Carter Center
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The Carter Center is a non-profit organization founded in 1982 by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, and is chaired by John J. Moores. The center is based in Atlanta, Georgia, and is situated on the same campus with the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library. The Carter Center works in partnership with Emory University, and students from Emory and many other universities work as interns at the Center.
According to the Carter Center's website, the organization has five guiding principles:
- The Center emphasizes action and results. Based on careful research and analysis, it is prepared to take timely action on important and pressing issues.
- The Center does not duplicate the effective efforts of others.
- The Center addresses difficult problems and recognizes the possibilities of failure as an acceptable risk.
- The Center is nonpartisan and acts as a neutral in dispute resolution activities.
- The Center believes that people can improve their lives when provided with the necessary skills, knowledge, and access to resources.
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Former President Carter's work at The Carter Center won him the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize "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".External links
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