“Through his Carter Center, which celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2002, Carter has since his presidency undertaken very extensive and persevering conflict resolution on several continents. He has shown outstanding commitment to human rights, and has served as an observer at countless elections all over the world.

"He has worked hard on many fronts to fight tropical diseases and to bring about growth and progress in developing countries. Carter has thus been active in several of the problem areas that have figured prominently in the over one hundred years of Peace Prize history.

“In a situation currently marked by threats of the use of power, Carter has stood by the principles that conflicts must as far as possible be resolved through mediation and international co-operation based on international law, respect for human rights, and economic development.”

Virtually everyone likes “Jimmy” Carter and his humanitarian efforts are indeed necessary in today’s world. The work he has done with The Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia is outstanding.
It is a far cry from the last days of his Presidency, when he allowed the C.I.A. to begin its campaign of terror in Afghanistan and its training of Islamic Fundamentalists which first lured the former Soviet Union into the war that drained its resources and caused its ultimate collapse. The C.I.A. Muslim Militants were then abandoned by their former allies and began to take the skills they had learned into conflicts throughout the world, including Algeria, Egypt and the former Yugoslavia.