<?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 Trip Reports ]]></description><item><title><![CDATA[Jan. 17, 2012: Trip Report by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to Egypt, Jan. 8-14, 2012]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/trip_reports/egypt-011712.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The primary purpose of my trip was to join 40 other Carter Center election observers who have been deployed in Egypt since late November. Additionally, I wished to consult with the leaders of the major political parties, Supreme Council for Armed Forces (SCAF), the prime minister, election officials, donors, U.S. officials, revolutionary activists, women's rights leaders and others who will shape the future of the nation.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dec. 16, 2011: Trip Report by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong, China, Dec. 6-15, 2011]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/trip_reports/china-120611-121511.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The basic purposes of our visit were to cement ties with the people and leaders of China, to explore future projects of The Carter Center (TCC) in the region, to study political and economic developments, and to gain financial and political support for future TCC projects involving China. Accompanied by Rosalynn, John Hardman, Yawei Liu, and Carter Center friends Jim and Janet Stanard and Paul Karon, we were supported by Curtis Kohlhaas other members of our staff and Madame Li Xiaolin and the Chinese Friendship Association.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oct. 10, 2011: Trip Report by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to the Netherlands, Belgium, United Kingdom, and Norway, October 2-6, 2011]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/trip_reports/europe-oct2011.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thanks to the fine work of John Hardman, Phil Wise, Don Hopkins, David Carroll, Hrair Balian, Larry Frankel, Nicole Kruse, Curtis Kohlhaas, and others, I completed an interesting and successful series of visits with leaders in these four countries and in the United Nations, the European Union, and other international organizations.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[May 2, 2011: Trip Report by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to Korean Peninsula, April 22-29, 2011]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/trip_reports/korean-peninsula-042211.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Report by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on trip to China, North Korea, and South Korea from April 22-29, 2011.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[April 1, 2011: Trip Report by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to Cuba, March 28-30, 2011]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/trip_reports/cuba-march2011.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the invitation of President Raul Castro, Rosalynn and I visited Havana on behalf of The Carter Center, accompanied by John Hardman, Jennifer McCoy, Robert Pastor, Melissa Montgomery, John Moores, and Diane Rosenberg.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jan. 18, 2011: Trip Report by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to Sudan, Jan. 5-16, 2011]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/trip_reports/sudan-011811.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The primary purpose of our trip was to lead the monitoring team for the referendum among South Sudanese to determine whether to remain part of a united Sudan or to form a new independent nation. In addition, we wished to learn as much as possible about ongoing efforts to establish permanent accord in the region, based on the Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA) of 2005, to enhance progress on our Center's health programs in Sudan, and to make plans for future projects.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oct. 25, 2010: Trip Report-Visit by the Elders to Gaza, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Israel, and the West Bank, Oct. 15-23, 2010]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/trip_reports/middle-east-2010.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Led by Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland, a group of Elders visited Gaza, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Israel, and the West Bank including East Jerusalem. The aim of our visit was to encourage a just and secure peace for Israel and its neighbors based on international law.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sept. 13, 2010: Trip Report by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to China, Sept. 4-10, 2010]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/trip_reports/china-090410.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The purposes of our trip were to promote the expanding projects of The Carter Center in China, to enhance relations between the U.S. and the P.R.C., to fulfill our promises of last year to visit the World Expo in Shanghai, to ascertain opinions of South Korean and Chinese officials regarding North Korea, and to discuss other issues of mutual interest.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[April 19, 2010: Trip Report by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to Sudan, April 7-18, 2010]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/trip_reports/sudan-april2010.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Carter Center has been deeply involved in Sudan since 1986, when we launched a program that increased the nation's annual wheat production from 160,000 to 1 million tons. Since then, we have had major health programs and efforts to promote peace and democracy. This current project is to monitor elections for local, state, and national offices throughout Sudan, plus separate ones for the ten states in South Sudan.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[March 24, 2010: Trip Report by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to Seoul, South Korea, March 20-24, 2010]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/trip_reports/south-korea-032410.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The primary purpose of our trip was to establish a partnership between Cyber University of Korea and the Rosalynn Carter Institute on Caregiving at Georgia Southwestern State University. This will put the Caregiving curriculum online for thousands of students in Korea and other nations.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feb. 15, 2010: Trip Report by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to Ghana & Sudan, Feb. 5-13, 2010]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/trip_reports/ghana-sudan-Feb-2010.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rosalynn, John Hardman, Nancy Konigsmark, and I were fortunate to travel with Carter Center Trustee Richard Blum in his new Gulfstream. The purpose of this trip was to promote health programs in both countries, to attend a regional conference on Access to Information (ATI) in Accra, and help to prepare for April elections in Sudan and a referendum in Southern Sudan scheduled for next January.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dec. 14, 2009: Trip Report by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to Cyprus, Dec. 8-11, 2009]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/trip_reports/cyprus-120809.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[On The Elders' third trip to Cyprus, I joined Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Lakhdar Brahimi. This concentration of our visits on Cyprus was because of the importance of a successful effort to bring peace and unity to the troubled island, and the growing likelihood of success.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[2 November 2009: Trip Report by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Dubai, Oman, Egypt, Jordan, and Turkey, Oct. 18-30, 2009]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/trip_reports/saudi-arabia-101809.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our goal in visiting the Arab nations was to describe work of The Carter Center and seek financial assistance for our health programs in Africa. At each stop, our hosts were also quite interested in our efforts to promote peace between Israel and its neighbors.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[9 October 2009: Trip Report by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to Dominican Republic and Haiti, Oct. 6-8, 2009]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/trip_reports/hispaniola.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[A group representing The Carter Center flew to Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, to help finalize and publicize an agreement between Haiti and the Dominican Republic to eliminate malaria and lymphatic filariasis from the Island of Hispaniola. Our International Task Force for Disease Eradication had identified this as a worthy project, as this is the only island in the Caribbean on which the two diseases still exist.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[31 August 2009: Trip Report by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on the Elders Visit to the Middle East: August 22-29, 2009]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/trip_reports/elders-middle-east-aug2009.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rosalynn and I arrived in Jerusalem before the other Elders, and on Monday we met with Ahmed Tiki, an Arab-Israeli who is a member&#150;and deputy speaker&#150;of the Knesset. He reminded us that 20 percent of Israeli citizens are Arabs: they hold about 10 percent of the legislative seats, are severely restricted from acquiring additional property or traveling to Palestine, have only six percent of government jobs, and no Arab is among the 600 employees of the Central Bank.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[17 June 2009: Trip Report by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to Lebanon, Syria, Israel, West Bank, and Gaza - June 2-17, 2009]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/trip_reports/middle-east-2009.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[The purpose of this trip was to join other Carter Center observers during the Lebanese election and to visit leaders involved in the overall peace process in Syria, Israel, and Palestine. In Lebanon, approximately 60 Carter Center observers from 23 nations were led by David Carroll, and former Yemeni Prime Minister Abdulkarim al Eryani was my co-chairman.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[6 May 2009: Trip Report by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil:  April 27 &#150; May 5, 2009]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/trip_reports/latin_america_2009.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Along with Rosalynn, John Hardman, Jennifer McCoy, Francisco Diez, and Melissa Montgomery, I visited leaders in these four nations to pursue the following objectives of The Carter Center...]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[22 January 2009: China Trip Report by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter: Jan. 10-16, 2009]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/trip_reports/china_jan2009.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rosalynn and I flew from Atlanta to Shanghai and then to Beijing to commemorate the 30th anniversary of normalizing diplomatic relations with Deng Xiaoping and to expand our Center's working relations with government ministries. Accompanied on the trip by Melissa Montgomery, we were met by John Hardman and Yawei Liu, and the next day joined Henry Kissinger, Zbig Brzezinski, Brent Scowcroft, six former U.S. ambassadors, and other Americans who have played important roles in China.]]></description></item></channel></rss>
