratic Republic of the Congo Election Observation: Joe Clark, John Stremlau to Lead International Delegation (English and French)
Former Prime Minister of Canada Joe Clark and Cart...
 
12 July 2006 
Second Carter Center Statement on the Election Preparations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (English and French)
The presidential and legislative election campaign...

7 July 2006 
Jimmy Carter's Nicaragua Trip Report: July 3-6, 2006
Returning to Nicaragua was almost like going home....

7 July 2006
Carter Center Awards 2006-2007 Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism
The Carter Center Mental Health Program has named ... 
  
6 July 2006
Jimmy Carter Holds Nicaragua Press Conference
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, with experts f...

6 July 2006 
Statement by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on Nicaragua's Pre-election Climate (English and Spanish)
Rosalynn and I have spent three days in Managua le... 
  
3 July 2006 
Media Advisory: Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter Leads Pre-election Assessment Trip to Nicaragua (English and Spanish)
News media are advised of the following press oppo... 
  
3 July 2006 
We Need Fewer Secrets: Jimmy Carter Washington Post Op-Ed  
The U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) turns 4... 
  
2 July 2006 
Faces of Hope: Annual Report, Video Profiles Lives Impacted by the Carter Center's Work 
Featuring the 2004-2005 Carter Center Annual Repor... 
  
21 June 2006 
The Carter Center Observes Nicaragua's Voter Registration Verification Process (English and Spanish) 
The Carter Center sent a group of 11 experts from ... 
  
15 June 2006 
Message to the Nicaraguan Electorate Encouraging Participation in the Verification Process (Spanish and English) 
En los próximos días Los ciudadanos nicaragüenses ...