22 Facts About Carter Center

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Carter Center is a nongovernmental, not-for-profit organization founded in 1982 by former U S President Jimmy Carter.

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Carter Center's goal is to advance human rights and alleviate human suffering, including helping improve the quality of life for people in more than 80 countries.

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Carter Center was founded in 1982 and dedicated in 1986 with William Foege as its executive director.

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Carter Center is governed by a board of trustees, which oversees the organization's assets and property and promotes its objectives and goals.

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Carter Center-based councils of eminent persons who offer guidance to or participate in center activities include: the Council of Presidents and Prime Ministers of the Americas, the International Task Force for Disease Eradication, and the Mental Health Task Force.

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Carter Center observers analyze election laws, assess voter education and registration processes, and evaluate fairness in campaigns.

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Carter Center sends observers only when invited by a country's electoral authorities and welcomed by the major political parties.

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Carter Center supports the growth of democratic institutions to ensure that there is a respect for rule of law and human rights, that government decisions are open and transparent, and that everyone can have adequate resources to compete fairly for public office.

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Carter Center promotes the dissemination to emerging democracies and regional organizations of models, lessons, and best practices for democratic governance.

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Carter Center believes all people are entitled to basic human rights.

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11.

President and Mrs Carter Center have intervened with heads of state on behalf of human rights defenders and victims for more than 20 years.

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Center and President Carter are strong supporters of the U N Human Rights Council and the International Criminal Court.

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At the invitation of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Carter Center initiated a joint project in 1998 to standardize Chinese village election procedures and assist in training of election officials and elected National People's Congress deputies.

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In 2011, the Carter Center decided to focus on advancing the US- China relationship, and since 2015 has been promoting greater Africa-U.

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Carter Center has prevented the suffering of millions of people around the world from illnesses often ignored by others.

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Carter Center began spearheading the campaign to eradicate Guinea worm disease worldwide in 1986.

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Carter Center has worked to stop the spread of the disease in 11 countries across Africa and the Americas by helping residents and local health workers institute and sustain drug treatment programs and health education activities.

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Carter Center follows the World Health Organization's four-pronged approach – called the SAFE strategy – to fight trachoma in six African countries.

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Carter Center believes in building networks of village-based health care workers to treat people for various diseases at the same time.

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20.

Rosalynn Carter leads the center's efforts to fight stigma associated with mental illness.

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21.

The Carter Center received the inaugural Delta Prize for Global Understanding in 1999β€”an award administered by the University of Georgia.

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Carter Center is untroubled by any of this, and declares that Chavez won 'fair and square.

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