Established in 1982 by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, The Carter Center is committed to advancing human rights and alleviating unnecessary human suffering. Our rich history reveals a global effort to promote these goals with specific focus on peace making, promoting democracy, disease control and prevention, and mental health issues.
This timeline history of The Carter Center offers you insight into the way the Center improves people's lives worldwide:
The Carter Center deploys a 58-member international election observation delegation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo's first presidential and legislative multi-party elections in 40 years.
2006-2007 Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism awarded to 10 journalists from the United States and South Africa.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter leads pre-election assessment trip to Nicaragua, meeting with President Bolaños, four members of the Supreme Electoral Council including President Roberto Rivas, and candidates and other party members from four of the five political parties and alliances participating in the 2006 elections.
The Carter Center receives the 2006 Gates Award for Global Health.
Participants in the third Human Rights Defenders Forum call for authentic democracy and support for defenders worldwide, sponsored by The Carter Center and Human Rights First.
The 11th annual Rosalynn Carter Georgia Mental Health Forum examines gaps in the state's mental health services.
Friends of the Inter-American Democratic Charter gather at The Carter Center to explore collective steps to strengthening democracy in the Western Hemisphere.
Final count shows fewer than 11,000 cases of Guinea worm disease remained by Dec. 31, 2005, down from an estimated 3.5 million when the eradication effort began in 1986.
Winter Weekend auction raises a record $1.7 million to support the Center's programs worldwide.
An 80-person Carter Center/National Democratic Institute observer delegation monitors Palestinian elections in Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Gaza.
The Center launches an initiative with Canadian partners to provide Web-based interactive maps of media ownership and reach in 12 countries in the Western Hemisphere to increase transparency in campaign financing and strengthen democracy.
Global Development Initiative convenes global leaders and policy-makers to explore development planning models and aid processes to help close the growing gap between rich and poor worldwide.
The 21st annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy convenes to examine gaps in applying medical breakthroughs to the treatment of people with mental illnesses and addictive disorders.
President Carter, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, and former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright unveil the Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation, agreed to by major election observation bodies.
The Carter Center and National Democratic Institute observe presidential and legislative elections in Liberia, including the Nov. 8 runoff.
The Carter Center and Human Rights First host the conference "Human Rights Defenders on the Frontlines of Freedom: Advancing Security and the Rule of Law."
The Carter Center observes the May 15 Ethiopian parliamentary elections and Somali regional elections in August.
The 2005 Rosalynn Carter Georgia Mental Health forum brings together experts and policy-makers to examine the state's move to deliver Medicaid services through managed care programs.
Final count shows Guinea worm cases reduced to fewer than 16,000 in 2004, down from an estimated 3.5 million when the eradication campaign began in 1986.
As part of a planned transition for the governance of The Carter Center, President and Mrs. Carter step down as chair and vice chair of the Carter Center board of trustees, and the board elects John Moores as chairman. The Carters retain permanent seats on the board.
The Carter Center ends a two-and-a-half year project to strengthen democracy in Venezuela.
The Carter Center's 13th annual Winter Weekend auction in Snowbird, Utah, raises $875,036 to help support the Center's work to advance peace and health worldwide.
The Carter Center participates in a National Democratic Institute delegation to observe the election for president of the Palestinian Authority. The 80-member delegation was led by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt, and former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman.
The Carter Center deploys 60 observers, led by President and Mrs. Carter and former Benin President Nicéphore Soglo, throughout Mozambique to observe the two-day presidential election. The Center found that, although the voting was orderly, the National Elections Commission did not administer a free election in all parts of the country.
The 20th annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy gathers leaders in the field nationwide to discuss "Transforming Mental Health for Children and Families in Light of the President's New Freedom Commission."
The Carter Center hosts 35 Chinese electoral officials around Atlanta and Chattanooga to observe U.S. Election Day. Before the election, they discussed campaigning, voter education, and the electoral process with Georgia elections officers and elected officials.
The Carter Center and the Organization of American States observe the historic presidential recall referendum in Venezuela, believed to be the first presidential recall vote in the world. The Center and the OAS's audits and observations confirmed the Venezuelan National Electoral Council's finding that President Hugo Chavez won the vote.
More than 300 corporate volunteers and members of the diplomatic community in Atlanta join Carter Center staff to assemble 30,000 medical kits to use in the effort to eradicate the last 1 percent of Guinea worm disease left in the world.
The Carter Center observes Indonesia's historic election, in which voters for the first time directly choose their president. The Center's 60 observers, led by President and Mrs. Carter and former Thailand Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai, found voting to be well-organized but noted some concerns.
The Carter Center closes down its office in Guyana, having completed its most recent project in the country. Since 2000, the Center had implemented the More Responsive and Participatory Governance and Rule of Law in Guyana project, in partnership with the National Democratic Institute and the International Foundation for Election Systems. The Center worked to improve the influence of civil society on public policy and to strengthen the administration of justice in Guyana.
The 2004 Rosalynn Carter Georgia Mental Health Forum brings together experts and policy-makers in an effort to implement recommendations from the final report of President Bush's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health.
The Carter Center and its partner groups hold a conference for nongovernmental organizations in Georgetown, Guyana, entitled, "Making a Difference Together." Part of the Center's effort to improve the influence of civil society in formation of public policy implemented under the U. S. Agency for International Development-funded program, More Responsive and Participatory Governance and Rule of Law in Guyana. The conference marks the completion of the program, which began in 2000.
The Carter Center's 12th annual Winter Weekend auction held Feb. 28 in Snowbird, Utah, raises $823,946 to help support the Center's work to advance peace and health worldwide.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and senior officials from The Carter Center, Director-General of the World Health Organization Dr. LEE Jong-wook, and Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF Kul C. Gautam make a historic visit to the endemic Guinea worm village of Dashie to urge Ghana to finish the eradication of Guinea worm disease. They were hosted by the Ghana Minister of Health Dr. Kweku Afriyie.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, travel to three West African countries—Togo, Ghana, and Mali—to call international attention to the need to eliminate the last 1 percent of Guinea worm disease remaining in the world and to launch the Development and Cooperation Initiative, a multiyear effort to help reduce poverty in Mali.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter travels to Caracas, Venezuela, on behalf of The Carter Center to advance the Peace and Democracy Accord. During his trip, a continuation of the work begun in September 2002 to help resolve Venezuela's political crisis, President Carter met with Venezuela President Hugo Chavez, the National Electoral Council, opposition leaders, the National Assembly, and the Supreme Court.
Carter Center representatives observe the second round of national elections in Guatemala, in the departments of El Quiché, San Marcos, Totonicapán, Huehuetenango, and Suchitepéquez, and call upon the government of President-elect Oscar Berger to prioritize full implementation of the 1996 Peace Accords, particularly strengthening the rule of law within the framework of fundamental human rights.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, travel to Bolivia to meet with President Carlos Mesa, political party leaders, and legislators to discuss citizen participation in political dialogue and the role of access to information in strengthening Bolivia's democracy.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and the Carter Center's Conflict Resolution Program Director Matthew Hodes attend the signing of the Geneva Accord, an unofficial peace accord outlining a path to peace in the Middle East.
The Organization of American States and The Carter Center observe the two collections of recall signatures in Venezuela.
The Carter Center announces it will escalate the fight to eliminate river blindness disease from the Americas in this decade with a $10 million challenge grant provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant challenged the Center to raise $5 million in matching funds to secure a total of $15 million for the project.
The Carter Center monitors the Mozambique municipal elections, a part of a larger electoral assistance project leading up to observation of the 2004 national elections.
U.N. Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights Bertrand Ramcharan and U.N. Special Representative to the Secretary-General on Human Rights Defenders Hina Jilani join former U.S. President Jimmy Carter at The Carter Center for the conference "Human Rights Defenders on the Frontlines of Freedom" to address backsliding on human rights since the September 11 terrorist attack.
A Carter Center election observation team monitors the Guatemalan presidential, congressional, and municipal electoral process.
National health experts and policy-makers gather at the 19th annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy to identify ways to implement recommendations from the report of the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health.
Egyptian, Israeli, and U.S. negotiators who forged the Camp David Accords join former U.S. President Jimmy Carter in Washington, D.C., on the 25th anniversary of the peace agreement to discuss lessons learned for peacemaking and how they can be applied to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict today.
President Carter opens a Beijing conference on China village elections and meets with government officials in support of the Carter Center's project to improve electoral procedures of the villager committees.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, travel to Japan to promote the Carter Center's work to increase agricultural production and eradicate Guinea worm disease in Africa.
The Carter Center's Americas Program helps obtain a commitment by the Venezuelan government and opposition to accept decisions of the new National Electoral Council. The Center facilitated dialogue among political actors throughout the crisis in Venezuela in 2003.
Representatives of The Carter Center attend a ceremony in Mozambique marking the presentation of recommendations for a long-term development vision and strategy for the country. The effort was supported by the Center's Global Development Initiative.
The Rosalynn Carter Georgia Mental Health Forum explores the establishment of performance measures to improve the state's mental health services.
A pre-election assessment team of The Carter Center and National Democratic Institute urges Nigeria to improve electoral procedures and processes for the forthcoming presidential election.
Current and former leaders from the Americas join President Carter at the Center for the conference "Financing Democracy in the Americas: Political Parties, Campaigns, and Elections."
The Carter Center's Mental Health Program, in conjunction with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, holds a conference to address funding for mental health treatment in Eastern Europe.
President and Mrs. Carter host the 11th annual Winter Weekend at Snowbird Mountain Resort, Utah, including an auction raising $1.1 million to support the Carter Center's work to advance peace and health worldwide.
President Carter meets with government officials and opposition groups in Caracas, Venezuela, to seek options to resolve the nation's political crisis.
The Carter Center observes Kenya's national elections. Former Zambia President Kenneth Kaunda and former U.S. Ambassador Gordon Streeb, associate executive director of the Center's peace programs, lead the Center's 27 observers.
The Carter Center becomes the first international organization to observe county-level elections in China, the highest level of direct elections.
President Carter accepts the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway.
The 18th annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy addresses the mental health implications of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.
President Carter and former Costa Rica President Miguel Rodriguez lead a Carter Center delegation to observe Jamaica's elections.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee announces the award of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize to President Carter for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.
Mrs. Carter is inducted into National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, N.Y.
The Carter Center recognizes World Sight Day to help call attention to those diseases and conditions that cause blindness. The Center's health programs address river blindness and trachoma, the world's leading cause of blindness.
A mission of representatives from the Organization of American States, the United Nations Development Programme, and The Carter Center visits Venezuela in response to an invitation from the government and various opposition groups.
President Carter travels to Caracas, Venezuela, to meet with political and civil society groups to discuss a process for helping to resolve the nation's political crisis.
The Carter Center hosts the seventh annual Rosalynn Carter Georgia Mental Health Forum, "Georgia Suicide Prevention: Healing and Hope."
A Carter Center team observes Sierra Leone's first post-conflict presidential and parliamentary election. The elections were peaceful with high voter turnout.
Accepting an invitation from Cuba President Fidel Castro, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, head a Carter Center delegation to Cuba, making him the first seated or former U.S. president to visit Cuba since 1928.
After visiting 12 of the 13 districts and meeting with political parties, domestic observers, and members of the community, The Carter Center praises East Timor's Independent Election Commission for its impressive preparations for presidential elections and reassures citizens that their vote will be held in secret.
Addressing world leaders at the International Conference on Financing for Development in Monterrey, Mexico, President Carter calls for rich nations to do more to curb global poverty.
Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, participate in the International Conference on the Eradication of Guinea Worm Disease in Khartoum, Sudan, a meeting sponsored by the government of Sudan, The Carter Center, the World Health Organization, and UNICEF.
World leaders convene at The Carter Center to address challenges to overcoming global poverty and call for increased commitment of resources by the international community.
President and Mrs. Carter host their 10th annual auction and ski weekend in Crested Butte, Colo., to benefit The Carter Center.
More than 60 experts convene at The Carter Center to determine how to eradicate river blindness in the Americas.
Former Nigeria head of state General Abdulsalami Abubakar, former Benin President Nicephore Soglo, and former Tanzania Prime Minister Judge Joseph Warioba arrive in Lusaka as co-leaders of a 33-person Carter Center delegation and meet with presidential candidates and election officials to discuss the election environment. The conduct of the voting is peaceful, yet the vote-counting procedures are chaotic and there is discussion of irregularities in vote tabulation. Zambia demonstrates significant progress as well as the serious challenges that remain.
President Carter, the Secretary of Health of Mexico Dr. Julio Frenk Mora, and World Health Organization's Dr. Maria Neira address the 11th annual Inter-American Conference on Onchocerciasis. River blindness is targeted for regional eradication in the Americas.
Carter Center hosts the annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Children and Mental Health: Symptoms and Redesigning Treatment Services. Mrs. Carter calls on parents, teachers, and health care providers to address a "national crisis" in children's mental health.
President Carter leads a Carter Center delegation to Nicaragua to observe the presidential elections. The election is smooth and fair, but the behind-the-scenes politicking to determine party eligibility reveals institutional weakness. Nicaragua is urged to refine its political institutions.
A pre-election assessment team goes to Managua, Nicaragua, led by former Peru President Valentin Paniagua, former U.S. Ambassador Gwen Clare, and Dr. Shelley McConnell of The Carter Center.
President Carter visits China to discuss with leaders their progress in holding elections for local officials in villages nationwide.
The Carter Center's international observer delegation commends the people of Timor Lorosa'e for their massive and peaceful participation in today's election. The Carter Center also extends commendations to the Independent Election Commission and the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor for working hard to achieve an efficient and peaceful electoral process.
President Carter leads a delegation team from The Carter Center and the National Democratic Institute to meet with the leaders of the two main political parties in Bangladesh. The leaders make commitments to the delegation ensuring a more democratic and peaceful parliamentary election as well as a more stable political environment following the polls.
The Carter Center's Mental Health Program names nine recipients of its Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism, including, for the first time, two international fellows.
Leaders of Atlanta's multinational corporations join President Carter at The Carter Center for a conference on international business practices and corruption. The meeting marks the launch of the Carter Center's Council for Ethical Business Practices.
The National Democratic Institute and The Carter Center send a delegation to the 2001 Peruvian presidential runoff elections. The 35-member delegation is led by Madeleine Albright, former U.S. secretary of state; Rodrigo Carazo Odio, former president of Costa Rica; Ramiro de Leon Carpio, former president of Guatemala; and Sam Gejdenson, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives. The peaceful and well-administered elections are a dramatic contrast to the fraudulent and illegitimate process of 2000.
The Carter Center, along with its partners Health and Development International, Hydro Polymers of Norsk Hydro, and Norwegian Church Aid, begins blanketing Sudan with 9 million pipe filters—one for every man, woman, and child at risk—to combat Guinea worm disease.
The Carter Center hosts a forum on mental health care of children in Georgia's juvenile system, bringing together mental health leaders from throughout the state.
The Carter Center receives the American Psychiatric Association's Distinguished Service Award in recognition of its efforts to address key public policy issues and develop initiatives to reduce the stigma of mental illness.
President Carter meets with Reebok Chairman Paul Fireman and the Reebok board of directors to discuss the company's continuing efforts to promote human rights worldwide. President Carter has served on the Reebok human rights board of advisors since 1989.
President Carter and other members of the Center's Presidents and Prime Ministers of the Americas appeal to heads of state at the Summit of the Americas that free elections and democratic practices be criteria for countries to participate in future regional summits and the Free Trade Area of the Americas.
The Carter Center, along with the National Democratic Institute, praises the Peru elections and makes recommendations to ensure a free runoff. They had declined to observe the fraudulent re-election of President Alberto Fujimori in 2000.
The Carter Center observes the Guyana election and overall finds a free and fair election. The Center urges Guyanese to recommit themselves to peace and mutual respect, develop inclusive institutions of governance, and build a civil society that supports constructive political relations.
The Carter Center hosts Francophonie 2001: Global Challenges of Strengthening Democracy and Human Rights conference. General Amadou Toumani Touré, the former president of Mali who helped topple a dictator and then stepped down in favor of an elected president, gives the keynote address.
President Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter host their ninth annual ski weekend at the Crested Butte Mountain Resort in Crested Butte, Colo., benefiting The Carter Center. The auction raised $1.28 million, more than doubling 2000's proceeds.
World mental health leaders gather at The Carter Center for the Inaugural World Conference for the Promotion of Mental Health and Prevention of Mental and Behavioral Disorders.
A Carter Center report on the Nov. 5 Nicaragua municipal elections finds that, overall, electoral procedures met international standards but cites flaws in voter registration, low turnout, slow reporting of results, and serious election problems in indigenous regions.
The latest in a series of ministerial meetings arranged by the Carter Center's Conflict Resolution Program between the governments of Sudan and Uganda results in advances toward implementing the Dec. 8, 1999, peace agreement mediated by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation provides $741,000 to reactivate the International Task Force for Disease Eradication at The Carter Center. The task force will evaluate diseases for potential eradication and new research to advance those goals.
The 16th annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy highlights disparities in mental health care for ethnic minority populations. U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher presents supporting evidence from the upcoming "Report on Mental Health: Ethnic Minorities and Mental Health."
The Carter Center closes its office in Liberia, where it had worked for a decade to advance peace, human rights, and democracy.
The Center's Democracy Program hosts an observation of the U.S. election by a delegation from China's Ministry of Civil Affairs, which oversees village elections in some 930,000 China villages.
Current and former leaders from the Western Hemisphere gather to address challenges to democracy in the Americas. The group recommends that countries should meet minimum standards for free elections as a criterion for participating in the Organization of American States' Summit of the Americas and proposes establishing a "scorecard" to measure the quality of countries' democratic practices.
The Carter Center's final report on Mozambique's 1999 elections finds many positive elements in the elections but says the credibility of the process was undermined by technical problems and lack of transparency during the final stages of tabulation.
The Carter Center observes elections in Venezuela. The elections go smoothly, although delegation members note some technical problems with the electronic vote tabulation machines.
President Carter leads a delegation to observe Mexico's presidential elections. The country elects a new president, breaking 71 years of rule by the governing PRI party.
The Carter Center withdraws from observing Peru's presidential runoff election, citing conditions that would make a fair election impossible.
Carter Center delegation travels to Venezuela to observe the megaelections. The Carter Center endorses the decision of election authorities to postpone the vote so tabulation problems can be addressed.
The Carter Center and the National Democratic Institute observe elections in the Dominican Republic. They praise the elections yet call for improvements in the voting process.
At the annual Rosalynn Carter Georgia Mental Health Forum for some 350 mental health leaders, consumers, and policy-makers, the U.S. surgeon general and Rosalynn Carter call on communities to take action on recommendations of the first-ever Surgeon General's "Report on Mental Health."
Karin Ryan of the Center's Human Rights Program joins the U.S. delegation to the U.N. Human Rights Commission for its 56th session in Geneva.
President Carter calls for more aid for Mozambique to help the country recover from recent flooding.
The Carter Center receives the Chairman's Award at the Southeastern Flower Show.
President Carter and Mrs. Carter host their annual winter ski weekend in Crested Butte, Colo., to benefit The Carter Center. The weekend raises more than $500,000 from silent and live auctions.
Election observers from The Carter Center and the National Democratic Institute visit Lima and find that Peru's election process does not yet meet international standards for democratic elections.
The Carter Center urges Mozambican political parties and leaders to work together constructively to strengthen Mozambique's democracy. The call follows the Mozambican Supreme Court's Jan. 4 decision to validate the final election results and dismiss complaints filed by the opposition party RENAMO.
The Carter Center, in a preliminary report issued following the announcement of official results, commends Mozambicans for completing the electoral process but expresses concern about the transparency of the final vote tabulation. The report calls on the Mozambican Supreme Court to provide maximum transparency during the period for filing and resolving electoral complaints.
President Carter calls on the international community to come to the aid of Venezuela, which experienced massive deaths and property destruction from recent flooding.
President Carter, Rosalynn Carter, and former Botswana President Ketumile Masire lead a Carter Center team of approximately 50 observers to the Mozambique general elections.
Deputy Surgeon General Kenneth Moritsugu presents a preview of the first "U.S. Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health" at the 15th Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy.
The Carter Center opens office in Maputo to observe the electoral process in Mozambique.
The Carter Center receives the Medallion Award from the American Society of Landscape Architects.
The Carter Center receives $30 million for blindness prevention from the Lions Clubs International Foundation and the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. The Center will work collaboratively with both organizations, and other partners, during the next five years to develop blindness prevention programs in 15 countries in Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East. This effort will affect more than 110 million people at risk of contacting trachoma and/or river blindness.
President Carter signs an agreement between The Carter Center and the Malian government to launch a program to control trachoma, the leading cause of preventable blindness in the world.
President and Mrs. Carter attend Sasakawa-Global 2000 Conference, The Food Chain in Sub-Saharan Africa,in Mali. The workshop brings together cabinet-level officials and experts from African countries, agribusiness executives from Europe and the United States, and leaders of international development agencies worldwide to identify ways to develop more effective agricultural distribution systems.
President Carter calls on Indonesia to ensure safe return of East Timor's refugees.
The Carter Center hosts Art Buchwald at the annual Rosalynn Carter Distinguished Lecture Series in Mental Health Journalism.
President Carter calls for the Indonesian government to move swiftly to maintain order in East Timor, where armed pro-integration militias are terrorizing the populace in the wake of the Aug. 30 balloting.
A Carter Center delegation in Mozambique to observe the voter registration process finds high rates of turnout, especially among women, and reports that both major political parties appear to be satisfied with the process to date.
President Carter urges President B.J. Habibie to take action to cease Indonesian military and police support for armed militias on East Timor that are intimidating citizens voting Aug. 30 on the status of the annexed territory.
President Clinton presents former President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter with the highest civilian award in the United States, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
The Carter Center observes the Cherokee Nation's runoff elections.
The Carter Center dispatches observers to East Timor to monitor preparations for the "public consultation" vote on the future status of the territory scheduled for late August.
The Carter Center's Mental Health Program names six recipients of the 1999 Rosalynn Carter Fellowships in Mental Health Journalism: Pat Bellinghausen, assistant city editor, Billings Gazette; John Head, editorial board member, Atlanta Constitution; Liisa Hyvarinen, executive producer, special projects, WTSP-TV; Annie Murphy, senior editor, More magazine; Paul Raeburn, senior editor, Business Week; and Emil Vernarec, senior editor, Business and Health magazine.
The Carter Center and the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs field a team of 100 observers to the Indonesian parliamentary elections.
The Center is one of three satellite sites for the White House Conference on Mental Health, hosted by U.S. Vice President Al Gore and Tipper Gore.
The Carter Center observes the Cherokee Nation elections in Oklahoma.
Nearly 350 consumers, providers, and advocates of mental health care attend the Rosalynn Carter Georgia Mental Health Forum to discuss, Recovery: A Journey for Life.The forum highlighted effective treatment programs.
Current and former heads of state from the Americas join President Carter at the Center to advance efforts to reduce government corruption in the region.
The Center joins several relief and development agencies to undertake a pilot initiative to boost potato production and improve food security in North Korea.
President and Mrs. Carter are joined by General Colin Powell and former Niger President Mahamane Ousmane as co-leaders of a 60-member joint Carter Center and National Democratic Institute of International Affairs delegation to observe the presidential elections in Nigeria.
President Carter and Mrs. Carter host their annual winter ski weekend in Crested Butte, Colo., to benefit The Carter Center.
President Carter visits Nigeria for meetings with Nigerian head of state General Abulsalami Abubakar, election officials, party leaders, and others as part of a joint election assessment mission by the Center and the National Democratic Institute of International Affairs.
A Carter Center team, led by Charles Costello, director of the Democracy Program, observes township elections in China.
President Carter receives the first U.N. Human Rights Prize on the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
President Carter, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady, former Chile President Patricio Aylwin, and former Bolivia President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada lead a Carter Center team of more than 40 delegates to observe the Venezuelan presidential election.
The Carter Center launches a new program on human rights and the media in Liberia, in support of Liberia's efforts to build strong democratic institutions.
Mrs. Carter convenes the 14th Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy, titled Promoting Positive and Healthy Behaviors in Children.
Nearly 200 representatives of religious media and academic and public health organizations nationwide attend the conference AIDS & Religion in America.
President and Mrs. Carter visit Nicaragua following Hurricane Mitch.
President Carter meets with officials in Ecuador and Costa Rica to discuss a new Carter Center project to promote transparency in government/business transactions.
Canada's minister for international trade speaks at the Center about the Free Trade Area of the Americas.
Leaders from non-governmental organizations based in South Asia and Atlanta meet at the Center for a roundtable discussion, What's Asia Got to Do with U.S.? A South Asia-U.S. Dialogue on Shared Social Challenge.
The Center receives more than $9 million to help fund the final assault on Guinea worm disease. Primary donors include the World Bank; American Home Products Corporation; and the governments of Japan, Norway, the United Kingdom, and Denmark.
Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore meets with President Carter. They discuss African peace initiatives and the Center's disease eradication projects in the country.
The Coca-Cola Company announces a new partnership with Emory University and The Carter Center to help improve the lives of Latin Americans by creating educational opportunities and a forum to address issues of concern to hemispheric relations. A $1.5 million gift from Coca-Cola will provide scholarships for outstanding Latin American students to study at Emory University and a series of high-level conferences at The Carter Center over the next five years to enhance trade and U.S.-Latin American relations.
Chinese officials from the Ministry of Civil Affairs observe Georgia runoff elections.
Carter Center representatives travel to China to launch a long-term program on village elections. The project will help Chinese officials improve the technical and administrative capacity of the government to conduct village elections and standardize election procedures nationwide.
The Rosalynn Carter Georgia Mental Health Forum is held at The Carter Center. This year's topic was Children's Mental Health: Generating Hope Through Shared Responsibility.
A Carter Center delegation led by President Carter visits Liberia to discuss with President Charles Taylor and other Liberian leaders Carter Center projects to help strengthen human rights and economic development in the new democracy.
A Carter Center delegation, led by President Carter, visits Mozambique to discuss with government officials how the Center might help the country prepare a comprehensive national development strategy.
President Carter announces an agreement between The Carter Center and the government of Mali for the Center to help the nation complete a comprehensive development plan. This plan will help Mali determine how international assistance will be used during the nation's critical democratic transition.
President Carter, Mrs. Carter, and Carter Center Associate Executive Director Don Hopkins attend the Seventh African Regional Conference on Dracunculiasis Eradication in Mali. The conference was co-sponsored by the government of Mali, WHO, The Carter Center, and UNICEF. Representatives from all 18 endemic countries attended.
The Carter Center announces new donations to the worldwide effort to eradicate Guinea worm disease -- $2.5 million from the government of Japan and $500,000 from an American citizen.
President Carter, former Costa Rica President Oscar Arias, and former Bolivia President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada hold a one-day conference, Securing Democracies in the Americas: Preparing for the Santiago Summit. The conference discussed the agenda for the April meeting of 34 Western Hemisphere leaders in Santiago, Chile, with particular emphasis on potential arms control measures. The Carter Center issued a letter signed by the three leaders calling for the issue of arms restraint to be addressed at the summit.
Children at Risk/Children of Promise Symposium is held at the Center to explore ways to meet the needs of children at risk. The symposium was co-sponsored by the Interfaith Health Program, the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, and Wheat Ridge Ministries.
Conference on successful public and private partnerships that assist families in the transition from welfare to work, Promising Practices: Moving Toward Economic Independence is sponsored by the America Project and held at the Center.
The Carter Center holds a consultation with the Liberian Commission on Human Rights in Monrovia to assist members in establishing a framework for its operation.
A Carter Center delegation observes village elections in China. This is the fourth visit by the Center to discuss, observe, or advise the Chinese government on elections.
President Carter and Mrs. Carter host the sixth winter weekend in Crested Butte, Colo., to benefit The Carter Center. Ten students from The Atlanta Project's FutureForce program for urban youth were special guests. FutureForce helps at-risk teens develop strong leadership and life skills.
The Carter Center undertakes a development project in Albania to help prepare a national development strategy through a broad public participation process that the Center pioneered.
Fifty-five member delegation, including President Carter, General Colin Powell, and boxing champion Evander Holyfield observes the Dec. 18 parliamentary elections in Jamaica.
Mrs. Carter convenes the 13th Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy, titled Privacy and Confidentiality and the Appropriate Use of Mental Health Information in an Era of Managed Care.
President Carter and Todahiro Yoshida, president of YKK Corporation, establish the Yoshida Scholarship Foundation-Carter Center Research Scholars Program for Japanese students to conduct research at The Carter Center.
The Carter Center holds a conference on the U.S. role in establishment of an International Criminal Court.
Interfaith Health Program establishes a "faith and health consortium" with five leading U.S. universities to promote development of curriculum, training programs, and "best practices" research to create links between faith and health.
Governor Zell Miller proclaims Oct. 22 "Carter Center Day," in recognition of the Carter Center's 15th anniversary.
The Carter Center holds a forum titled Should NAFTA be extended?
President and Mrs. Carter and Norman Borlaug travel to Ethiopia to review progress made toward food security in sub-Saharan Africa.
The Carter Center holds a one-day conference, Capital Punishment 25 Years After Furman vs. George, co-sponsored by the Southern Center for Human Rights and Emory Law School, attracting 200 legal experts and scholars.
President and Mrs. Carter and a small delegation travel to Beijing, China, at the invitation of the Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs.
The Carter Center sends a 40-member team of international observers to witness the national elections in Liberia.
The Carter Center and the World Federation for Mental Health convene a one-day meeting of the Committee of International Women Leaders for Mental Health in Helsinki, Finland, at which at least 17 countries are represented.
The Carter Center sponsors a study mission to the July 6 elections in Mexico to assess the implementation of recent electoral reforms, especially mechanisms for resolving postelectoral grievances.
Dr. Robert Pastor, director of the Latin American and Caribbean Program, witnesses the release of 60 Colombian soldiers and 10 marines captured by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia nine months ago.
The Atlanta Project announces approval of seven new lottery-funded pre-kindergarten programs to serve children in the TAP geographical area.
More than 20 current and former heads of state from the Americas meet at The Carter Center to assess hemispheric relations and offer recommendations on key issues, including free trade, drug certification policy, arms sales, and boundary disputes.
President and Mrs. Carter travel to Sudan and other countries in East Africa to discuss health activities and recent peace initiatives among some of Sudan's major parties.
The Carter Center establishes the Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism as part of its national effort to reduce stigma and discrimination against people with mental illness.
The Carter Center expands its efforts to prevent gun-related deaths and injuriesto children by establishing a demonstration site in Atlanta.
The Interfaith Health Program convenes 100 leaders of religious foundations, faith groups, and the health care field. The meeting, Realigning Religious Health Assets, explored how foundations created through the selling of religious hospitals can emphasize prevention and promote a community-based approach to health care.
President Carter and Yasser Arafat meet in Plains, Ga.
A Carter Center delegation observes village elections in China.
The Carter Center and the World Bank co-sponsor a regional workshop: The Transition From War to Peace. Guatemala and Liberia serve as case studies during discussions.
President Carter and Mrs. Carter host the fifth winter weekend in Crested Butte, Colo. to benefit The Carter Center. Ten students from The Atlanta Project's FutureForce program for urban youth were special guests. FutureForce helps teens from inner city neighborhoods develop strong leadership and life skills.
Uganda President Museveni meets with President Carter at The Carter Center to discuss recent conflict and refugee movement in the Great Lakes region of Africa.
The Carter Center video "Coping With the Stigma of Mental Illness" wins a Gold Award from Worldfest, a leading North American international film festival. The film highlights the need to diminish prejudice against people with mental illness.
With assistance from the Global 2000 Program and Sasakawa Africa Association, Ethiopia becomes a food exporter for the first time.
The Carter Center's America Project sponsors a conference on The Polarizing Effect of Urban Sprawl.
The Guinea Worm Eradication Program reaches a major milestone when Pakistan is certified by the World Health Organization as having eliminated Guinea worm disease (dracunculiasis).
President Carter, on behalf of The Carter Center, visits Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Jamaica to consult with leaders in preparation for an April 1997 consultation at The Carter Center on The 21st Century Agenda for the Americas.
The Atlanta Project enters its second phase of operation with a focus on the well-being of children and families, including projects in four areas: after-school programs in middle schools, welfare-to-work, pre kindergarten, and family health clinics.
Mrs. Carter convenes the 12th Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy, Mental Health and Mental Illness in the Workplace: Healthy Employees/Healthy Companies, at The Carter Center to address how employers' decisions regarding mental health policies affect businesses, employees, families, and communities.
President Carter and a delegation from the Carter Center's Council of Freely Elected Heads of Government monitor the Nicaraguan elections.
President Carter and Eduard Sagalaev co-chair the annual meeting of the Commission on Radio and Television Policy in Salzburg, Austria, to discuss how cultural identity and journalistic ethics affect democratic media.
The Atlanta Project announces its second phase of operations to focus attention on issues involving children, youth, and families. The second phase will begin no later than January 1997.
President Carlos Menem of Argentina joins the Council of Freely Elected Heads of Government.
A delegation of the Council of Freely Elected Heads of Government travels to the Dominican Republic to observe the second-round presidential elections.
President and Mrs. Carter introduce "America's Youth Passport," an innovative booklet introduced by The Atlanta Project for parents to record health information about their children.
A delegation of the Council of Freely Elected Heads of Government travels to Nicaragua to observe preparations for the Oct. 20 presidential elections.
The Carter Center sends a team of agricultural experts to North Korea to assess the agricultural situation and discuss prospects of increasing long-term grain production.
President Carter and Emory University President William Chace travel to Tokyo to establish closer ties with university alumni in Japan and to seek opportunities for educational exchanges between Emory and Japan.
An international delegation organized by the Council of Freely Elected Heads of Government observes presidential elections in the Dominican Republic.
The Carter Center launches the Global 2000 River Blindness Program to enable the Center to expand its efforts to fight river blindness disease.
President Carter and former Colombian President Betancur lead a mission to observe preparations for the May 16 presidential elections in the Dominican Republic.
President Carter meets with Guyana President Cheddi Jagan to discuss implementation of Guyana's new comprehensive long-term development strategy.
President Carter announces a collaborative effort among Atlanta area health care providers to maintain a database of immunization records for local children.
The Carter Center organizes a second Great Lakes heads-of-state summit in Tunisia to promote repatriation of Rwandan refugees and reduce violence in Burundi.
President and Mrs. Carter travel to Jerusalem to lead a 40-member delegation from 11 countries to observe the Jan. 20 Palestinian elections.
A press conference and luncheon is held in Washington, D.C. in celebration of 97 percent eradication of Guinea worm disease. The Carter Center's Global 2000 Program played a key role in wiping out this disease, which afflicted India, Pakistan, Yemen, and 16 countries in Africa for decades.
President Carter convenes a Great Lakes summit in Cairo to examine means and timetables to begin an orderly and safe return of Rwandan refugees; stop the cycle of violence in Burundi; and promote peace, reconciliation, and justice in the region.
President and Mrs. Carter travel to Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Zaire on a fact-finding mission to prepare for a heads-of-state summit on crises in the Great Lakes region.
The 11th Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy is held at The Carter Cente, featuring the topic of Managing Care in the Public Interest.
The Commission on Television and Radio Policy meets under the chairmanship of President Carter and Eduard Sagalaev at The Carter Center to discuss the future of public service broadcasting and the role of technology in pluralistic media.
The Rosalynn Carter Georgia Mental Health Forum is held at The Carter Center.
President and Mrs. Carter meet with heads of state in Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia to discuss regional peace initiatives and agricultural projects.
President Carter and Robert Pastor, director of the Latin American/Caribbean Program, meet with Cuban exile leaders at The Carter Center.
President Carter, Rosalynn Carter, and their son Chip travel to Africa to evaluate progress in Sudan on unprecedented public health initiatives during a historic four-month cease-fire. In meetings in Sudan and Kenya, President Carter encourages all parties to extend the cease-fire and accelerate efforts toward a peaceful resolution of their differences.
President Carter and former Belizean Prime Minister George Price travel to Managua to co-chair a conference with Nicaraguan leaders on the resolution of property disputes.
President Carter negotiates a two-month extension of the Sudanese cease-fire.
President Carter negotiates a two-month Sudanese cease-fire allowing leaders and citizens of Sudan, working with The Carter Center and others, to initiate efforts to eradicate Guinea worm disease, prevent river blindness, and immunize children against polio and other diseases.
President Carter meets with Nigerian head of state General Abacha in Enugu, Nigeria, to request release of former head of state Olusegun Obasanjo. His request is granted the following day.
President and Mrs. Carter leave on a nine-day trip to four African countries (Nigeria, Kenya, Sudan, and Ghana) participating in the global Guinea worm eradication effort.
President and Mrs. Carter, former Prime Minister of Belize George Price, U.S. Senator Sam Nunn, D-Ga., and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Colin Powell travel to Haiti in response to an invitation from Haiti President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
President Carter launches The America Project to share with other cities strategies for urban revitalization developed by The Atlanta Project.
President and Mrs. Carter travel to the former Yugoslavia to facilitate talks among warring Bosnian Muslims and Serbs. The Carter mission produces a four-month cease-fire and the resumption of talks on a comprehensive peace under the auspices of the five-nation Contact Group.
President Carter visits Panama at the invitation of Panamanian President Ernesto Perez-Balladares to attend a seminar on national unity and development sponsored by the United Nations Development Program.
President Carter convenes the first meeting of the Center's International Human Rights Council, a body of activists and leaders charged with providing new visibility and strategies advancing human rights worldwide.
The Carter Center launches the "Not Even One" initiative to combat child deaths by firearms.
Surgeon General Dr. Joycelyn Elders joins nearly 400 representatives of education, health care, social service, government, and mental health organizations to promote greater collaboration in addressing adolescent substance abuse, violence, and mental health at the 10th Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy.
President Carter addresses a dinner honoring Merck Chairman Dr. Roy Vagelos for his contributions to the Center's effort to eradicate river blindness in Africa and Asia.
President Carter receives the 1994 J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding.
The Carter Center opens an office in Georgetown, Guyana, to support the country's efforts for economic development, electoral reform, and preservation of the environment.
President Carter heads a mission to Haiti with former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Colin Powell and Senator Sam Nunn, D-Ga., at the request of President Clinton to negotiate terms of departure for Haiti's de facto leaders. The successful meetings averted a U.S.-led multinational invasion and resulted in a signed agreement for the peaceful removal of the officers from power.
President Carter, Moscow Independent Broadcasting Corporation President Eduard Sagalaev, and television policy-makers from the United States, former Soviet Union, and Eastern Europe, meet at the 1994 annual meeting of the Commission on Radio and Television Policy in St. Petersburg, russia.
The Carter Center merges with Emory University, remaining a uniquely autonomous part of the university. A new 22-member board of trustees, co-chaired by President and Mrs. Carter, will oversee Carter Center programs and budgets.
President and Mrs. Carter travel to Africa to visit several ongoing Carter Center projects in Liberia, Ghana, Chad, Mauritania, and Ethiopia.
Members of the Council of Freely Elected Heads of Government monitor presidential elections in Mexico.
President and Mrs. Carter travel to Japan to call attention to cooperative global development efforts between the United States and Japan.
President and Mrs. Carter travel to North and South Korea to hold private meetings with leaders there to discuss nuclear disarmament in Korea.
President Carter attends a conference on democratic transitions, held in Managua, Nicaragua.
President Carter and Dominique de Menil present the Carter-Menil Award to the people of Norway in a special ceremony in Oslo.
President Carter and members of the Council of Freely Elected Heads of Government monitor presidential elections in Panama.
President Carter convenes the third annual International Negotiation Network consultation to address conflicts in five countries.
The Atlanta Project launches an anti-violence initiative, "TAP Into Peace," with a door-to-door walk-through of TAP neighborhoods, polling residents and providing information about decreasing violence and crime.
Mrs. Carter and Betty Ford testify before Congress and support the finding of a Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law study to encourage inclusion of mental health and substance abuse benefits in the national health care reform plan.
President and Mrs. Carter host the second annual Crested Butte winter weekend in Crested Butte, Colo. to benefit The Atlanta Project. Students from TAP neighborhoods and other guests join them.
The Interfaith Health Conference hosts leaders from faith groups and public health agencies, along with President Carter and U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders, to examine new partnerships in health care.
The Commission on Radio and Television Policy, co-chaired by President Carter, convenes heads of U.S. and post-Soviet Union television networks to explore new economic ties and co-production ventures.
The Center hosts the Ninth Annual Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Symposium: Mental Health in Health Care Reform - How to Assure Access To and Quality of Services.
President Carter and Carter Center staff host representatives of the Sudan People's Liberation Army-United for peace talks.
President Carter and former Presidents Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and George Bush announce they will serve as chairmen of a North American Free Trade Agreement commission.
Six Liberian community leaders begin work in the Mickey Leland Fellowship program.
The Atlanta Project receives a donation of more than 800,000 books from Book Warehouse of Georgia owner Holland Ware.
President and Mrs. Carter travel to Benin, Togo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, and Sudan to advance Center efforts to increase agriculture production, eradicate Guinea worm disease, and promote democracy in Africa.
The Mental Health Program sponsors meeting of leaders of national mental health organizations to review and discuss the Clinton administration's national health care reform proposal in Washington, D.C.
President Carter and members of the Council of Freely Elected Heads of Government monitor elections in Paraguay.
Gladys Knight hosts Kids' Celebration at the Omni with Michael Jackson as special guest at a program for children and volunteers who participated in the Immunization Initiative.
Free vaccinations are provided for children in Atlanta Project clusters.
The Atlanta Project launches a door-to-door initiative that identifies 16,000 children who need immunizations or have their shots.
King Faud of Saudi Arabia presents a gift of $7.6 million to support the Center's Guinea Worm Eradication Project.
International Negotiation Network conference, Resolving Intra-National Conflicts: A Strengthened Role for Intragovernmental Organizations, is held at the Center.
President Carter and Michael Jackson announce that they will co-chair the "Heal Our Children" initiative of Jackson's Heal the World Foundation.
The Human Rights Colloquium of NGOs meet at The Carter Center to discuss a proposed agenda for the United Nations World Conference on Human Rights.
Dr. John Hardman is appointed executive director of The Carter Center.
President Carter and Dominique de Menil present the seventh annual Carter-Menil Human Rights Prize to the Haitian Refugee Center and the Native American Rights Fund.
The Center hosts the Eighth Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy: Mental Health in Healthcare Reform.
President Carter travels to Kazakhstan in the former Soviet Union to discuss coverage of ethnic minorities with members of the Commission on Television Policy.
The Center's China Special Education Project Conference ends.
President Carter, Belize Prime Minister George Price, and members of the Council of Freely Elected Heads of Government observe presidential elections in Guyana.
A new Carter Center program, the Interfaith Health Program is announced, aimed at assisting faith groups in reaching disadvantaged populations with health care information.
President and Mrs. Carter visit Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, and Togo in Francophone Africa to urge the eradication of Guinea worm disease.
President Carter attends Workshop 1992: Agricultural Development in Policy Options for Sub-Saharan Africa sponsored by Global 2000.
Council of Freely Elected Heads of Government sends a delegation to observe Mexican regional elections in Michoacan and Chihuahua.
International human rights representatives join President Carter at the Center for the seminar Investigating Abuses and Introducing Human Rights Safeguards in the Democratization Process.
African Governance Program conference on The New Africa: Democracy, Growth, and Business Opportunities in Zambia is hosted by President Carter.
President and Mrs. Carter meet with Mikhail and Raisa Gorbachev at The Carter Center to discuss Center projects and the formation of the Gorbachev Foundation.
The INN Council and experts worldwide meet at the Center to review the state of eight civil conflicts.
President Carter and Dominique de Menil present the sixth annual Carter-Menil Human Rights Prize to the University of Central America in honor of six Jesuit priests murdered there; Nelson Mandela attends the ceremony in Houston
The Seventh Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy: The Relationship Between Physical and Mental Health: Closing The Gaps, is held in Atlanta.
The Center's Commission on Television Policy meets under the chairmanship of Jimmy Carter and Eduard Sagalaev.
President Carter leads an international delegation observing elections in Zambia.
President Carter announces The Atlanta Project, a major domestic initiative to tackle inner-city social problems.
Former Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze joins the INN Council.
The Carter Center's Mental Health Task Force is formed under the direction of Mrs. Carter.
Mrs. Carter announces the formation of "Every Child by Two," a nationwide campaign for early childhood immunization.
President Carter announces an invitation to the International Negotiation Network to monitor Liberian elections and the formation of the INN Council.
President Carter attends Workshop '91: Africa's Agricultural Development in the 1990s: Can It Be Sustained? in Arusha, Tanzania.
President Carter meets with children representing the Barbie Children's Summit and the Atlanta International School.
The Mickey Leland Community Development Fellowships are established at the Carter Center of Emory University's African Governance Program.
President Carter travels to Beijing, China, to observe efforts of the Center's Global 2000 Program to train special education teachers and develop a modern prosthesis delivery system.
The Council of Freely Elected Heads of Government sends its first delegation to observe preparations for Guyana elections.
The Center's International Negotiation Network is invited to assist in the Liberian peace process.
President Carter travels to Nicaragua to discuss economic recovery and development with President Chamorro.
President Carter attends the inauguration of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
President Carter leads the Council of Freely Elected Heads of Government on a mission to monitor Haiti's first free and fair democratic national elections.
President Carter travels to Guyana to study the country's electoral laws and procedures.
President Carter makes his second preliminary trip to Haiti to study the country's electoral laws and procedures.
President Carter moderates "A Crisis in the Gulf," a production of the Discovery Channel on the Middle East.
President Carter travels to Haiti to discuss the country's upcoming elections scheduled for December 16.
President Carter addresses the Organization of African Unity meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
President Carter is awarded the second annual Philadelphia Liberty Award.
President Carter and members of the Council of Freely Elected Heads of Government monitor elections in the Dominican Republic.
President and Mrs. Carter travel to Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Israel, and the West Bank.
President Carter and other members of the Council of Freely Elected Heads of Government travel to Nicaragua to observe the presidential election; Violeta Chamorro defeated incumbent Daniel Ortega to become that country's new president.
President Carter leads the last pre-election visit to Nicaragua.
President Carter leads the second observer mission to Nicaragua.
President Carter and Dominique de Menil present fourth annual Carter-Menil Human Rights Prize to al-Haq and B'Tselem at The Carter Center.
Preliminary peace negotiations between the Ethiopian government and the Eritrean People's Liberation Front reconvene in Nairobi, Kenya.
The Nicaraguan Elections: A Turning Point? Symposium.
Horn of Africa Symposium.
The Church's Challenge in Health Conference.
President Carter and members of the Council of Freely Elected Heads of Government delegation travel to Nicaragua to observe the electoral process prior to February 1990 elections.
Preliminary peace negotiations between the Ethiopian government and the Eritrean People's Liberation Front begin at The Carter Center.
Project Africa is launched in Zimbabwe.
President and Mrs. Carter travel to Africa to meet with heads of state, check on progress of Global 2000 agriculture and health projects, and attend the International Conference on Guinea Worm.
Soviet Culture and Communication Under Gorbachev Conference.
Morality and Foreign Policy Symposium.
Soviet pediatrician Nikolai P. Shabalov joins the Carter Center at Emory University as a visiting fellow.
President Carter and other members of the Council of Freely Elected Heads of Government observe elections in Panama; President Carter denounces the elections as fraudulent, based on those observations.
The Latin American Hemispheric Agenda Consultation.
The Council of Freely-Elected Heads of Government delegation travels to Panama to observe and evaluate laws and procedures for presidential, legislative, and municipal elections scheduled for May 7.
Governance in Africa inaugural symposium.
The Carter-Menil Human Rights Prize is awarded to the Sisulu family of South Africa.
The International Task Force for Disease Eradication is established at The Carter Center of Emory University.
Richard Joseph joins the Carter Center at Emory University as fellow for African Studies.
Community Colleges Symposium.
The American Convention on Human Rights and the English-speaking Caribbean.
Consultation on Competitiveness.
Theology, Politics, and Peace Conference.
Women and the Constitution: A Bicentennial Perspective.
Carter-Menil Human Rights Prize is awarded to LaVicaria de la Solidaridad of Chile.
A Middle East Consultation: Ten Years After Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem--A Look to the Future.
The Carter Center Board of Councilors established.
Meeting of the section on military studies of the International Studies Association: Defense Policy in a Changing World: Toward the 1990's.
Healthier People Conference releases program on health risk appraisal.
Conflict Resolution Program's International Mediation Work Sessions.
The Jimmy Carter Library opens to researchers.
Consultation: Reinforcing Democracy in the Americas.
Creation of the Council of Freely Elected Heads of Government.
Dedication of The Carter Center.
Founding of Global 2000.
Dr. William H. Foege appointed executive director of the Carter Center of Emory University. William C. Watson appointed associate executive director.
Risks Old and New: A Global Consultation on Health.
Latin American Program Symposium: The Debt Crisis: Adjusting to the Past or Planning for the Future?
Creation of the Carter-Menil Human Rights Foundation.
Conflict Resolution Seminar on the Future of Tobacco.
Groundbreaking for Japanese gardens.
International Security and Arms Control Consultation.
Closing the Gap Health Policy Consultation.
Arms Control Sessions at University of Michigan.
Groundbreaking for The Carter Center.
Symposium on World Resources and U.S. Interests: Business' Stake in Natural Resources, Environment, and Sustainable Development.
Closing the Gap Health Policy Consultation preliminary sessions.
Symposium on Arms Control Negotiation.
Middle East Consultation: Five Years After Camp David, directed by Kenneth W. Stein, appointed Carter Center fellow July 1986.
Unveiling of architects' model of The Carter Center. Architects: Jova/Daniels/Busby and Lawton, Umemura & Yamamoto. Landscape firm: EDAW. Museum exhibit: Design and Production Inc. General contractor: Beers Inc. Original concept for Carter Presidential Center design: Christopher Hemmeter.
Appointment of Board of Advisors: 12 members.
Sapelo Island planning session for Library and Center. Plans formulated for design and structure of Center.
Appointment of Jimmy Carter as University Distinguished Professor at Emory University, to begin Sept. 1, and the intention to establish a policy research center with the university.
Incorporation of Carter Library Inc.
Atlanta Area Consortium for the Presidential Library recommends that the Jimmy Carter Library be located in the Great Park of Atlanta.
Jimmy Carter transition offices established in Richard Russell Building and Jimmy Carter Presidential Papers Project established in the old post office building across the street.
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