<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--If you see this error message then you do not support RSS v2.0.--><rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Carter Center]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org]]></link><description><![CDATA[Carter Center Editorials]]></description><item><title><![CDATA[Dec. 15, 2011: Fixing Ailing System Achievable]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/rc-fixing-mh-care-system-achievable.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This op-ed by former First Lady Rosalynn Carter was published Dec. 15, 2011, by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. I became involved in mental health issues in 1966, campaigning for my husband for governor. A newspaper expos&#233; had revealed terrible conditions in our large mental hospital, Central State in Milledgeville, and families of the patients there were frustrated and almost beyond hope that anything could be done to help their loved ones.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nov. 18, 2011: John Stremlau: Partners Crucial to Nurturing Liberian Democracy]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/stremlau-business-day-111811.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Published Nov. 18, 2011, by Business Day (Johannesburg). Liberia's fragile democracy suffered several setbacks surrounding last week's presidential run-off that are typical of many post-conflict African countries.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oct. 19, 2011: Black Cherokees Exercise Hard-Won Right to Vote]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/stremlau-cnn101911-black-cherokees.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This op-ed by Dr. John Stremlau,Vice President, Peace Programs, was published Oct. 19, 2011, by CNN. The Cherokee Nation had difficulty electing its principal chief, so much so that members called in the Carter Center to observe the most recent vote and judge whether it was free and fair. We normally observe elections only in politically troubled countries abroad but believe that the contentiousness and fundamental voting rights issues at stake -- and not just for the Cherokees -- justified this exceptional mission.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sept. 13, 2011: After the U.N. Vote on Palestine]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/palestine-091311.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This op-ed by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was published Sept. 13, 2011, by the International Herald Tribute and NYTimes.com. In September 1978, Anwar Sadat and Menachim Begin signed the Camp David Accords, following four Arab-Israeli wars in which Egypt had provided the overwhelming military force that threatened the existence of Israel.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aug. 10, 2011: What Is A Superpower?]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/tikkun-082011.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This article by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was published in the Winter 2011 issue of Tikkun Magazine. American military expenditures are now equal to those combined for all other nations, and it is good to know that our nation's defenses against a conventional attack are impregnable. It is also imperative that America remain vigilant against threats from terrorists. But the admirable characteristics of a nation are no more defined by its size and physical prowess than are those of a human being.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[July 13, 2011: Remarks by Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter at the Funeral of Betty Ford]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/rc-remarks-betty-ford-funeral.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This eulogy was delivered by former First Lady Rosalynn Carter at the National Tribute to Former First Lady Betty Ford, held July 12, 2011, at Saint Margaret Episcopal Church in Palm Desert, Calif. Betty Ford was my friend and I'm honored to be here today to help celebrate the life of this truly remarkable woman.  I never imagined when we first met 40 years ago that we would develop such a close and personal friendship.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[June 17, 2011: Call Off the Global Drug War]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/global-drug-war-061711.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This op-ed by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was published June 17, 2011, by The New York Times. In an extraordinary new initiative announced earlier this month, the Global Commission on Drug Policy has made some courageous and profoundly important recommendations in a report on how to bring more effective control over the illicit drug trade.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[May 25, 2011: The Unchanged Path to Mideast Peace]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/jc-nyt052511-UnchangedPathtoMideastPeace.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This op-ed by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was published May 25, 2011, by the International Herald Tribune and NYT.com. It was not a new U.S. policy concerning the borders of Israel, nor should it have been surprising to Israeli leaders, when President Obama stated: "The borders of Israel and Palestine should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps, so that secure and recognized borders are established for both states."]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[May 3, 2011: Support The Palestinian Unity Government]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/palestinian-unity-govt-050311.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This op-ed by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was published May 3, 2011, in The Washington Post. This is a decisive moment. Under the auspices of the Egyptian government, Palestine's two major political movements &#151; Fatah and Hamas &#151; are signing a reconciliation agreement on Wednesday that will permit both to contest elections for the presidency and legislature within a year.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feb. 16, 2011: Two Vital Steps on Path to Democracy in Egypt]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/stremlau-two-vital-steps-democracy-egypt.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This op-ed by Dr. John Stremlau was published Feb. 16, 2011, by CNN. The resignation of President Hosni Mubarak was only the first step on what will be a long, difficult path toward genuine democratic governance -- one that will need the support of the international community.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feb. 11, 2011: Credible Elections for Egypt]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/nytimes-021111.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This op-ed by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was published Feb. 11, 2011, by The New York Times/International Herald Tribune. Even at this point, after the dramatic announcement by the armed forces, no one can predict the ultimate outcome of the Egyptian drama. But there is a clear picture of the existing situation and a few obvious options for the future. ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jan. 15, 2011: Looking to the Future in Sudan: Dr. Donald R. Hopkins' Letter to the Editor, The New York Times]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/drh-looking-to-future-sudan-011511.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This letter sent Jan. 11, 2011, by Carter Center Health Programs Vice President Donald R. Hopkins, M.D., M.P.H., is in response to an editorial published Jan. 8, 2011, by The New York Times. "Southern Sudan Votes" (editorial, Jan. 8) rightly notes that the government of southern Sudan has "set up more than two dozen ministries and built schools and roads" since the signing of the comprehensive peace agreement in 2005.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dec. 21, 2010: Tutu, Carter: Time to Move on Mideast Peace]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/tutu-carter-mideast-peace-usatoday122110.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This op-ed by Jimmy Carter and Desmond Tutu was published Dec. 21, 2010 by USA TODAY. For nearly two decades, there have been peace processes in the Middle East but no peace. In recent visits to the region &#151; including Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory &#151; we have heard a consistent message: People want peace but are skeptical about the process and have little faith in the international community to deliver.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dec. 6, 2010: Progress on Neglected Disease is Moot If We Neglect to Count (PDF)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/resources/pdfs/news/health_publications/itfde/DRH-Progress-NTDs-Moot-if-Neglect-Count-120610.pdf]]></link><description><![CDATA[This op-ed, by Carter Center Health Programs Vice President Donald R. Hopkins, M.D., M.P.H., was published in the Dec. 6, 2010, edition of Nature Medicine. This shortened version of the full magazine is reprinted with permission. The complete issue can be viewed at: http://www.nature.com/nm/index.html. The recent global campaign launched against a select number of neglected tropical diseases is a welcome development. But we should be as careful about measuring progress toward the control or elimination of these diseases as we are about choosing which ones to target.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nov. 24, 2010: Listen to North Korea]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/jc-listen-to-north-korea.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This op-ed by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was published, Nov. 24, 2010, by The Washington Post. No one can completely understand the motivations of the North Koreans, but it is entirely possible that their recent revelation of their uranium enrichment centrifuges and Pyongyang's shelling of a South Korean island Tuesday are designed to remind the world that they deserve respect in negotiations that will shape their future. Ultimately, the choice for the United States may be between diplomatic niceties and avoiding a catastrophic confrontation.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nov. 10, 2010: Veterans and Mental Health Care]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/veterans-111110.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This op-ed by former First Lady Rosalynn Carter and U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., was published in the Nov. 10, 2010 issue of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. This Veterans Day, Americans will pay tribute to our military veterans, the men and women who have returned home from Iraq and Afghanistan. We will remember also those who still serve. ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sept. 29, 2010: Tea Party and Me]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/tea-party-092910.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This op-ed by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was published in the Sept. 29, 2010 issue of USA Today. A number of readers of my new book have noted parallels between today's frustrated and even angry mood and a similar mood in the mid-1970s. Indeed, in some ways my successful campaign for the presidency in 1976 resembled the Tea Party movement of today. ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sept. 16, 2010: North Korea Wants to Make a Deal]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/nkorea-nytimes-091610.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This op-ed by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was published in the Sept. 16, 2010, edition of The New York Times. During my recent travels to North Korea and China, I received clear, strong signals that Pyongyang wants to restart negotiations on a comprehensive peace treaty with the United States and South Korea and on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[July 26, 2010: Africa: World Losing the War on Virulent, Preventable Childhood Diseases]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/jimmy-carter-koffi-annan.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This op-ed by Jimmy Carter and Koffi Annan appeared  in news outlets including AllAfrica.com, Nigeria's Business Day, and UAE National.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[May 27, 2010: Helping Our Vets Here at Home]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/bornemann-ajc-052710.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This op-ed by Thomas Bornemann was published May 27, 2010, by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. On Memorial Day, families across Georgia recognize the bravery and sacrifices of men and women in the armed forces. Yet, as we remember the fallen, a disturbing trend has become apparent &#151; more and more of our military heroes are losing their lives not in combat, but from the often hidden, emotional wounds of war.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[April 28, 2010: Winning the Worm War]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/publications/health/guinea_worm_publications/kristof-winning-worm-war.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This New York Times op-ed by Nicholas D. Kristof was published April 28, 2010. Former President Jimmy Carter's plan to eradicate Guinea worm worldwide is succeeding because local villagers are involved in the effort.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[April 28, 2010: Sudan's Imperfect But Important Elections]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/jc-latimes-sudan-elections-042810.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This op-ed by Jimmy Carter was published April 28, 2010, by the Los Angeles Times. On Monday, the results of the April 11-15 elections in Sudan were announced: The ruling party's President Omar Hassan Ahmed Bashir won 68 percent of the vote.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[April 6, 2010: Sudan Can Rid World of a Horrible Disease]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/jc-cnn-sudan-guinea-worm.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This op-ed by Jimmy Carter was published April 6, 2010, on CNN.com. Oppressed by war and poverty for generations, the Sudanese have struggled with terrible hardships. But the people of this vast country have a narrow window of hope to achieve progress by ridding both their nation and the world of a horrible disease forever.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[March 30, 2010: A Project for Haiti: The Eradication of Two Diseases]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/publications/health/itfde_publications/drh-haiti-nyt-editorial-response.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This letter to the editor of the New York Times by Carter Center Vice President for Health Programs Dr. Donald R. Hopkins was published March 30, 2010, in response to the March 28, 2010 editorial "Making Haiti Whole."]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[March 23, 2010: Remarks by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter at Korea University, Seoul, Korea]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/jimmy-carter-speech-korea-university.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Nuclear North Korea and Peace in the Korean Peninsula? My speech will cover three main subjects, and I hope to stimulate some questions from the audience.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feb. 2, 2010: Jimmy Carter: A Crisis in Sudan]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/washington-post-jimmy-carter-020210.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dec. 29, 2009; This Is Not Humane.  We Need Dignity.]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/abdelshafi-122909.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This editorial by Sami Abdel-Shafi, the Carter Center's Gaza representative, was published in the Dec. 29, 2009, edition of The Guardian. ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dec. 19, 2009: Gaza Must Be Rebuilt Now]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/gaza-121909.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dec. 3, 2009: Speech by Jimmy Carter to the Parliament of the World's Religions]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/parliament-world-religions-120309.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Delivered via remote video from Atlanta, Ga. 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.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 November 2009: Goldstone and Gaza]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/goldstone-gaza-jc-oped-110509.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[21 September 2009: Address by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter: Mahatma Gandhi Global Nonviolence Award]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/gandhi-award-speech.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[19 September 2009: Transcript of Former President Jimmy Carter's Remarks on Racism at an Emory University Townhall Meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/emory-racism-091609.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Question and answer from President Carter's townhall meeting Sept. 16, 2009 at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[6 September 2009: Concern in the Holy Land: The Elders' View of the Middle East]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/washington-post-090609.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[12 July 2009: The Words of God Do Not Justify Cruelty to Women]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/observer_071209.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[16 June 2009: Speech by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to the United Nations Relief Works Agency's Human Rights Graduation in Gaza]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/gaza-061609.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Full text of speech delivered in Gaza during President Carter's tour of the Middle East following the June 7 Lebanon parliamentary elections.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[15 June 2009: Transcript of President Jimmy Carter's Meeting with the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Israeli Knesset]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/pjc-israeli-knesset-061509.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[12 May 2009: Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter Addresses Energy Security Before U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/BostonGlobe-energy-security-hearings.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[29 April 2009: Remarks by Former U.S. President Carter at FLACSO University in Ecuador]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/FLACSO_042909.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[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.  ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[27 April 2009: What Happened to the Ban on Assault Weapons?]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/nytimes_042709.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[14 January 2009: Remarks by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter at the Li Xiannian Library in Hong'an, China]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/china_jan2009.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[12 January 2009: Commentary: A Victory for Democracy in Africa]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/stremlau_cnn_victory_democracy_africa.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[8 January 2009: An Unnecessary War - Washington Post Op-Ed by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/gaza_010809.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description></item></channel></rss>
