The Carter Center and Beyond: 1982-2024

Jimmy Carter, 1994. (Credit: The Carter Center)

Jimmy Carter and then-North Korea President Kim Il-Sung in Pyongyang in 1994 for talks resulting in an eight-year freeze of the country’s nuclear weapons program, June 16, 1994. (Credit: The Carter Center)

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter co-led with former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker and former Costa Rica President Oscar Arias Sanchez the Carter Center’s observation of the October 20, 1996, presidential elections in Nicaragua. (Credit: The Carter Center)

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter in Jakarta during the Carter Center’s observation of elections in Indonesia, June 7, 1999. (Credit: The Carter Center)

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter mediated a peace accord between Sudan and Uganda on Dec. 8, 1999, in which the two countries agreed to take steps to restore diplomatic relations and promote peace in the region. Sudan President Omar Al-Bashir (left) shakes the hand of Uganda President Yoweri Museveni. Kenya President Daniel arap Moi and President Carter witnessed the signing in Nairobi. (Photo: The Carter Center)

Jimmy Carter presents Neal and Michele Hughley with the keys to their new Habitat house in Plains, Georgia, completed during the Jimmy Carter Work Project 2000. Beginning in 1984, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter volunteered one week each year with the nonprofit organization Habitat for Humanity. (Credit: Habitat for Humanity)

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter arrives in Havana, Cuba, on May 12, 2002, during a historic visit to urge the United States and Cuban governments to mend relations. Also pictured are Cuba President Fidel Castro and Rosalynn Carter. (Credit: The Carter Center)

In 2002, Jimmy Carter was awarded the 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.” (Credit: The Carter Center) (Quote excerpted from Norwegian Nobel Committee’s announcement.)

Jimmy Carter witnesses ballot counting by lamplight at a polling station in Liberia during the Carter Center’s observation of presidential elections on October 11, 2005. (Credit: The Carter Center)

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter help deliver treatments to prevent river blindness disease during a trip to Jimma, Ethiopia, to assess Carter Center health programs in February 2007. (Credit: The Carter Center)

Jimmy Carter consoles a young patient having a worm removed from her body in Savelugu, Ghana, in February 2007. The Carter Center leads the international campaign to eradicate Guinea worm disease. (Credit: The Carter Center)

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter wear traditional Ghanaian attire, a gift from the chief of Tingoli village in northern Ghana, during a field trip to assess Carter Center disease prevention work in Africa in February 2007. (Credit: The Carter Center)

In February 2010, Jimmy Carter visits Molujore Village in Terekeka County, Southern Sudan, to review the Carter Center's efforts to eradicate Guinea worm disease. The Carter Center leads the international campaign to eradicate Guinea worm disease. (Credit: The Carter Center)

In November 2013, Jimmy Carter co-led a delegation to observe Nepal’s constituent assembly elections. Here, he greets a Nepali boy outside a polling station in Kathmandu on election day. (Credit: The Carter Center)

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, 2014. (Credit: LBJ Library and Museum)

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter gather with activists, peacemakers, and community leaders from around the world at the Human Rights Defenders Forum held at the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia, February 9, 2015. (Photo: The Carter Center)

President Carter teaches Sunday School at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia, on Sept. 23, 2018. Jimmy Carter taught Sunday school regularly in his hometown of Plains. (Credit: The Carter Center)