<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--If you see this error message then you do not support RSS v2.0.--><rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Carter Center]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org]]></link><description><![CDATA[Carter Center Editorials]]></description><item><title><![CDATA[Feb. 2, 2010: Jimmy Carter: A Crisis in Sudan]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/washington-post-jimmy-carter-020210.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This op-ed by Jimmy Carter was published Feb. 2, 2010, by the Washington Post. One of the most urgent responsibilities the international community faces is in Sudan, which is facing a renewal of nationwide violence.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dec. 29, 2009; This Is Not Humane.  We Need Dignity.]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/abdelshafi-122909.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This editorial by Sami Abdel-Shafi, the Carter Center's Gaza representative, was published in the Dec. 29, 2009, edition of The Guardian. ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dec. 19, 2009: Gaza Must Be Rebuilt Now]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/gaza-121909.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This op-ed by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was published Dec. 19, 2009, by The Guardian. It is generally recognised that the Middle East peace process is in the doldrums, almost moribund. Israeli settlement expansion within Palestine continues, and PLO leaders refuse to join in renewed peace talks without a settlement freeze, knowing that no Arab or Islamic nation will accept any comprehensive agreement while Israel retains control of East Jerusalem.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dec. 3, 2009: Speech by Jimmy Carter to the Parliament of the World's Religions]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/parliament-world-religions-120309.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Delivered via remote video from Atlanta, Ga. First, I want to thank Executive Director Dirk Ficca for making it possible for me to join you, even though remotely. I occupy a privileged position these days, best explained by a cartoon in New Yorker magazine.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 November 2009: Goldstone and Gaza]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/goldstone-gaza-jc-oped-110509.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This op-ed by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was published Nov. 5, 2009, by the International Herald Tribune and The New York Times. Judge Richard Goldstone and the United Nations fact-finding mission on the Gaza conflict have issued a report about Gaza that is strongly critical of both Israel and Hamas for their violations of human rights.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[21 September 2009: Address by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter: Mahatma Gandhi Global Nonviolence Award]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/gandhi-award-speech.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter were named recipients of the 2009 Mahatma Gandhi Global Nonviolence Award in recognition of the couple's humanitarian efforts worldwide.  The full transcript of President Carter's speech during the presentation ceremony at James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va., follows.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[19 September 2009: Transcript of Former President Jimmy Carter's Remarks on Racism at an Emory University Townhall Meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/emory-racism-091609.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Question and answer from President Carter's townhall meeting Sept. 16, 2009 at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[6 September 2009: Concern in the Holy Land: The Elders' View of the Middle East]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/washington-post-090609.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Washington Post op-ed by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. During the past 16 months I have visited the Middle East four times and met with leaders in Israel, Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, the West Bank and Gaza.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[12 July 2009: The Words of God Do Not Justify Cruelty to Women]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/observer_071209.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discrimination and abuse wrongly backed by doctrine are damaging society, argues the former U.S. president. Editorial by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, published in the July 12, 2009, edition of The Observer.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[16 June 2009: Speech by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to the United Nations Relief Works Agency's Human Rights Graduation in Gaza]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/gaza-061609.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Full text of speech delivered in Gaza during President Carter's tour of the Middle East following the June 7 Lebanon parliamentary elections.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[15 June 2009: Transcript of President Jimmy Carter's Meeting with the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Israeli Knesset]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/pjc-israeli-knesset-061509.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good morning. Mr. President, I would like to welcome you and thank you for accepting our invitation to appear before the Knesset committee on Foreign Relations and Defense.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[12 May 2009: Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter Addresses Energy Security Before U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/BostonGlobe-energy-security-hearings.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Full text of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter's testimony on the impact of energy issues on national security before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing May 12, 2009.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[29 April 2009: Remarks by Former U.S. President Carter at FLACSO University in Ecuador]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/FLACSO_042909.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a privilege for me at this moment in our history to be here in Ecuador.  Thirty years ago this nation began a new wave of democracy in the region while I was President of the United States, and my wife Rosalynn attended the inauguration of your new president.  Now, Ecuador is beginning a new cycle with a new constitution, and my own president has proposed a new era in relations between the United States and Latin America and the Caribbean.  ]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[27 April 2009: What Happened to the Ban on Assault Weapons?]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/nytimes_042709.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This op-ed was published in the April 27, 2009 issue of the New York Times. The evolution in public policy concerning the manufacture, sale and possession of semiautomatic assault weapons like AK-47s, AR-15s and Uzis has been very disturbing.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[14 January 2009: Remarks by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter at the Li Xiannian Library in Hong'an, China]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/china_jan2009.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[President Carter traveled to China in January 2009 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of normalizing diplomatic relations with Deng Xiaoping and to expand the Carter Center's working relations with government ministries.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[12 January 2009: Commentary: A Victory for Democracy in Africa]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/stremlau_cnn_victory_democracy_africa.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This op-ed by John Stremlau was published on CNN.com on Jan. 12, 2009. Supporters of democracy around the world can celebrate the January 7 inauguration of Ghana's new president, professor John Evans Atta Mills, who defeated the leader of the incumbent party in a December 28 runoff election by a mere 41,566 votes out of 9,001,478.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[8 January 2009: An Unnecessary War - Washington Post Op-Ed by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/gaza_010809.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[This op-ed was published in the Jan. 8, 2009 edition of The Washington Post.  I know from personal involvement that the devastating invasion of Gaza by Israel could easily have been avoided.]]></description></item></channel></rss>