Post-Presidential Chronology of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter

(AS PROVIDED BY THE CARTER CENTER)

1981 | 1982 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990

1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000

1981

January 20: Jimmy Carter Transition Offices established in Richard Russell Building and Jimmy Carter Presidential Papers Project established in old Post Office Building across the street.
February 12: Atlanta Area Consortium for the Presidential Library recommends that the Jimmy Carter Library be located in the Great Park of Atlanta.
October 29: Incorporation of Carter Library, Inc.

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1982

April 21: Appointment of Jimmy Carter as University Distinguished Professor at Emory University, to begin September 1, and the intention to establish a policy research center with the University.
July 16-18: Sapelo Island planning session for Library and Center. Plans formulated for design and structure of Center.

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1983

June 15: Appointment of Board of Advisors: 12 members.
September 22: Unveiling of architects' model of Carter Center. Architects: Jova/Daniels/Busby and Lawton, Umemura & Yamamoto. Landscape firm: EDAW. Museum exhibit: Design and Production Incorporated. General contractor: Beers Inc.
November 6-9: Middle East Consultation: Five Years After Camp David, directed by Kenneth W. Stein, appointed Carter Center Fellow, July 1986.

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1984

May 31: Symposium on Arms Control Negotiation at The Carter Center.
August 27-28: "Closing the Gap" Health Policy Consultation preliminary sessions.
September 11: Symposium on World Resources and U.S. Interests: Business' Stake in Natural Resources, Environment, and Sustainable Development.
October 2: Groundbreaking for The Carter Center.
November 14: Arms Control Sessions at University of Michigan.
November 26-28: "Closing the Gap: Health Policy Consultation.

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1985

April 9-13: International Security and Arms Control Consultation.
July 24: Groundbreaking for Japanese Gardens.
September 7-11: Conflict Resolution Seminar on the Future of Tobacco.

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1986

March 19: Creation of the Carter-Menil Human Rights Foundation.
April 7-8: Latin American Program Symposium: The Debt Crisis: Adjusting to the Past or Planning for the Future?
April 28 - May 1: Risks Old and New: A Global Consultation on Health.
May 15: Dr. William H. Foege appointed Executive Director of the Carter Center of Emory University. William C. Watson appointed Associate Executive Director.
August 1: Founding of Global 2000.
October 1: Dedication of The Carter Center.
November 16-18: Consultation: Reinforcing Democracy in the Americas. Creation of the council of Freely-Elected Heads of Government.
December 10: First Carter-Menil Human Rights Prize awarded to Yuri Orlov and the Group for Mutual Support (GAM) of Guatemala.

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1987

January 28: Jimmy Carter Library opens to researchers.
May 28-29: Conflict Resolution Program's International Mediation Work Sessions.
September 17: Healthier People Conference releases program on Health Risk Appraisal (HRA).
September 23-26: Meeting of the Section of Military Studies of the International Studies Association: Defense Policy in a Changing World: Toward the 1990's.
November 9: Carter Center Board of Councilors established.
November 16-17: A Middle East Consultation: Ten Years after Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem--A Look to the Future.
December 10: Carter-Menil Human Rights Prize awarded to La Vicaria de la Solidaridad of Chile.

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1988

February 10-12: Women and the Constitution: A Bicentennial Perspective.
April 21-23: Theology, Politics, and Peace Conference.
April 25-26: Consultation on Competitiveness.
October 18-19: The American Convention on Human Rights and the English-Speaking Caribbean.
October 21: Community Colleges Symposium.
November 1: Richard Joseph joins CCEU as fellow for African Studies.
December 1: International Task Force for Disease Eradication established at The Carter Center of Emory University.
December 10: Carter-Menil Human Rights Prize awarded to the Sisulu family of South Africa.

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1989

February 17-18: Governance in Africa inaugural symposium.
March 14-16: 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.
March 29-30: The Latin American Hemispheric Agenda Consultation.
May 1: Soviet pediatrician Nikolai P. Shabalov joins CCEU as a visiting fellow.
May 7: 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.
May 9: Morality and Foreign Policy Symposium.
May 20-21: Soviet Culture and Communication Under Gorbachev Conference.
July 25 - August 2: President and Mrs. Carter travel to Africa to meet with heads of state, check on progress of Global 2000 agriculture and health projects, and to attend international Conference on Guinea Worm.
July 28: Project Africa launched in Zimbabwe.
September 7-19: Preliminary peace negotiations between the Ethiopian Government and the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF) begin at The Carter Center.
September 16-18: President Carter and members of Council of Freely-Elected Heads of Government delegation travel to Nicaragua to observe electoral process prior to February 1990 elections.
October 25-27: The Church's Challenge in Health Conference.
November 2: Horn of Africa Symposium.
November 14: The Nicaraguan Elections: A Turning Point? symposium.
November 20 - December 2: Preliminary peace negotiations between the Ethiopian government and the EPLF reconvene in Nairobi, Kenya.
December 9: President Carter and Dominique de Menil present fourth annual Carter-Menil Human Rights Prize to al-Haq and B'Tselem at The Carter Center.
December 13-19: President Carter leads second observer mission to Nicaragua.

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1990

January 26-28: President Carter leads last pre-election visit to Nicaragua.
February 23-28: President Carter and other members of the Council of Freely-Elected Heads of Government travel to Nicaragua to observe presidential election: Violeta Chamorro defeated incumbent Daniel Ortega to become that country's new president.
March 11-20: President and Mrs. Carter travel to Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Israel, and the West Bank.
May 16: President Carter and members of The Council of Freely Elected Heads of Government monitor elections in the Dominican Republic.
July 4: President Carter is awarded the second annual Philadelphia Liberty Award.
July 10: President Carter addresses Organization of African Unity meeting (OAU) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
July 25: President Carter travels to Haiti to discuss the country's upcoming elections scheduled for December 16.
September 17: President Carter moderates "A Crisis in the Gulf," a productions of the Discovery Channel on the Middle East.
October 12-13: President Carter travels to Guyana to study the country's electoral laws and procedures.
October 12: President Carter makes his second preliminary trip to Haiti to study the country's electoral laws and procedures.
December 16: 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.

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1991

February 7: President Carter attends inauguration of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
March 5: President Carter travels to Nicaragua to discuss economic recovery and development with President Chamorro.
March 22: The Center's International Negotiation Network (INN) is invited to assist in the Liberian peace process.
March 25: The Council of Freely Elected Heads of Government sends its first delegation to observe preparations for Guyana elections.
April 13-15: 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.
April 23: The Mickey Leland Community Development Fellowships are established at the Carter Center of Emory University's African Governance Program.
April 29: President Carter meets with children representing the Barbie Children's Summit and the Atlanta International School.
May 15-17: President Carter attends "Workshop '91: Africa's Agricultural Development in the 1990s: Can it be Sustained?" in Arusha, Tanzania.
July 8: President Carter announces invitation to the International Negotiation Network (INN) to monitor Liberian elections and the formation of the INN Council.
August 2: Mrs. Carter announces the formation of "Every Child By Two," a nationwide campaign for early childhood immunization.
September 4: Formation of The Carter Center's Mental Health Task Force under the direction of Mrs. Carter.
September 10: Former Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze joins the INN Council.
October 25: President Carter announces The Atlanta Project, a major domestic initiative to tackle inner city social problems.
October 31: President Carter leads an international delegation observing elections in Zambia.
November 16: The Center's Commission on Television Policy meets under chairmanship of Jimmy Carter and Eduard Sagalaev.
November 21: The Seventh Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy, "The Relationship Between Physical and Mental Health: Closing the Gaps".
December 8: 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 ceremony in Houston.

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1992

January 15-17: The INN Council and experts worldwide meet at the Center to review state of eight civil conflicts.
May 10: 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.
June 11-12: African Governance Program conference on "The New Africa: Democracy, Growth, and Business Opportunities in Zambia hosted by President Carter.
July 6-7: International human rights representatives join President Carter at the Center for the seminar "Investigating Abuses and Introducing Human Rights Safeguards in the Democratization Process".
July 12: Council of Freely Elected Heads of Government sends delegation to observe Mexican regional elections in Michoacan and Chihuahua.
August 23-25: President Carter attends "Workshop 1992: Agricultural Development in Policy Options for Sub-Saharan Africa" sponsored by Global 2000.
September 2-8: President and Mrs. Carter visit Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, and Togo in Francophone Africa to urge the eradication of Guinea worm disease.
September 18: Announcement of new Carter Center program, The Interfaith Health Resources Center, aimed at assisting faith groups in reaching disadvantaged populations with healthcare information.
October 5: President Carter, Belize Prime Minister George Price and members of The Council of Freely Elected Heads of Government observe presidential elections in Guyana.
October 14-15: Wrap-up on the Center's China Special Education Project Conference.
November 9-14: President Carter travels to Kazakhstan in the former Soviet Union to discuss coverage of ethnic minorities with members of The Commission on Television Policy.
November 19: The Eighth Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy, "Mental Health in Healthcare Reform".
December 4-5: Global Development Forum with Boutros Boutros-Ghali.
December 10: President Carter and Dominique de Menil present the seventh annual Carter-Menil Human Rights Prize to The Haitian Refugee Center (HRC) and the Native American Rights Fund (NARF).

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1993

January 1: Dr. John Hardman appointed Executive Director of The Carter Center.
January 14-15: Human Rights Colloquium of NGOs at The Carter Center to discuss a proposed agenda for The United Nations World Conference on Human Rights.
February 16: President Carter and Michael Jackson announce that they will co-chair the "Heal Our Children" initiative of Jackson's Heal the World Foundation.
February 17-19: International Negotiation Network (INN) conference: Resolving Intra-National Conflicts: A Strengthened Role for Intra-Governmental Organizations".
March 12: King Faud of Saudi Arabia presents a gift of $7.6 million to support the Center's guinea Worm Eradication Project.
April 17-18: The Atlanta Project (TAP) launches a door-to-door initiative that identifies 16,000 children who need immunizations or have their shots.
April 24 - May 1: Free vaccinations provided for children in TAP clusters.
May 5: Gladys Knight hosts Kids' Celebration at the Omni with Michael Jackson as special guest at program for children and volunteers who participated in the Immunization Initiative.
May 9: President Carter and members of The Council of Freely Elected Heads of Government monitor elections in Paraguay.
June 24: Mental Health Program sponsors meeting of leaders of national mental health organizations to review and discuss the Clinton administration's national healthcare reform proposal in Washington, D.C.
July 28 - August 8: 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.
August 3: TAP receives donation of more than 800,000 books from Book Warehouse of Georgia owner Holland Ware.
October 6 - December 1: Six Liberian community leaders begin work in The Mickey Leland Fellowship program.
October 15: President Carter along with former presidents Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and George Bush announce they will serve as chairmen of a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) commission.
October 25-29: President Carter and Carter Center staff host representatives of the Sudan People's Liberation Army-United for peace talks.
November 15-16: The Ninth Annual Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Symposium, "Mental Health in Healthcare Reform - How to Assure Access to and Quality of Services".
November 18-19: 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.

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1994

January 23-25: 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 healthcare.
February 23-27: President and Mrs. Carter host second annual Crested Butte Winter Weekend in Crested Butte, Colorado to benefit The Atlanta Project (TAP). Students from TAP neighborhoods and other guests join them.
March 7-8: 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 healthcare reform plan.
April 30 - May 1: TAP 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.
May 4-5: President Carter convenes the third annual International Negotiation Network (INN) consultation to address conflicts in five countries.
May 8: President Carter and members of The Council of Freely Elected Heads of Government monitor presidential elections in Panama.
May 18: President Carter and Dominique de Menil present The Carter-Menil award to the people of Norway in a special ceremony in Oslo.
June 12-18: President and Mrs. Carter travel to North and South Korea to hold private meetings with leaders there to discuss nuclear disarmament in Korea.
June 25: President Carter attends conference on democratic transitions, held in Managua, Nicaragua.
July 2-9: President and Mrs. Carter travel to Japan to call attention to cooperative global development efforts between the United States and Japan.
August 17-24: Members of The Council of Freely Elected Heads of Government monitor presidential elections in Mexico.
August 29 - September 9: President and Mrs. Carter travel to Africa to visit several ongoing projects in Liberia, Ghana, Chad, Mauritania, and Ethiopia.
September 1: The Carter Center merges with Emory University, remaining an 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.
September 12-13: 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.
September 17-18: 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.
September 28: 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.
October 1: President Carter receives the 1994 J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding.
October 18: 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.
November 2-3: 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 Tenth Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy.
November 7: The Carter Center launches the "Not Even One" initiative to combat child deaths by firearms.
December 4-5: 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.
December 6: 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.
December 17-21: 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.

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1995

January 1: President Carter launches The America Project to share with other cities strategies for urban revitalization developed by The Atlanta Project (TAP).
February 23-26: 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 to explore ways to help reinforce a free and fair electoral process and gain effective support for economic development efforts.
March 19: 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.
March 21: 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.
March 30: President Carter negotiates a two-month cease-fire in Sudan, allowing Sudanese 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.
April 3-5: President Carter chairs working meeting of the International Negotiation Network (INN).
May 25: President Carter negotiates a two-month extension of the cease-fire in Sudan.
July 4-5: 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.
July 19-22: 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 armies to extend the cease-fire and accelerate efforts toward a peaceful resolution of their differences.
September 20-21: President Carter and Robert Pastor, director of the Latin American/Caribbean Program, meet with Cuban exile leaders at The Carter Center.
September 24-28: President and Mrs. Carter meet with heads of state in Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia to discuss regional peace initiatives and agricultural projects.
October 2: The "Rosalynn Carter Georgia Mental Health Forum" is held at The Carter Center.
October 19-20: Commission on Television and Radio Policy meets under 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.
October 27: "Eleventh Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy" is held at the Carter Center featuring the topic of "Managing Care in the Public Interest."
November 18-21: President and Mrs. Carter travel to Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Zaire on a fact-finding mission to prepare for heads-of-state summit on crises in the Great Lakes region.
November 28 - December 2: President Carter convenes 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.
December 4: Press conference and luncheon held in Washington, D.C. in celebration of 97% eradication of Guinea worm disease. The Global 2000 program played a key role in wiping out this disease which afflicted India, Pakistan, Yemen, and 16 African countries.

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1996

January 18-21: President and Mrs. Carter travel to Jerusalem to lead 40-member delegation from 11 countries to observe the January 20 Palestinian election.
March 16-18: 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.
April 17: President Carter announces a collaborative effort among Atlanta area health care providers to maintain a database of immunization records for local children.
April 23: President Carter meets with Guyana President Cheddi Jagan to discuss implementation of Guyana's new comprehensive long-term strategy.
April 24-26: President Carter and former Colombian President Betancur lead a mission to observe preparations for the May 16 presidential elections in the Dominican Republic.
April 30: The Carter Center launches the Global 2000 River Blindness Program to enable the Center to expand its efforts to fight river blindness disease.
May 12-18: An international delegation organized by the Council of Freely Elected Heads of Government observes presidential elections in the Dominican Republic.
May 21-25: 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.
June 4-11: 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.
June 7-11: A delegation of the Council of Freely Elected Heads of Government travels to Nicaragua to observe preparations for the October 20 presidential elections.
June 10: President and Mrs. Carter introduce " America's Youth Passport," an innovative booklet produced by The Atlanta Project (TAP), for parents to record health information about their children.
June 27-30: A delegation of the council of Freely Elected Heads of Government travels to the Dominican Republic to observe the second round presidential elections.
August 26: TAP announces second phase of operations to focus attention on issues involving children, youth, and families. Second phase will begin no later than January, 1997.
September 6-7: President Carter and Eduard Sagalaev co-chair annual meeting of the Commission on Radio and Television Policy in Salzburg, Austria, to discuss how cultural identity and journalistic ethics affect democratic media.
October 20: President Carter and a delegation from The Carter Center's Council of Freely Elected Head of Government will monitor the Nicaraguan elections.
November 20-21: 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.

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1997

January 1: The Atlanta Project (TAP) enters 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.
January 15-26: President Carter 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."
January 24: 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).
January 27-28: The America Project sponsors a conference on "The Polarizing Effect of Urban Sprawl."
January 30: With assistance from the Global 2000 Program and Sasakawa Africa Association, Ethiopia becomes a food exporter for the first time.
February 4: The Carter Center video, "Coping With the Stigma of Mental Illness," wins a Gold Award from Worldfest - a leading international film festival. The film highlights the need to diminish the prejudice against people with mental illness.
February 9: 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.
February 11: President Carter and Mrs. Carter host the fifth Winter Weekend in Crested Butte, Colo. to benefit The Carter Center. Ten students from TAP's FutureForce program for urban youth were special guests. FutureForce helps teens from inner cities neighborhoods develop strong leadership and life skills.
February 19-21: The Carter Center and the World Bank co-sponsor the regional workshop: "The Transition from War to Peace." Guatemala and Liberia serve as case studies during discussions.
March 5: President Carter and Yasser Arafat meet in Plains, Ga..
March 5-16: A Carter Center delegation observes village elections in China.
March 9-10: The Interfaith Health Program convenes 100 leaders of religious foundations, faith groups, and the healthcare 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 healthcare.
April 1: The Carter Center expands its efforts to prevent gun-related deaths and injuries of children by establishing a demonstration site in Atlanta.
April 9: The Carter Center establishes Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism, as part of its national effort to reduce stigma and discrimination against people with mental illness.
April 17: 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.
April 28-29: 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.
May 22: TAP announces approval of seven new lottery-funded pre-kindergarten programs (pre-K) to serve children in the TAP geographical area.
June 15: 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.
July 6: 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 post-electoral grievances.
July 11: 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.
July 19: The Carter Center sends a 40-member team of international observers to witness the national elections in Liberia.
July 23-29: President and Mrs. Carter and a small delegation travel to Beijing, China, at the invitation of The Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs.
July 24: The Carter Center holds a one-day conference, "Capital Punishment 25 Years After Furman v. George," co-sponsored by the Southern Center for Human Rights and Emory Law School, attracting 200 legal experts and scholars.
August 23-27: President and Mrs. Carter, and Norman Borlaug travel to Ethiopia to review progress made toward food security in sub-Saharan Africa.
September 23: Carter Center holds a forum titled "Should NAFTA be extended?"
October 22: Governor Zell Miller proclaims October 22, "Carter Center Day," in recognition of The Carter Center's 15th anniversary.
November 10: 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.
November 13: The Carter Center holds a conference on the U.S. role in establishment of an International Criminal Court.
November 18: 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.
November 19-20: 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."
December 15-20: A fifty-five member delegation, including President Carter, General Colin Powell, and boxing champion Evander Holyfield observe December 18 parliamentary elections in Jamaica.

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1998

February 16: Carter Center undertakes development project in Albania to help prepare a National Development Strategy through a broad public participation process that the Center pioneered.
February 25 - March 1: President Carter and Mrs. Carter host the sixth Winter Weekend in Crested Butte, Colo., to benefit The Carter Center. Ten students from TAP's FutureForce program for urban youth were special guests. FutureForce helps at-risk teens develop strong leadership and life skills.
March 2-15: 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.
March 13-14: Carter Center holds a consultation with the Liberian Commission on Human Rights in Monrovia to assist members in establishing a framework for its operation.
March 19: 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.
March 22-24: Children At Risk/Children of Promise Symposium 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.
March 25: President Carter, former Costa Rica President Oscar Arias, and former Bolivia President Gonzalo Sanchez 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.
March 27: The Carter Center announced 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.
March 31 - April 3: President Carter, Mrs. Carter, and Carter Center Associate Executive Director Don Hopkins attended the 7th 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.
April 3: 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.
April 6-7: 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.
April 9-10: 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.
May 15: 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."
June 21 - July 16: 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.
August 9-13: Chinese officials from the Ministry of Civil Affairs observe Georgia runoff elections.
August 27: 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.
September 23: Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore meets with President Carter. They discuss African peace initiatives and the Center's disease eradication projects in the country.
September 28: 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.
October 8: Leaders from NGOs 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."
October 15: Canada's Minister for International Trade speaks at the Center about the Free Trade Area of the Americas.
November 4-6: President Carter meets with officials in Ecuador and Costa Rica to discuss a new Carter Center project to promote transparency in government/business transactions.
November 6: President and Mrs. Carter visit Nicaragua following Hurricane Mitch.
November 9-11: Nearly 200 representatives of religious media and academic and public health organizations nationwide, attend the conference "AIDS & Religion in America."
November 18-19: Mrs. Carter convenes the 14th Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy titled "Promoting Positive and Healthy Behaviors in Children."
November 23: Carter Center launches new program on human rights and the media in Liberia, in support of Liberia's efforts to build strong democratic institutions.
December 6: President Carter, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady, former Chile President Patricio Aylwin, and former Bolivia President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada lead a Carter Center team of more than 40 delegates to observe the Venezuelan presidential election.
December 10: President Carter receives the first U.N. Human Rights Prize on the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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1999

January 5-14: Carter Center team, led by Charles Costello, director of the Democracy Program, observes township elections in China.
January 19-22: 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.
February 10-14: President Carter and Mrs. Carter host their annual winter ski weekend in Crested Butte, Colo., to benefit The Carter Center.
February 27: 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.
April 21: The Center joins several relief and development agencies to undertake a pilot initiative to boost potato production and improve food security in North Korea.
May 3-5: 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.
May 14: 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.
May 22: The Carter Center observes the Cherokee Nation elections in Oklahoma.
June 7: 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.
June 7: The Carter Center and the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs field a team of 100 observers to the Indonesian parliamentary elections.
July 1: 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.
July 8: 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.
July 24: The Carter Center observes the Cherokee Nations run-off elections.
August 9: 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.
August 11: 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 August 30 on the status of the annexed territory.
August 19: 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.
September 3: 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 August 30 balloting.
September 15: The Carter Center hosts Art Buchwald at the annual Rosalynn Carter Distinguished Lecture Series in Mental Health Journalism.
October 6: President Carter calls on Indonesia to ensure safe return of East Timor's refugees.
October 14-16: 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.
October 14-16: 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.
October 21: 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.
November 12: The Carter Center receives the Medallion Award from the American Society of Landscape Architects.
November 12: Carter Center opens office in Maputo to observe electoral process in Mozambique.
November 17: Deputy Surgeon General Kenneth Moritsugu presents preview of the first U.S. Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health at the 15th Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy.
December 3-5: President Carter, Rosalynn Carter, and former Botswana President Ketumile Masire lead a Carter Center team of approximately 50 observers to the Mozambique general elections.
December 22: President Carter called on the international community to come to the aid of Venezuela, which experienced massive deaths and property destruction from recent flooding.
December 23: Carter Center in a preliminary report issued following the announcement of official results commended Mozambicans for completing the electoral process, but expressed 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.

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2000

January 12: 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 January 4 decision to validate the final election results and dismiss complaints filed by the opposition party Remano.
February 11: Election observers from The Carter Center and the National Democratic Institute warn that Peru's election process does not yet meet international standards for democratic elections.
February 16-20: President Carter and Mrs. Carter host their annual winter ski weekend in Crested Butte, Colo., to benefit The Carter Center. The weekend raised more than half-a-million dollars from the combined silent and live auctions.
March 2: President Carter calls for more aid for Mozambique to help the country recover from flooding in recent weeks.
March 22: 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.
May 8: At the annual Rosalynn Carter Georgia Mental Health Forum for some 350 mental health leaders, consumers, and policymakers, 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.
May 12: The Carter Center and the National Democratic Institute observe elections in the Dominican Republic. They praised the elections yet called for improvements in the voting process.
May 24: A Carter Center delegation travels to Venezuela to observe Mega-elections. The Carter Center asked election authorities to postpone the vote so tabulation problems could be addressed.
May 28: The Carter Center withdraws from observing Peru's presidential run-off election, citing conditions that would make a fair election impossible.
July 2: 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.
July 30: The Carter Center observes elections in Venezuela. The elections went smoothly, although delegation members noted some technical problems with the electronic vote tabulation machines.
August 23: President Carter calls on Liberia President Charles Taylor to release four international journalists being held on espionage charges.

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