On the cover: Visitors strolling o n The Carter Center's grounds now come upon this striking bronze sculpture of n child leading a blind man hy the end of a stick. The man is a victim of river blindness (onchocerciasis), a parasitic disease that threatens more than 100 million people, primarily in Africa. C reated by internationally recognized culptor R.T. Wallen and donated by John and Rebecca Moores, Sightless Among Miracles represents the Cem er's commitment to controll ing river blindness. ME SAGE FROM JIMMY CARTER CHAIR OF THE ' B OARD OF TRUSTEES
Jimmy and Ro\alym1 Caner n.'l 'll'U frropmab at a h<•t~tls· oj:scace .\lmmur in Tunr., co adJrl''-' ccmj1u:c m r/w ( ln·w Lakl'~ rl'~on oj Afrrc jimmy Carter; Roy Vagelos, former chairman of Merck & Co. lnc.; and}uhn Hardman visit the site of a river blindness /)roject in Africa. homns Jefferson \\TOte that "it i~ something unique and valuahle to the donors arc another VItal source of wonderful how much may be table, makmg the 1mposs1blt! a reality. unrestricted support for the Center. T done if we arc always doing." l'm Let me elaborate on anOLher example Recently, the American lnsutute of pleased to report that fiscal year 1995-96 of how we apply the pnnciple!> of Phtlanthropy, an mdcpendent charity wa~ another extraordmary year of "doing" cooperation to mcrea~e our effectiveness watchdog group, gave The Carter Center at The Carter Center. But, as always, we manyfold. For years, Mrs. Carter has led a a grade of "excellent" hased on how well didn't Lk) it alone. national camp::ugn to educate people we spend the money we ra1se. Thi~ year, we applied the princ1ples of ahout mental illnesses. Many groups arc And there is more good news. Once partnership and coopcrntion to monitor working on th~.:: same is:.ues, yet they again, our hudget b balanced, and our the first-ever Pnlestini,m elecuom, rarely come together ro share informa endowment was valued at nearly $75 produce an awnrd-winning film to reduce tion or to agree on common Mrmegies. mtllion at the end of this fi~cal year. the ~tigma of mental illne~se , treat Bur for 11 years, they have gathered at To as~u re that our work continues, almost 4 million people with medicine the Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium The Carter Centt!r conducted three that will ave their s1ght, bring together on Mental Health Pol1cy m pool their studies dunng 1995-96 lookmg at our African leaders m the Great Lakes region rt!sources and resoh·e toward reducing future. A~ a re~ult, a planning commlttt!e to try mend the hornble suffering there, the stigma and dtscrunmatton agamst was appmnreJ to develop a new strategic and reach the 97 percent mark wward those w1th mental1llncsses. One of the plan fo r the Center. The committee the glohal eraJ1Lat10n of Gumea worm legac1es of these mt!etmgs 1s the estab mstituted .1 plannmg process that disease. ltshmcnt of the Rosa I} nn Carter Fellow mvolved the &)ard ofTrustees, Only a handful of Carter Center staff !.h l p~ in Mental! [ealth Journalism, repre entatives of Emory University, work on each of these and other projects which will contribute to developing a donor~. friends, and staff. The1r input to promote peace and democracy and to cadre of reporters who are b~.::tter has resulted in a plan that wtll Mrengthen unprove health. But ir rakes li terally informcd about menwl health issues. Ollr commitment to 1he prevention and hundreds, even thousnn<.b, of people to Our work would mn be possible resolution of conflict and the control and red uce rhe number of case of Guinea without the help of our dedicated eradication of di~ea:.~.:. The new plan will worm, for example. Instead of creating a partner~. In recent years, The Carter take effect in l997 -9 . complex bureaucracy, The Carter Center Center has rcce1veJ fundmg from nme of We look fonvard to connnuing our crea1es a nerwnrk. We join hands with the I 0 largesl grant-making foundations work for peace and development as we key indi\"lduals and organ1:at1ons, who m m the countr}. Although Amencan enter another exc1tmg year of "doing" at turn reach out to their constituents and foundations provide funds that sustain The Carter Center. contacts, until together we have woven our varied pmgrams, a signifie A tt oman 111 the Dornnuum f~.:puhlic ,!!lt'C.\ ha hallot 111 a Jwll tmrkcr in the June I Y96 pre~rJemial deccrun , u·rtn.:\\d lry Th.: Caner C.:mc'l 's Co11ncil of Fred-:; H:l tl'li H.:.u.l~ of ( 1otl mment an..l th, Nwwnal D.:mocraul· ln.,crcw.:. ABOUT TilE CARTER CENTER ...... 4 THE YEAR IN REVIEW ...... 6 PRO<.JRAMS PAGE 4 0EMOCRATI7.ATION AND DEVELOPMENT ...... 14 • CtNFLIC T RE:::it )LUTION • GJ (.)RA J DF-Vf:LCWMENT • HLJ~1:\f\. RIUl!T~ • L\TIN AMl:RICA t\ND THE CARIRRE.\N GLOBAL HEAT!-{ ...... 19 • At ;RieL 1 rURE • GLINEA. W(.)Rt-.1 ERADICATION PAGE 8 • RI\ l:R Bl INI )NE~~ • IN r FRFAI r 11 Ht·.ALTII • Nt)l EVEN 0NF: • MENTAL HEALTII URBAN R EvlTAUZATlON ...... 23 PAGE 11 • Tttl:. ATLANTA P ROJECT • TilE AMERICA PROJECT D ONORS AND SUPPORT ...... 25 BoARDS ANI) STAFF ...... 28 PAGE 24 FINANCIAL STATEMENT ...... 33 ABOUT THE CARTER CENTER The Career Center is located in a 35-acre park two miles from doumwwn Atlanta. The complex houses offices for the former president and first lady and most of the Center's staff. What is The Carter Center's role? The Center is governed by a Board of disease after smallpox to be eradicated. The Carter Center is dedicated to Trustees, chaired by President Carter (see • Fighting river blindness in Africa and creating a world where every man, woman, page 28 for members). l11e Center's Board Larin America through a coalition to control and child has the opportuniry ro live in of Councilors provides its programs with the disease. peace. It strives to relieve suffering in the the advice and suprxm of prominent • Helping farmers in Africa triple or United States and around the world regional and local leaders. ( ce page 30 for quadruple their yields of corn, wheat, and through collaborative initiative~ in members.) other grains. Jemocrati:acion and development, global • Working to erase d1e stigma of mental health, and urban revitalization. What are the Center's major illness and to improve access to and quality accomplb,hments? of care for the 50 million Americans who What principles guide the Center's work? Democratization and Development experience mental disorders e\'ery year. The Cenrcr is a nonprofit, nongovern • MonitOring multiparry elections in • Promoting preventive health care in mental organization (NGO) founded in more than n dozen countries to assure communities through a network of faith I 982 hy Jimmy and Rosa lynn Cttrter in fairness. groups in U.S. cities. parrnership with Emory Universiry. The • Seeking peaceful ~o l utiom to civil • Developing a nntional strategy to reduce Center: conflicts in places such as udan, Bo nia, fi rearm violence against children-the • tr anJ ~'rcrar~'l.l h\ the Nannnal Archt\ L'S .md R~.·... or,b AdmtnNrat ton nf thL· L .S. ~nwmmcnt . The ~ntL·r .md Lthr.U) an~ knnwn colic... tt\'dy ,t, Tl1c Carter Prc:-.t· dcntial Center. Ho\.\ is th" Center fund~d? Cnn,rrw.:ttun 11f till' Center\ t,l<..tltth:s \\as ftn,mu~J hyprt\',lll' don.ttton' In \Ill tndtv tdua(,, f~ lUnJat tuns, .mJ c• 1rpor.utnn,. Tl1c'e Jon,,r, .tbo 'llJ'J'Ort the <.urrent .mnu.tl otx·rating hudgct 11f $26 mtllion. Tl1c ]tmtn\ Carter Lthraf\ md Mu:-.cum, abo huilr wirh pm are funJ,, \\a' deeded tn The Career Cencer's lt'an Allen lli Pat11lwn inclu£/.cs office.,. ml.'t'tln,l( room~, and the Cecil B. the federal government after con't ructton. Day Chaf>d. tduch sl!at~ up w 450 people for conf!!r!!nc!!\ and othl!r l.'t'l.'llt\. Tl1e C1rrer Center lnL. (T.1x l.LJ. N11. 58-1454 716) ., .1 50 I (L)( 3) dwtt.thle 111 (~tl\ilna. Libcna, Ethtnpta, Ntcaragua, work wirh CL'llll'r prugmm,, ·''~"t with urgant:auon, and umtnhuunn' hy u.::-.. ::-oudan. and l)(her counrnes. 'Pl'Ct.ll l'\ l'llt,, .md c,mduct a ltmtted Ctll:ens anJ Lompante' are tax-deducuble. numher of pnvate tnur,. For volunteer Fnr mfnrmaunn cotKernmg d1 m;tlton:., Hm\ do pcopll' bt'come in\'nh.·t'd in the rnfornlolttnn, 1..tll (404) 420-5105.1() contact the Office n( Devd1lpmcnt at Cl•ntt'r\ \\'llrk? bun mmc ilhout mtern,htp,, ~.:all (404)420-'5119. M, 1re 1 han I 00 UJ1dcrgraJu,lte <'tnd (404)420 '51 ':i I ~raJuate ,ruJenb \\'llrk wtth Center Hu\\ lai",.!C i, th~· Cent~.·r', 'taff? prngr.mh f1,r IC. tdemH.: credtt or pr F,,r t\ ul.thtlll) .l!ld prt<.:tnc, ~..~ll th~.· E\ent' Otft~ ~· 11 ( 4\.~4 )420-5112 . TI1c ~lus~·tnn of tlw tdt Ho\\ can po..·opk· learn more ahout the Center\ \\\)rk? Fnr mqume' .tnd ,1 lt!>t pf puh!Jcatton~. c.t!lthd.)ffi~:c uf Puhltc lnf1,rm:Hion at (404) 420-S I 17. lnf"nn,mnn al~1 1' The Caner Cencer adjoins The )imm"! Ccrrtt.>r Uhrary and Mw;eum, which is operated by the ,1\' SIGHTLESS AMONG MIRACLES: THE FIGHT To RID THE WoRLD OF RIVER BLINDNESS " Nearness to large rivers eats the eye." - West African proverb nan l~olated v1llage m Afnca, two spans arc reduced an average of 10 years. and Prcven uon. figure~ ~lowly move in t::mdem across The social life of villages 1s disrupted when Before the advent of Mectizan , I the landscape. F1rst comes a young adults cannnr work, chddren are forced to larvic1de~ and other drugs were used, but hoy, and close behind him walks a man, care for their disabled elders, and adoles they had m:1jor drawbacks, including high tethered ro the child by a Mick. The boy cents, fearing they may become blmd cost and ~cnous side effects. Mectizan"' , sttll has good sight; his elder is blind. them!>clves, leave home. Most river however, is safe and can be used to treat The stick b the man's lifeline. Without blindness occurs among people living on people already afflicted by kdling the it and the boy, the man cannot make his ferti le land near rivers and streams, where parasite:- m their bodies and to prevent way through a world he cannot sec. hlackfl1es breed. In many instances, the fl y occurrence of d1sensc in others. Only one The eyesight of this man and thou infc~tation forces fa rmers to abandon their yearly dose of Mccn::m" is required for sands of other people has been lost to a land cnmely. prevenuon and treatment, and it is taken devastating disease that occur m part~ orally. of the undeveloped world. It b spread A New Partnership Ivcrmecnn was ongmally diSCO\'Cred by when parastres enter the human body The Carter Center has been involved Merck & Co. Inc. as part of ItS veterinary through the b1te of blackfl1es that breed ~mce 1988 in a worldwide effort to conrrol research program. A subsequent research m the water:. of sw 1frly movmg ~trcams nver blmdness through ir parmership program demonsrratl.'d the potential of the and nvers. In AfnLa (where 99 percent with the Atlanta-based Task Force for human formulanon known as Mecn::an . of all ca es are found), L1tin Amenca, Chdd urv1val and Development. In Apnl It~ effiLacy ,md safety m humam was and pam of the M 1ddle East, some 120 1996, the Center stepped up tts p:micipa confirmed m tnals that began m 19 l. In million people arc at nsk of contracting tlon by absorbing the R1vcr Blmdness 1987, Merck nffiLwls, knowing that river blindness (onchocerciasis). Foundation (RBF) to create the G lobal penplc who needed Mccu:an" would not Victims of this disease are afflicted 2000 River Blindne~s Program (GRBP). be able to afford it, announced they would with incessant ami debi li tating itching, Modeled on the Center's successful fight dnno11e the drug fnr a~ long as needed to skin rashe~. eyesight damage, and often to eradicate Guinea worm disease, which treat and prevent river blindness. blindness. People suffe ring from the has now been red uced by 97 percent, ln 1988, the Task Force and Merck itching find it difficu lt to work, and GRBP will expand free distribution of the created the Mecrizan Expert Committee those with unsightly skin blemishes arc drug Mcctizan"'' (ivermectin MSD)-the to oversee ami ensure rhe appropriate sometimes ostracized from their commu most powerful wcaron against river distribuuon of Mcctizan" by all river nities. According m the World l lealth blmdncss. GRBP also will provide blindness programs worldwide. The Organization, 18 mtl l1on people arc educational training and help local committee is compo~cd of internationally infected. Of those, more than 750,000 residents establish sustamablc, commu rccogn1:ed nvcr blindness and public suffer from senous sight impairment, and nity-ba:.ed treatment programs. T hese health cxpem and ~ ~chaired by William 270,000 arc blind. In some communities, efforts arc led by Donald Hopkins, M.D., Foege, M.D., Carter Center senior health 15 percent of the population may be associate executive d1rector-control and pol1cy fdlnw and Ti1sk Force executive blmd and up to 40 percent of aduln, erad1cat1on of d1sease programs for The director. visually impa1rcd. Caner Center, and Deputy Director Frank In 1995, The Caner Cemer joined For victims unable to perform rhc Richards, M.D., an epidemiologist on loan force~ w1th The World Bank and other manual labor that most JObs entail , life from the Centers for Disea~e Control tntcrnattnnal partners in a 12-year, $124 T HE Y EAR IN R EVIE\V lit ~1on.> than J5l) gtiC)t~ helt>llLcess 111 other dtsc s a rc~uh 111" rhc tmenstve hccaLL-.e they coulJ nor work," said Dr. 130,000 in 1995. The rt'<..iuctton IS especially camp:Hh'T'lllndcrtaken hy whm Hopktns. "Another m 1c.l y showL.J thm school noteworthy since most endemic countries A Donald llopkin~. M.D .. calls "a absenteeism sometimes exceeded 60 percent, Jid not ocgin eradication programs until h'l':md coalition," the cmdicanon ofGumca either bcca~ ch1ldren contracted the 1990 or later. wom1 Ji..-.cm.e (dracunculiasiS) lli in sight. dt.-.e 11What most of society does not understand is that everyone with a brain is as susceptible to mental illness as everyone with lungs is to pneumonia .11 -Author Kathy Cronkite '' T h~ dl.tl.!nn~•' 11t depn'"ILln FurLL nn Mmt.tllle.tlth Po!tq, Lh;med 111L' pr,,gram ,tl,ll r''Lt:ntl) tnltl,lted \\".h ,1 J,!n:.H rd1d h1r me. It hy 1\!r, C,trtcr, has \\' o,,uJ "ThL'rL' IS 11<1 rl'ih< II) for ,tn\' Author Kathy Cronkite and actor Rod Steiger talk candidly about their battles-and victo ries-with clinical det)Tession in the video "Coping With the Stigma of MemallUness." THE MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY OF ROSALYNN CARTER or 20 years Rosa lynn Carter has been a driving force in Atlanta area," she said. "I fou nd that no one was speaking out for Fefforts to remove the stigma that accompanies mental those suffering from mental illness. Families were keeping illness. Writing about her early efforts in her autobiography, mentally ill people hidden. That's how my education began." First Lady From Plains, she said: "I wanted to take mental illness During the Carter administration, Mrs. Carter continued her and emotional disorders out of the closet, to work as honorary chair of the Presidenrial let people know it is all right to admit having Commission on Mental Health from 1977- a problem .... If only we could consider 78. She has received numerous honors, mental illnesses as straightforwardly as we do including the Volunteer of the Decade physical illnesses, those affected could seek Award from the National Mental Health help and be treated in an open and effective Association, the Dorothea Dix Award from way." the Menrallllness Foundation, and the Mrs. Carter's activism began whi le her Outstanding National Leadership Public husband was governor of Georgia from 1971- Service Award from the American Mental 75. During his campaign for that office, she Health Fund. In the fall of 1996 she joined said, "So many people would ask me what other dignitaries from more than 20 countries Jimmy would do for an emotionally disturbed to sign a resolution to improve mental health child, a mentally ill friend or sibling, or and well-being in the Americas. someone else in the family." She raised the b "Everything has changed since I began question with her husband, who as governor ~ working in the mental health field," Mrs. appointed a commission to improve services :r: Carter said. "We know much more about the to the mentally and emotionally handi brain and what causes mental illnesses. We capped and made Mrs. Carter one of the Rosalynn Carter, who chairs The have new medications that help people who commissioners. Carter Center's Menwll:-lealth Task couldn't be helped before. Those who suffer Force, has been a leading advocate on from mental illnesses can lead normal and "I toured facilities in the country and the behalf of people with mental illnesses state to see what the needs were and for more than 20 years. productive lives. We want to share that good volunteered at a regional hospital in the news." - T HE Y EAR IN R EVIE\X' ]imm'l Career and Pale.~tinian President Ya.1sir Arafcu amwer questions from JOUmalrm outside of Mr. Arafat\ office m Gaza Crty. Although The Cart~.-'T CL>ntt.'1·-NDJ oh.w!nJer team crtcd wrne rrret;tdaririe.,, the'>' fmmd thl.! Pales timan electron\ w 1-1raUy free and farr. The Palestinian Elections: A Vote for Peace and Democracy n J.m. 20, 199(1, Pall''! tn1an :-l~·llll'lllher legtsl.nurl' .md ,m lnterun (II J.ltll h,tf[,lt, 111[0 till' hllXl'' \\'tth ,\ S(ILk . '',lll\L'n .md lllL'll part iL tparmg Sdf-Cim crnment wdl ~l'l'\'l' unt d tlw Tlw l ',trrer l \·ntcr-N ()( dckg<~t 1nn 0 m tlw !tr't gLill'r.tlck•~o;tiOn m l'.dl''t inc Lthcr:llt• 'll Org.m 1:attnn .md \\ ts 1~.·,1 ~'->\ tornwr 1\•lt,h l'tt111e ~1ml,rcr thetr ht,lllf\ Lh " One young woman, waiting with three ch ildren, explained that she was there ' because we're building a Emory University President homeland, and I want to participate.' Asked how she Observes thought her vote would help , she said, ' It's only one vote, Pa lesti n ian but it can mean the d ifference between a winner a nd a Elections loser.'" .!!tam C hace, president of W Emory University in Adanra, freely admits that he 1s no -The New Yotk T1mes, jan. 21, 1996 expert on election momtoring or emergang democ racies. Invited by Jimmy Carter to reg1stranon, the pohucal environment, election monitors were discouragmg obsern! the Jan. voter education, med1a coverage, the voter parric1panon 111 East Jerusalem. In 20 elecuons an campaign, and the roll! secunty force~ the West Bank and Gaza, Palestinians Palestine, he mnde would play on clecnon Jay. Delegate~ were vormg at a very high rate. the tnp "to try and were present on elecuon Jay and President Cnrter conveyed these understand more thereafter, as ba ll ot~ were counted and concerns to the Ismeli government. By completely the tabulated and as the results were an earl y afternoon, when he returned to rhe activities of The Wlillwm Cltacc nounced. East Jerusalem polling stations, the Carter Center, to ln spire of C The Carter Center brings people and resources together to promote peace and human rights, re olve conflicts, foster democracy and development, and fight poverty, hunger, and disease throughout the world. The nonpartisan Center, which is affiliated with Emory University, builds partnerships to address complex and interrelated problems. By drawing on the experience and participation of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and other world leaders, by fostering collaboration and avoiding duplication of existing efforts, and by combining effective action plans with research and analysis, the Center can achieve goals beyond the reach of single individuals or organizations. The Center is guided by the principle that people, with the necessary skills, knowledge, and acce to resources, can improve their own lives and the lives of others. Ball) Howar I DEMOCRATIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT Former Tanzania President]ulit~ Nyerere (from left) joins then-Bunmdi President Sylvestre Ntibantunganya, Uganda President Yvweri Musev(.>ni, farmer U.S. Prcsrdent]immy Caner, Tunisia Presulent Zine Lele Abcdine Ben Ali, then Zaire President Mobutu Sese Seko, Rwanda President Pasteur Bizimungu, fcmner U.S. Ftrst Uuly Rosalynn Caner, and fcmner Mali President Amadou Tcmmani Tcmre at the March 1996 heads-of-suue summit in Tunis. The Carter Center organized the summit w address the conflict m che Great Lakes region of Africa. bout 30 major armed conflicts now are conflicts by facilitating communication among taking place around the world, and the parties and provtding a neutral, unofficwl forum for A numbers have held steady for a decade. negotiatioru.. The Conflict Resolution Progrnm br ing~ together The INN works on both a public and private skdled peacemakers ro try to ease the suffering level, bringing visibility to some conflicts while caused hy war. Through it 25-mcmber lnternattonal working quietly to resolve others. In the paM few Negotiation Network (INN), the program monitors years, public efforts hC~ve involved intervention by confli cts weekly and, upon re4uest, offer~ advice and President Caner and INN member~ in Korea, Haiti, asststance to resolve d t ~pu t cs. Chaired hy J1m my Bosnw, Sudan, and the Great Lakes region of Carter, the INN includes world leade r~ anJ conflict Africa. For example, in October 1995, the presi resolution exper~ who help prevent and end dent~ of Zaire, Tanzanta, Rwandn, Burundi, and - DE:-..tnCRATIZ:\TION AND DEVELOPMENT Uganda ask~:d Thl· ( :arter C~..'ntl..'r ro help them momtor conflt cts m Algeria, Burmt, lleorgi,t, explor~: steps to mere 1sc stahdtty m the Great Lakes. lndt.l, lralJ, Ntgcn.t, '-;erhta, .md the West Bank/ On~.' mnnrh l.ner, President Carter unJ INN memhcr G.t: THE INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATION NETWORK he lntcmatamal Negutinrtnn Nt!twork Barnett Rubin, Dtrl'Ctnr, Center tor Prcventt\'C Tmdudl•s wnrlJ leaders .mJ experrs from Action, Counulnn Foreign Rel.uams organi:attotb, unl\·ersttu~s. and t(lund hen G uyana's firs t democraticall y academia, and international donor agcncie:.. elected government in 28 years took ln June 1996, the GDI Advisory G roup W power in 1992, It faced daunting comprised of offic1al~ from major development challenges, incluJmg a high rate of JllWerth a a~~i:.tance agenc i e~ such a~ The World Bank and burdensome fore1gn debt, and a :.everely weakened the U.S. Agency fo r International Development, social and phys1cnl infrastructure. In rc:.ponse, NGOs, and other development practitioners G uyan a's government began drafting a plan for reviewed the work in progress in G uyana. The sustainable growth with assistance from the Global president and finance minister presented the effort, Development Initiative (GO!). with the leader of the major opposition party Known a:. the National Development Strategy, offering his in igh ts. A:. a result of the meeting, the document examines development options in GDI was encouraged to support efforts to more than 30 areas and propo~es policies within a implement the strategy and to work with donors to framework of environmental and fiscal sustain apply the prin c ipl e~ of the Guyana model in orher ability. Policies included in the strategy arc not countries. Guyana released the National ba~ed exclusively on the deltberatiom of a few Development trmegy for public comment in high-level government ministers. They reflect 1997. The full Jraft ts available at the Guyanese input from the private ector, nongovernmental government's Site on the World W1de Web: organi::ations (NGO,), the labor movement, http://www.guyana.org. CoLLABORATIVE PROJECT HELPS SET Poucy FoR lAND UsE IN GuYANA he interior of G uya na hold:. vast mmeral Directed by a National Steering Committee Tand forest reSl)urces and is home to the (NSC) of various ~ takc h o i Jer group , the project country's Amerindian population. Recent sought input from interior communities to expansion of mineral and umber extraction in develop a natural resource management plan. this region ha:. raised concerns over N C member~ drafted a document that served as environmental and ocial consequences. the basis for l8 consultation held throughout Balancing this complex set of eclmom1c, the country's intenor. In May 1996, a nanonal social, and environmental considcmtions was consultation was held 111 Georgetown, Guyana, the focus of GDI's Project for Collaboration before the document was finalizeJ and adopted and Consultation on Land U:.c in Guyana. by the government. - ~ D~P.Il )CRATIZATION A]';D DEVELOP~1ENT llr mnre than 20 )car.>, Jimmy ;mJ Rtl:i THE INTERNATIONAL HuMAN RIGHTS CouNCIL he lnternannnal lluman Rtght~ Cnunul ll'orb Elaine )one!>, D1rccrm-Councd, NAACP Legal Tto tnLI'l.' \Valter Echo-hawk, ~l:llll'r A nome), n the last decade, Latin America halt been preparnnons for the October 1996 presidential transformed from a region dominated by elecrton, observe the voting, and mediate post I military dictarorship~ to one led by Jemocrnn election disputt:s. Although the electton was held on cally elected leaders. The Lltin Amencan and Oct. 20, Amoldo Aleman wasn't declared the victor Caribbean Program (LACP) has playeJ an active until late November, markmg the end of one of the role by promoting democracy, conflict resolution, most complex elections ever monitored and medi and economic cooperation throughout the region. ated by the Council. O.mtributing to the:.e efforu. is The Carter ln 1995, the LACP and ir.-. Council mitiated a Center's Council of Freely Elected Heads of Govern project to better understand economic and political ment, a group of current and former heads of state change in CLtba through talks with leaders of the from the Western llemisphere. The Counctl Cuban and U.S. govern m ent ~ and the Cuban mont tor::. and mediates elecunm, worb on post American exile communtty to rry to prnmote election democratic consoltdauon, and h e l p~ infant dialogue with the Cuban government. Discussion il, democracies deal wtth problem::. such as unresolved continuing privately on both s tdc~. debt and property dtsputes. In June 1996, members of the Counctl and the From West to East National Democratic Institute were pre!!Cnt in the Drawing on ht~ years of experience wtth Domimcan Republic when voters chose Leone( election:. m the West, LACP Otrector Robert Pastor Fern.,1ndez as their new prestdent in a run-off vistted China, Hong Kong, and Tatwan in July 1996 election. The nation crossed a crucial threshold of tO dt cuss The Carter Center\ cxpenenccs m democratic consolidation when the losing candidate monitoring elections. As a result of his discussions in the extremely close race accepted the results with the Ministry of Civil Affairs tn China, The within 18 hours of the close of vonng. Carter Center was invited ro ohserve village elec LAC P staff and Council members journeyed tions in 1997 and to advise the ministry on ways to five times to Nicaragua in 1995-96 to monitor improve the electoral process. THE CouNCIL OF FREELY ELECTED HEADS OF GovERNMENT he Council of Freely Elected Heads of Oscar A rias Sanchez, Former Prestdent of Costa TGovernment promotes democracy, conflict Rica resolution, and economic cooperation throughout Jean,Bertran d Aristide, Former President of Haiti the Western Hemisphere. Members mclude: Patricio Aylwin Az6car, Former PresiJem of Chile Jimmy Carter, Council C hair, Former President of Fernando Belaunde Terry, Fom1er Pres ident of Pent the United rates Belisario Betancur, Former President of Colombia George Price, Vice-Chair, Fonner Pnme Minister Rodrigo Carazo, Fonner Pres idem of U)~ta Rica of Belize Vinicio Cerezo, Former Prestde nt of Guatemala Emesto Perez Balladares, President of Pnnama Joseph Clark, Former Prime Minister of Canada Rafael Caldera, President of Venezuela John Compton, Former Prime Minister of r. Lucia Fernando Hen riq ue Cardoso, Pres1dent of Bra:tl Gerald Ford, Formt:r Prestdent of the United States Leonel Fernandez, Prestdent of the Dominican Osvaldo H urtado, Fom1er Pre~idem of Ecuador Republic Luis Alberto Lacalle, Former Pre:.ident of Uruguay Carlos Saw Menem, President of Argentina Alfonso LOpe:! Michelsen, Former Prestdent of P.J. Patterson, Prune Mm1ster of Jammca Colombia Gonzalo Sanches de Lozada, President of Bolivm Carlos Andres Perez, Former Prestdent of Venezuela Julio Maria Sanguinetti, President of Uruguay Erskin e Sandiford, Fom1er Prime Minister of Raul Alfonsin, Fonner Prcstdent of Argentina Barbm:los Nicholas Ardit0'8 arlett3, Former Prestdcnt of Edward Seaga, Fnm1er Prime Mmister of Jamaica Panama Pierre Trudeau, Former Pmnc Minister of Canada GLOBAL HEALTH n 1905, pt.'\lplc 111 the devdnpcJ world rouundy -.clf-susraanang upon complenon. Farmers whn ~aw 1rn age~ nf men, women, .mJ chaldrt:n ~tar.·ing paruc1parc plant half of rhctr two-acre plob u~mg I in Eth1op1a. Tixl.ty, thanb lllthc efforts of the rrad1ttonal merhnds and the other half usmg SG 2000 Gl11hal 20CI() Agru.:ulture Program, Eth1opia\ rccord rechniques. Local agnculrurnl extens1on GHANA's QPM CRoP PRoVIDEs IMPROVED NUTRITION FOR CHILDREN n 19H9, J 1111m y Carter; Norman Borlaug, Nohcl complete a~ mdk, and, unl1ke regular corn, Il.turcarc nnd sen1nr agnculture advisor for cnnmans all thl· e::.~emial amino acids fnr G lobal 2000; .md W dlaam Foege, M.D., rhen proper protean nutnrion. L'xe~.:utivc d1reunr nt The Ctrrcr Center; flt:w to President R.twlmgs agreed to The Caner Ch.ma ro speak With Pres1dent Jerry R.twlangs. CcntlT\ pnlpos,tl, and hy the t:nd of 1991, Thl'lr mission: tll ,tsk Pre~ l dL·nt Rawlmgs w allnw QPM pmduLrton had grown from a mer~..· tL'st ;:-\(I 2000 Ill ll'l.' h1' LllUJHr} ,1, ,1 te~r stre f.,r .1 sit~: to onc·th1rd of Ghan.t\ mJ1:e crop. nt:\\ 'tr.un ut u1rn ..... lied Qu.tl1ry Protem ~l.u:e In Junc 1996, The Cmer Center, .H the (QPM). 111\'ltat 11111 11f 1 he People\ RepuhliL nt 1:-.:nrc.l, Th1~ gen~..·tll.: .dly nnpnwcd variety of corn I' "'nt ,1 team of .tgnculrural experts to North ,.,pn.1.1lh: 1mpnn.mt 111 rlw he.alth and ph)'l<..dl K, ,r,·.l. Led h) Dr. Borlau~. t hl· Jcleg 1t 1011 ,leH'IDpment Df p1111r ... haldr~..·n .mJ 1~, ,n,• ut thl• h.m·d mtnrm.n1on .thllUt ncw rcchnnlogtl'' 111 mo't l'rom1~1ng Ill'\\ Lereal flllld~ in AtrtL,I ,tgnudturl'. Arrangements n11\\ .1re und~..·r way lmpn\ l'rtshl'd hahi,·s usually ;lrl' weaned nn .1 to pnl\ ide ;tn t:XLh.mge nf ~LIL'ntlsts hetwecn n·re;tl gr.1in QPM is .1 lmnsr .1s nutnttnnally N,,nh Korea .tnd the QPM prngram II) (lhan;t. GLOBAL HEALTH n affected African countnes, v1llagc-based contamment. As each ca e 1~ d1~covered, health health-care workers fo llow up on 111div1dual workers clean, dres~. and bandage the wound I reported cases of G u mea worm (dracunculiasis). where the G uinea worm is emerging and instruct They arc part of a worldwide coalnion led by The the vi ll ager to stay our of ponds and other water Carter Center's Global 2000 Program to eradicate source~ to prevent contaminanon. Abate, a the disease from Afnca and pam of Asia. nontox1c larvic1de donated by American Home By late !996, Global 2000 and its partners had Products (formerly American Cyanamid), is used to eradicated Guinea worm in Pakisrnn anti reduced kill any parasite:; that are already in the water the annual incidence in all endemic countries by 97 source. Health workers a l~o ensure that each percent. Approximately 70 percent of all remaining vi llager knows how to strain drinking water with a cases in the world nnw are found in Sudan, where an special cloth, don::ned by the DuPont Company ongoing civil war impedes efforts to prevent the and Precision Fabrics Group Inc., that filters our disease. Guinea worm larvae. People become 111fcctcd by dnnkmg water "Every fam tl y has such a filter now, and I have containmg Guinea worm larvae. These larvae ltve in shown everyone ... how to usc ll," one worker says their human hosts for a year, growmg 1nto threadl1ke proudly. ''Nobody here drinks unfiltered water worms up to 3 feet long and then emcrgmg slowly anymore." through pa111ful blisters on the sk111. With this commitment, eraJ1cation of Guinea As dracunculiasis moves closer to eradication, worm soon wtll he a realit} (see page 8 ro learn efforts in countries outside Sudan now focus on case more about Guinea worm eradication). n 1996, The Carrer Center and the Ri ve r the Mcctizantl<) Expert Committee of the Blindness Foundation (RBF) joined force in Mectizan k Donation Program. The committee is I the effort to fight n ver blmdnes~ d1sease ba ed at The Ta:.k E)rCe for Chtld Survival and (onchocerciasis). TI1e Global 2000 River Blindness Development, an Atlanta-ba~ed partner of The Program (GRBP) was lnunched in April when The Caner Center. Carter Cenrer assumed RBF, a nonprofit organl:a In Africa, GRBP mamtams field offices tn uon based 111 Houston, Texas. Cameroon, Nigena, Sudan, and Uganda. In Latm The program's mbMon 1 to bnng about the America, GRBP worb from a reg1onal office 111 global control of river hi indness, a parasitic infection Guatemala, which serves the mnional programs of endemic to Africa and Larin America. People get Bra:tl, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, the disease when they are bttten by 1->lackfltes that and Venezuela. breed m fast-flowing nvers and stream:.. They ~uffcr The Carter Center also has a permanent :.eat from incessant itching, eyesight damage, and often on the technical comultative committee of the total blindn.ess. Taking one oral dose of the drug African Programme fo r Onchocerciasis Control Mecti:an" each year prevents the d1scase. (APOC). Led by The World Bank, APOC IS a Working with ministries of health and mher partner hip of governments, NGOs, and interna nongovernmental organizmiom (NGOs), GRBP tional agencies that wi ll ra1se $124 million over assists health workers and local rc~ idents in estab 12 years to establbh river blindness programs in lishing sustainable community-ba ed Mecti:an 16 African countrie~. The World Health Organi d1stnbutinn program!.. GRBP rcce1ves Mcct1:an :attnn ~~ the execuung agency for APOC (see tablets from the pharmaceutical firm Merck & Co. page~ 6-7 to learn more about nver h lim.lncs~). Inc. after applying to and receiving approval from e,lu.;.d resean.:h shows rh.u a l.~rgc numh~.:·r ,,( prcm.uure death~-rhose M bdnr~.:· .tgc nS-.tre prcvcnrahlc. The Inrt·rhuth I k.d1h Pmgram ( IHP) attempb to mPbd1:l· thl· l '50 nullllll1 mt:mber~ of U.S. fauh grnups Ill prnnHlll' wcllnl·s~ and prevent dtse;lSl' rhrough wll:lhor:Hion with publtc healrh dforrs m ullllllllll1llll's. H\ lmkmg 1he rcsoun.:es of f.tnh gr011ps \1 11h 111h,•r h \ pann~rs, umgregatinns .m· ahk· 111 r~.:·ad1 ou1 1,, rL'sldl·nt '· l''Pl'l'l,tll \' those .H rbk , 1! lllJllf\ \If dlse,lst' hl'l,IIISl' of fetClllfS such ,ls eu lnOtlliCS 1H lj.!l'. In fl'nnt \l',lrs, IHP hosted consultations 111 20 l ....., Utll's tO sh.lfl' the 1111lSt dfeCti\'C an,J prllllllsing appr.,aches. As a r..•sult, 1111lre .md mnre la1rh \.!filliP' are st,lrr mg programs til comhar t rangc 1lf he.dth )imm'' Carter was unhand to congratulate Yuungmi Kim prohlcms ,lsS n l99L~ ,d,Hw, n~.· . lll)' 4, 500 duiJren under .1ge ullllllllll1ll\ leader,, per'''n' Jtrectl\ .lfku~·..l h) su~.:h Jl) d1l·d frnm gunshllt wounds in the Unned tr.tt.:edlcs, .md member' of puhlic hl-.tlt h .mJ polk\.' I ~t.lll's. "f., .a,ldrL'" thts rral!IC rrcn~l. rht N111 ,kpartments, ,chools, .1 nJ s.>ct.tl \Cr\'Kl' .lg\.'nues tn E\'l'n l )nL (NEl )) progr,tm l..tll~ nn (.urh u1n nnmi hagh·rtsk ,1re.1,. Mcmhcrs .1re tra1m·J 111 gather .md Ut''• ,dh1<1ls, t lllllltl.'s, l1>C,d govcn1menrs, .md ~h.1n• mform.ltton 1111 P'"'lhle L.tusc' ol ltrearm ('uhlll. lw.alrh md '"' 1.tl agent:ll.'' rn en~! ftrl.'.trm \'IOil'IKl' th.tt coul,llc.td t<~ prl.'\ ellttl n str.ttL'gtc,. \ ' II lienee .1gam~1 'hddr~.:•n. The prof,!ram unite' The} learn the s,tmc mcthuds that puhl11.. ht·.tlrh thest• gn,up~ \11th lhl' phtl'"''PhY rh.tt "n,,t l'\'l'll 1 n>fl' ton.ds use tn ulllt,1111 and pre\l'llt dtse,hl'. otw" .. k.nh •11 .1 ~ h1l.l hv ftrl.'.mns '' a.::cl'pt.thle or In 1906, CATs W\.'re cst.thllsh,·d .tt dt'111 - GLOBAL HEALTH . an managed health care serve the public meetmgs, and develops inttiattves to reduce interest in the delivery of quality mental stigma and discnmmation agaimt people with C health servtce~? More than 200 leaders these (hseases. from 60 major mental health organizations, In 1995, the Mental Health Program government agencies, and managed care groups established the Georgia Mental Health Forum, tackled that question during the 11 th Annual a one-day program that complements the Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health national symposium by addressing i ssue~ of Policy. concern to the state's mental health commu By the time the November 1995 symposium nity. Sponsored by the Mental Health Program, concluded, consumers, fam ily members, providers, the Mental Health Association of Georgia, and payers, managed care executives, and Medicaid and the Georgia Parent Support Network, the mental health officials had made recommendations forum on "Wtthin Community" examined for achieving equttable, quality, affordable managed improvements in mental health service~ and care for those with mental illne es. outcome~ since the passage of !louse Btll 100 in The Mental Health Program addresses such Aprd 1993. The bill created regtonal and public policy bsues through the symposium and the commun•ty l>ervice boards that plan, govern, activities of the Mental Health Task Force, estab and evaluate local mental health services. (See lished by Rosalynn Carter in 199L. The Task Force pages 9-10 to learn more about fighting the identifies major mental health issues, convenes stigma of menral illnesses.) THE MENTAL HEALTH TASK FORCE Rosalynn Carter, Chair, Former First Lady of Commission on Mental Health; Chairman, the United rates Non-Profit Management Assoctmes Inc. Jane Delgado, President and CEO, Nauonal Kathryn Cade, Former Whitt! House Projects Coalition of Hispanic Health and Human Director for First Lady Rosa lynn Carter, Services O rganizations Group Managing Director, Treasury, Bank of Nancy Domenici, Past Member, Board of Boston Directors of the National Allmnce for the Jeffrey H oupt, Dean, School of Medicine, Mentally Ill ; Past Member, National Advisory University of North Carolma at Chapel Hi ll Mental Healrh Council Leon Eisenberg, Pressley Professor of Social National Advisory Council Science and Professor of Psychiatry, Emeritus, Johnnetta Cole, President, Spelman College Harvard Medical School, Department of Robert Ray, Former Governor of Jowa, President Social Medicine and CEO, Blue Cross & Blue hield of Iowa Jack Gordon, President, Hospice Foundatton of Antonia Novello, Former Surgeon General of America the United States; Special Representative to Leslie Scallet, Vice President, The Lewin Group UNICEF Franklin Skinner, Retired Chairman and CEO, Donald Richardson, Co-Founder, Vice Presi BellSouth Telecommunications Inc. dent, National Alliance for Research on Richard Surles, Executive Vice President, Merit Schizophrenia and Depression Behavioral Care Corporation Jennifer Jones Simon, President anJ Chairman of the Board, The Norton Simon Mu, eum Ex-Officio Members William Woodside, Chairman, Sky Chefs Inc. Thomas Bryant, Former Chatrman, Prestdent's Joanne Woodward, Actress, DtrecLOr - URBAN R EVITALIZATION he Atbnt.l Projt:Lt (TAP) wru; bunched an Begun 111 January 1997, Pha~e II \\Ill implement 1992 w hd p people an mner-c1ty commu programs to: T nmc~ gam .teet:~~ to the.: rc~nurce~ they • mcrease the n umber of htgh ~clwo l graduates neeJ to unrro\'e thetr lr\'e:.. through after-school programs m m1ddle schoob. Smu.~ then, TAP ha~ forgcJ pa rr ner~hip~ among • recruit husinessc!'. to generate ne.,., jllbs so that n.. ·~tdenr~. -.c.- t~l' pnwrd~rs, other nonproftts, anJ wdfare TCLtprt:nts can leave puhiK ,ls~isra n cl'. unr vers r t t c~ to Jcvclop new models for communtty • enroll more low-mcomc s tu d ent~ in r rc-ktndcrgar mvolvcmcnr rn prnhlcm ~o l \ mg. Resident~ haw tcn dassc wnrkcJ wrth the~~· p.1rtn~·r, h\ initt,lte more than • anc.:rea~c the numher of famrly health c lmu.:s. 400 projel b. Fom cluster :.rca offrccs, each nf whrLh .... ,li .,L·n·L' TAP ~.:o rnplctl'J tt~ itrst pha~c of operdtil1n 111 se,·c.:ral nerghhorhooJs, wdl support c.:ornmunrt} 1996 and .mnnunn·d pl.ms t~\r ,1 ~ccond phase that tnlttatlves hy helprng restdents est,1hlr~h new Lolbho· wtll focu' spccrfk.tllv on chddrcn and famtl1es. rat I\ c programs. TAP PROVIDES LEGACIES FOR ATLANTA AND GEORGIA RESIDENTS A P\ ftrs t frvc years l;llll the foundatton for a safety mformatrn n he America Project shares the lessons urban community-building. learned in Phase I ofThe Atlanta Project • A new film, "Rebuilding America's T (TAP) with cities and towns across the Communities," highlights revitalization efforts in country. It abo identifies and highlights other Atlanta, Baltimore, New York's South Bronx, anc.l innovative initiatives, acting as a cataly~t for Oakland, Calif. The film has been distributed to urban community-building. dozens of groups and individuals to demonstrate Delegations from around the country and the rhe potential of community-building efforts. world continue to express inrerest in TAP and • Working with T he Public Relations other urban strategies. In 1996, The America Soc1ety of America (PRSA), The America Project hosted more than 75 groups from the Project has developed a training workshop for United States, Europe, anc.J Latin America. Other public relations professionals around the country. accompl i~hments include: "Effective Urban Communications" incluc.les a • "Initiating Community-Building Strate video and print materials for use by PRSA's 100 gies" marked the fir~t of three conferences in the chapters nationwide to help public relations "Seeking Solution" series. T he goal is to share professionals better promote community-based ideas fo r strategies and policies that promote programs that address urban problems. The America Project shares the lessons learned in Phase l of TAP with cities and towns across the country. TAP will focus specifically on children and families in Phase I I. - T HE CARTER CENTER DoNORS TO THE Wolter H. and PhyllisJ Mr and Mrs. Russell Sorner The New York Community Trust Shorenstein Foundation Vikki Schick The N1ppon Foundation CARTER CENTER Deen Day Sm1th Ruth Singleterry Government of Norway Mr. and Mrs Theodore Stanley Dorcas Smith The Pew Charitable Trusts The Corter Center appreciates its The Storr Foundation Leana Blanche Snyder Prec1s1on Fabrics Group many donors. Althout we are Swedish International Develop- Mr and Mrs. Joseph Subers The Prudential Bonk and Trust able to list only gifts t at totaled ment Authority Lew Wasserman Company $1 ,000 or more during the fiscal U S. Agency for International Thomas Watson . Publix Super Markets Charities year, we are grateful for each gift, Development Nathaniel Welch River Blindness Foundation in whatever amount, that supports Government of The United Arab The Rockefeller Foundation the work of the Center. Every effort Emirates Donors during 1995-96 The Wayne Rollins Foundat1on has been mode for accuracy We 0 . apologize for any errors or The UPS Foundation Scottish R1te Children's Center omissions and ask that they be Joseph B Whitehead Foundation Shell Oil Company Foundation brought to our attention. Robert W Woodruff Foundation Wolter H. and Phyllis J. YKK Companies Anonymous Shorenstem Foundation Donors with cumulative AFLAC Japan Deen Day Smith lifetime giving of $1 million Donors who have provided Amencon Home Products SsangYong Business Group or more support in their estate and Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Stanley financial planning AT&T Foundation The Starr Foundation AFLAC Japan BeiiSouth Corporation Sun Trust Banks American Home Products Anonymous Arthur Blank Turner Broadcashng System Corporation M r and Mrs. Holyoke Adams Carnegie Corporation of U.S. Agency for International BeiiSouth Corporation Mr and Mrs. D.C. Anderson New York Development Arthur Blank Martha Beach Jimmy and Rosalynn Corter The UPS Foundation Carnegie Corporation of New Amy Boscov The Annie E. Casey Foundation United Parcel Service of America York Jessolyne Charles Coco.Colo Enterprises Joseph B. Whitehead Foundation The Annie E Casey Foundation William Crowley Cox Interests The World Bank The Coco.Cola Company Helen Curry Michael DeGroote Cox Interests Dr and Mrs. Paul Cutler The Delta Air Lines Foundat1on $990 Dominique de Menil James Dolton Government of Denmark M1chael DeGroote Mtchoel Edmonds E. I. duPont de Nemours & Anheuser·Busch Companies The Delta A1r Lines Foundation Kurt Fmdeisen Company Archer-Daniels-Midland Founda- E I du Pont de Nemours & Mr and Mrs Forrest George Equifax lion Company Leonore Goodenow Georgia Power Company City of Atlanta The Ford Foundation David Harris The William and Flora Hewlett Arthur Andersen LLP Mr. and Mrs Christopher Lean Hermeling Foundation A~anta Gas Light Company Hem meter Lee and Harold Kopelovitz Conrad N . Hilton Foundation Mr. and Mrs Nathaniel Back The William and Flora Hewlett Charlotte K1melman Estate of Mathilda Hoffman BCI Corporation Foundation Henry L. Kimelmon The Home Depot Richard Blum and Dianne IBM Corporation Sylvia S. Kirkman IBM Corporation Femstem Government of Japan Jo Anne Kirkman The Robert Wood Johnson Canadian International The Robert Wood Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Phil1p M Klutznick Foundation Development Agency Foundation Elmer Kreisel Konko Church of lzuo Gary Carlston and Nancy The Thomas M . K1rbo and Irene B. Kathonne Lanctot LG Group Carlston Kirbo Charitable Trust Earl Lash Lions Clubs International Cheil Communications Joan B. Kroc Albert Leyva Foundation The Coca.Colo Company John D and Cathenne T Mary Lord John D and Cothenne T. The Dai-lch• Kongyo Bonk MacArthur Foundahon Altce Mason MacArthur Foundation Delta Air Lines Mr and Mrs. Henry McConnon Katherine Moore Mornott Corporahon Mr and Mrs. Kenneth Felder Mr and Mrs John Moores Muriel Mullenboch The J Willard Marriott Founda- Ford Motor Company The Charles Stewart Molt Lee Nascimento lion Gulfstream Aerospace Corpora- Foundation Lindo Nascimento Mr and Mrs. Henry McConnon han Government of The Netherlands Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Lindsley Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation John H. Harland Company The Nippon Foundation Newman Mr and Mrs John Moores Harry's Farmers Market Government of Norway John and Elizabeth Ogletree The Charles Stewart Molt Inter-American Development Bank Precision Fabrics Group Mine Pennick Foundation INVESCO PLC River Blindness Foundation John and Betty Pope Mutual of America ITOCHU Corporation The Rockefeller Foundation Melba Rice NationsBank South Joan B. Kroc Government of Saudi Arabia Cecil Russell Government of The Netherlands Ltvingston Foundation T HE CARTER CENTER Robert R. McCormick Tribune Georgia Power Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wilson Stella Caffrey Foundation Lillian Goldman WMt. Technologies Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah Callaghan Notional Data Corporation Dr. and Mrs. Fred Gregg Timothy Combios Notional Retail Federation William Harper $ OOJt $4 YY'I The Wolter G . Canipe Foundation Nikken Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hatcher Susan Carr NorteI Jess Hoy Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Ken Carreker Reebok International Mary Helser Billie Achilles Stuart Cashin Jr. Sprint Corporation Dr. and Mrs. Francis Hertzog Terrence Adamson and CF Foundation Sprint Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Philip Hickey Ede Holiday Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Chapman Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Stewart Holder Corporation Norma Albright Edward Chose Swedish International Develop- Hughes Foundation Harriott Anderson Cheyenne Software ment Authority lntertech Corporation Mr. and Mrs. David Angell David Clark Time Worner The Fletcher Jones Foundation Robert Annoni Mr. and Mrs. Wolter Cleaver UNESCO Mr. and Mrs. Wyck Knox Decker Anstrom Coco-Colo USA Operations Wochovio Bonk of Georgia The Kroger Company Arcos Cielos Corporation James Cochran The Wochovio Foundation Anne Lanier Frederick Arend Lynn Coleman Mr. and Mrs. John Wieland Vera List Arnhold Foundation Leomel Comporette Joanne Woodward and Beverly Long Arlontic Recording Corporation Peter Conlon Paul Newman Dorothy Brockway Longo Clarence Avant James Copeland Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Mary Lord Jock Bacon Mr. and Mrs. William Cosby Yarborough Goy and Erskine Love Ellen Boer Mr. and Mrs. Donald Cowan YKK Companies Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Ballentine The Ruth S. Cox Fund The LWH Family Foundation Joe Bamberg Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Crawford $5 00U 10 '!JL4 000 Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Lynch Leo Barber Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cringle Dr. and Mrs. Steven Lynch Frank Barron Michael and Ellen Cronin Anonymous 12) Kathleen Monnozzi William Bartholomay Daniel Cummings AAA Auto Club South Froydun Monocherion Mr. and Mrs. Warren Batts Helen Curry Mr. and Mrs. Holyoke Adams Mr. and Mrs. Randall McCothren Victor Beauchamp Thomas D'Aiessondro and Sen. Hojime Akiyama Mr. and Mrs. Fronk McGowan Chris Behle Ann Higgins-D'Aiessondro Yale Alexander Mr. and Mrs. James McKinney Dr. and Mrs. Seth Bekoe Phillippe Daniel ARCO Foundation B.E. Miles Griffin Bell Data Processing Science Corporation AT&T Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Victor Milewski Robert Berenson Alice Davis A~ontic Richfield Company Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Millington Mr. and Mrs. Don Berg F.T. Davis Bonk South Thomas Moron Mr. and Mrs. Waddell Biggar! Mr. and Mrs. Richard Davis Martha Beach Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Mullen Robert Bigham Steven Denning and Roberto Botwinick-Wolfensohn Foundo- Ed and Sarah Nelson Virginia Blocklidge Bowman lion Elmo Newgen Rodney Blaylock Caroline Devine Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Burns Mr. and Mrs. leon Novak Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bloomberg Dr. and Mrs. Reed Dickinson CAP Charitable Foundation Kay O'Rourke The Bong Soon Christian James Dimon Thalia and Michael C. Carlos John and Betty Pope Foundation Janice Dorizensky Foundation Post Properties Hope Boonshoft Michael Douglas Chevron Corporation Joan Puckett Gloria Borden Ann Downey Dr. and Mrs. Paul Christensen Mr. and Mrs. William Ratliff Mr. and Mrs. James Bareham Gertrude Drew Michael Coles Mr. and Mrs. Matthew A Reese Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bost Joseph Duffey and Anne Wexler The Conboy Foundation HJ. Russell & Company James and Ginger Bowen Mr. and Mrs. John Duffner Mr. and Mrs. Ben Custer Scab Cars USA Boys & Girls Club of Metro Catherine Dukehort Aphrodite Demeur Helen Samson Atlanta Mr. and Mrs. Mark Dundon Leland Doon Andrew Schiff Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bradley Diane Early Anne and Kirk Douglas Mr. and Mrs. Michael Schiess Cabell and Shirley Brand William Elfrink Mr. and Mrs. Lee Durham Scientific-A~onta Rebecca Brinkley Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Elkund Robert Fish The Simmons Family Foundation Nancy Britz Martha Ellis The First Union Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stevenson Mervin Brody Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ellison First Union National Bonk Mr. and Mrs. Milo Street Robert Brooker John and Jane Emrick of Georgia Synovus Financial Corporation Mr. and Mrs. D.W . Brooks Mr. and Mrs. Robert Engelke Fulton County Health Department United Technologies Corporation Spain Brumby Nola Maddox Falcone Charitable Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Gale Paul Volcker Dorris Buerger Foundation Luck Gambrell Mr. and Mrs. Jock Watson Mr. and Mrs. John Buie Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Falconer Gannett Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Michael Welty Scott and Rhonda Burnett Leonard Farber Mr. and Mrs. Forrest George Wheat Ridge Ministries -London Butler Michael Feinstein THE CARTER CENTER Mr. and Mrs. William Ferguson Donald Hubbs Lucile Malone Roberto Rice Vinette Finermon Mr. and Mrs. Karl Hubner Mr. and Mrs. Keith Man Mr and Mrs. Anthony Richards Dr and Mrs. Richard Fmucone John Huffstetler Charles Monett Mrs Nelson Riddle Mrs Michael Fisher Shirley Hufstedler Robert and Ann Marcus L1llie Robbins Mr and Mrs William Fleig Mrs. Gibson Hull Mrs. Rolston Matheny Alice Robertson Mr and Mrs Weldon Flint Wallace Hyde William Mauk Douglas Robinson A L. Florence Bobby R. Inmon Oscar Moyer Korol Rodriguez Dennis Fronk and Carole Carey George Inverse Wallace Mays Victor Roepke Mr and Mrs Samuel Frankel Ellin Irwin Mr and Mrs. Raymond Mazurek Mr and Mrs. Gory Rollins Fredenck Fnck and Faye Frick Jane Jackson Luke McAmis Harold Rosen Virginia Furrow Diane Jacqmin Mark McClure Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Rosenthal Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Gogarin Henry Jarecki Ronald and Judith McCurdy Rose Roth Georgia Crown Distribullng Michael Jesudason Alonzo McDonald John Ruan/John Ruon Foundation Company Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Jewell Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Mclellan Trust Robert Geppert Phyllis Cody Johnson Mr. and Mrs George Menendez Elizabeth Rudisill Thad Gibson Mary Jones Elmer and Ruth Million Mr. and Mrs. Mark Safranek Gift Box Corporation of America Robert Joyce Mitchell Energy & Development Hony Salaam WB. Gillam Milford Juten Corporation Edward and Rose Sanders Terry Lynn Gilmore Linda Komm Dr and Mrs. Masakazu Miyogi Michael Sanders Susan Gale Gleghorn Mr. and Mrs. Harry Katz Sharon Mohler Yoriko Soneyoshi John Godersky and Barbaro Peter Kaufmann Mr and Mrs. Fronk Moore Leonard Sargent Covey Peter Kelly Judith Moore Mr and Mrs. Erie Sauder Morvin Goldstem Kelly's Pipe & Supply Company Mr. and Mrs. John Morgridge Morjone Souers GoodWorks Foundation Donald and Marilyn Keough Alfred Moses Thomas Saunders Colin Gordon Foundation Mr. and Mrs. David Mount Elizabeth Sauter Kevin Gorman Mr. and Mrs. Philip Kind Katharine Mountcastle Paul and Jackie Schaeffer Mr. and Mrs. David Green Charles Kirkland Kenneth Mountcastle Mr and Mrs. Paul Schlenker Vernon Green Corter Kissell Patnc1a Murphy Mr and Mrs. Lonnie Schmidt Harbert Scott Gregory D.W. Kistler NEC Technologies Margaret M. Schrader Mr. and Mrs. Frank Grobman Mr. and Mrs. Howard Knaack D01sy Nelson Robert and Marilyn Schule The Gruber Foundation William Kohler Mr and Mrs Victor Nelson Steven Schwab Marianne Grunbaum Paul Kolodej and Vera Kolodej L. M1chael and Sharon Newman The William B. and Norman Guittar Lmdo Kohs James Nichols Son1o Schwartz Fund Joanne and Peter Haas Jr. Fund Dr and Mrs. Arthur Krov1tz Mr. and Mrs George Nokes Daniel Se1dl Robert Hogge Jane Kennedy and Bruce Krow1sz Mr. and Mrs John Oliaro Timothy Self Dr and Mrs Kenneth Haile Christiano Leonard and John Mrs Gdbert Osgood Thomas Sellers The W.B Haley Foundollon Kuldau Daniel Ostrander Mrs Frank Sheffield Charles Hall Kurz Family Foundation Ruth Paddison Joseph Shepard Herbert Hansell E T La1rd Kate Paley Mr and Mrs H.R. Shepherd Mr and Mrs Harald Hansen Mr. and Mrs. James Langland R.B Pamplin Thelma Sheretz Dr and Mrs John Hardman Dole Larson Toe K. Park Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sherrard R.M Hart Earl Lash Dav1d Pascoe Mr and Mrs. Sudheer Shirali Dr and Mrs George Hoy Gloria Layden Graham Patterson Mrs G A Shoemaker Mr and Mrs Douglas Hazen James and Catherine LeBlanc Deborah Lee and John Peifer Mr. and Mrs. George Shoen The Honorable and Mrs John Michael Lebowitz Godfrey Perrott Mr and Mrs. James Simonton Hechmger Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lehrer Frank Perry Edwm Slough Margaret Hegg Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Leisy Curtis Peterson and Leo Stublarec Cra1g Small John Henry and Rachel Henry Dav1d Le1want Mr. and Mrs John Phillips Patricia Smart Mr and Mrs. James Hicks Eleanor Lewis Piersol Foundation Alic1a Smith Mr and Mrs. Floyd Hill Wilbert LICk Joseph and Nan Powell Mr and Mrs. Chesterfield Smith Harvey Hill Clara link Thomas Power Ed1th Smith Lee and Dorothy Hill Steven Lovinger Gerald Rafshoon Janel Smith Mr and Mrs. John Hiss Jose Lozano Mr. and Mrs. William Raney layton Smith Mr and Mrs. Wayne Hochstetler Mr. and Mrs. John Luongo Demel Re1ber Richard Smith Eleanor Hodges Mr. and Mrs Theodore lutz Stephen Reichert Dav1d Smuckler Carol Hogan Joanne lyman Dr. and Mrs. Charles Reith Margaret Spencer John Holland Anne Mane Macon Mr and Mrs. William Revelle Eleanor Spilman Robert Holmes Bryan MacPherson Mr. and Mrs. Howard Reynolds Mr and Mrs. James Stanard Anne Howell Mr. and Mrs Morvm Maddox Mrs. Marshall Rhew Thomas Stanley T HE CARTER CENTER /i? Ken and Betty Stapp Mr. and Mrs. Lee Zeigler Robert Woodruff Anne Cox Chambers Mr. and Mrs. James Stephens Homer Zimmerman Tadoo Yoshida Chairman Gordon Stewart Erwin Zobon Arlonto Newspapers Fronk Stiebel Founders Robert Stillman The Corter Center and The Jimmy Volunteers Robert Edge Dr. and Mrs. Verner Stillner Corter Library were built in Iorge Approximately 130 volunteers Attorney Susan Storms measure thanks to the early donated 14,000 hours of service Alston & Bird Terrence Straub leadership and financial support in 1995-96. Their energy and Mr. and Mrs. W illiam Stutt of The Corter Center Founders. devotion help the Center achieve Jane Fonda Su llivan Forestry Consultants much more with the resources it Actress, Producer, and Don Tote Agho Hasan Abedi receives from its ~nonciol contribu Entrepreneur Mark Taylor Ivan Allen Ill tors. We thank our volunteers for Lelia L. Teague Trust Dwayne Andreas their support. Claus Halle Texas Eastern Transmission Arthur and Diona Blank International Consultant Company Richard Blum The Carter Center to The Coca-Colo Company John Thatcher Michael Blumenthal Board of Trustees Mr. and Mrs. Michael Thomas Edgar Bronfmon David Hamburg Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Timmons James and Connie Calaway The Corter Center is a separately President Mr. and Mrs. Henry Tinsley Mr. and Mrs. Michael Carlos chartered part of Emory University, Carnegie Corporation of New York Martha Tolman Anne Cox Chambers independently governed by a Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Troyer Warren Christopher 22-member Board of Trustees. Sidney Harman Mr. and Mrs. B.A. Turner Dominique de Menil Chaired by President Corter and Chairman of the Boord and CEO Leanne Ulvong Charles Duncan served by Mrs. Corter as vice Harmon International Industries Jane Von Denend King Fohd of Saudi Arabia choir, the board oversees the Harry Va n Gorp J.B. Fuqua Center's assets and property and Conley Ingram William John Van Sent Foundation Roberto Goizueta promotes its objectives and goals. Senior Portner Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Vapnek Wolter and Elise Haas Members include: Alston & Bird Esteban Vicente Armond Hammer Judith Elaine Wade Sidney Harman and Jane Fronk Jimmy Carter Frank Jones Margaret Wagner Horman Choir Partner Marcia Wolden Gov. and Mrs. Averell Harriman King & Spalding Mr. and Mrs. Friedrich Walther Jess Hoy Rosalynn Carter Mr. and Mrs. Jack Word Christopher and Patricio Vice Choir James Laney J. Wayman Hem meter Former U.S. Ambassador Rogers Weed Philip and Ethel Klutznick Terrence Adamson to South Korea Mr. and Mrs.George Wein Mathilde and Arthur Krim Attorney Mr. and Mrs. James Wells George Livonos Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays John Moores WillyWerby Froydun Monocherion & Handler Investor Mr. and Mrs. Rob Werner William Miller Chairman, Son Diego Padres Jean Werts Guy Millner Arthur Blank The Westport Fund George and Cynthia Mitchell President and COO Kent "O:z" Nelson Melvin Westwood Set Charles Momjion The Home Depot Retired Chairman and CEO Edward Wheeler David Packard United Parcel Service Mrs. John Hoy Whitney George and Thelma Michael Carlos of America Dr. and Mrs. David Wiebe Poroskevoides President and CEO John Wiedeman Allen Poulson Notional Distributing Company Sam Nunn Michael Wilburn Lamar and Frances Plunkett Former U.S. Senator John Willis John and Betty Pope William Chace Louis Wilson James Robinson President Tad Yoshida Richard Wolfe Hosib Sabbagh Emory University President, YKK Corporation Patricio Woodall Ryoichi Sosokowo Chairman, YKK Corporation, Allen Woodward Wolter and Phyllis Shorenstein Johnnetta Cole U.S.A. Adeline Wuslich Deen Day Smith President James Wynne Richard Swann Spelman College Andrew Young Todoo Yamada Ted Turner Co-Chairman Marie Young Robert and Ann Utley GoodWorks International Kevin Yu Edie and Lew Wasserman Mary Yurcek Thomas Watson Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Zobon Milton Wolf - T HE CARTER CENTER Carter Center Senior StaH John Hardman Executive Director Prevent1on and ResoiJIIOil of Confkt Programs Control and Erod,cot10n of D1sease Programs D1rectors and Fellows Duectors and Fellows Gordon Streeb Steven Hochman Donald Hopkins William Foege Acting Assoc1ate Executive Assoc1ate Director of Programs Associate Executive Director Sen1or Health Policy Fellow Director-Prevention and Faculty Assistant Control and Erod1cahon and Resolution of Conflict to Pres1dent Corter of Disease Programs John Gates Programs D1rector D1rector, Global Development Joyce Jones Andrew Agle Mental Health Program Initiative Education Coordinator Director of Operot1ons (Internships) Global2000 Gary Gunderson Frank Alexander Director Fellow Ellen Mickiewicz Norman Borlaug Interfaith Health Program The Atlanta Project/Housmg Fellow and Director Senior Consultant Commission on Radio for Agnculture Wallace Woodard Harry Barnes Jr. and Television Policy Global2000 Director D1rector Not Even One Conflict Resolution and Robert Pastor Human Rights Programs Director and Fellow Latin American Ofke of the Ch o1r Harold Berman and Caribbean Program Fellow Faye Dill Nancy Konigsmark Russian Low and U.S.-Russian Jane Smith Executive Assistant Director of Schedulmg Relations Director to the Choir The Atlanta Pro1ect Melissa Montgomery Elise Eplan Madeline Edwards Executive Assistant Director Kenneth Stein Spec1ol Ass1stont to Rosalynn Corter The America Project Fellow Middle East Studies M icheal Giles Opt:1at ors Fellow and Senior Adv1sor Johan David for Research and Evaluation van der Vyver Phil Wise Kay Hamner The Atlanta Pro1ect Fellow Assoc1ate Executive Director D1rector of Admmistrotive Human Rights Program Operations and Boord Services Secretory Carrie Harmon Jim Dunn D1rector of Publ1c Information D1rector of Human Resources Philip Ma:z::z:ara Iris Frank Director of Institutional D1rector of Finance Development and Treasurer Pam Wuichet Director of Development Programs T HE CARTER CENTER The Carter Center Donald Keough Charles Brady Hugh Chapman Board of Councilors Chairman Executive Chairman Chairman Allen & Company INVESCO PLC NotionsBonk South The Boord of Councilors serves as o vital channel to opinion Robert Lipshutz Ben Brannon Carol Cherry leaders in Atlanta and Georgia Lipshutz, Greenblatt & King Trustee President and Chairman in the areas of low, finance, Livingston Foundation Shop' n Chek education, business, government, John Mcintyre and communications. The board Amanda Brown-Olmstead William Clement meets regularly to review and William Schwartz President Chairman and CEO discuss Corter Center programs A Brown-Olmstead Associates DOBBS RAM and Company and initiatives. Members include: Franklin Skinner Mary Brown Bullock Bruce Coles A.W. Dahlberg William Turner President Chairman and CEO Cholfmon, Boord of Counc1lors Chairman of the Agnes Scott College Low Companies Group Chairman, President, and CEO Executive Committee The Southern Company W.C. Bradley Company Elizabeth Plunkett Thomas Coley Buttimer Chairman and CEO James Balloun Erwin Zaban Chairman and CEO South Trust Bank of Georgia V e C~Oif"nOn, Boord ,( CounCilor• Chairman Emeritus Bowden Manufacturing Chairman, CEO, and President Notional Service Industries Company James Conboy National Service Industries Trustee L1m1ted Te m Na mb James Callison The Conboy Foundation Lie M, rnb r Duane Ackerman Kenneth Canfield A.D. Correll Mrs. Philip Alston President and CEO Portner Chairman and CEO BeiiSouth Corporation Doffermyre Shields Canfield Georg io-Poci fie Corporation Frank Barron Knowles & Devine Inman Allen Ann Cousins Jimmy Carter Chairman and CEO Michael Carlos Chair Ivan Allen Company Chairman and CEO Ann Wilson Cramer The Carter Center Notional Distributing Company Regional Manager Ronald Allen Community Relations Rosalynn Carter President, Chairman, and CEO David Carroll and Public Affairs Vice Chair Delta Air Lines Chairman, President, and CEO IBM Corporation The Corter Center First Union National Bank of Tricia Allen Georgia Mac Crawford John Clendenin President and CEO Chairman M rs. John Alston James Carson Magellan Health Services BeiiSouth Corporation President and CEO Gregory Baranco Carter International Bradley Currey J.B. Fuqua President President and CEO Chairman Baronco Automotive Group Chip Carter Rock-Tenn Company The Fuqua Companies Frank Belatti JeH Carter Elkin Cushman Marshall Hahn Chairman and CEO Honorary Chairman AFC Enterprises Dan Cathy F.T. Davis Georgia-Pacific Corporation Executive Vice President Portner Jean Bergmark Chick-fil-A Long Aldridge Norman Robert Holder Georgia Forum Chairman International Women's Forum John Cay Harold Dawson The RMH Group President CEO Arthur Blank Palmer and Cay Harold A Dawson Company Boisfeuillet Jones President and COO President Emeritus The Home Depot Loretta Cecil Burke Day Robert W . Woodruff Foundation Low and Government Affairs President Thomas Bolton Vice President Burke Day & Associates AT&T Corporation THE CARTER CENTER /1? Rene Diaz Jack Guynn James Kelly Mark Pope Pres1dent and CEO Pres1dent Chairman and CEO Diaz Foods Federa l Reserve Bonk of Atlanta United Parcel Serv1ce Robert RatliH of America Chairman Tom DuPree Robert Harlin AGCO Corporation Cho1rman and CEO Ch01rmon and Chief Executive Roger Kintzel Apple South Portner Publisher Robert Rearden Powell Goldstein Frazier & The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Vice Chairman James Edenfield Murphy Sedgwick James of Georgia President and CEO Susan Kronick American Software William Harper Cho1rmon and CEO Roy Richards Burdmes Chairman and CEO Robert Edge Beth Heddens Southwire Company Portner President Jim Langford Alston & B1 rd lnocom President C.B. Rogers The Coosowottee Foundation Chairman David Farr Harvey Hill Equifox Portner Portner Paula Lawton-Bevington M ar ketOne Alston & Bird CEO Don Royster Servidyne Systems Executive Vice President Patrick Flinn John Holder Life Insurance Company Vice Chairman Liane Levetan of Georgia Robert Forrestal Holder Corporation CEO Portner DeKolb Board of Herman Russell Smith, G amb rell & Russell Phillip Humann Commissioners Chairman President H.J. Russell & Company Allen Franklin SunT rust Bonks Thomas Malott Pres ident and CEO President and CEO Thomas Sampson Georg1o Power Company Johnny lmerman S1emens Energy & Automation Managing Portner CEO Thomas Kennedy Sampson Shirley Clarke Franklin Mindis International Marilyn Marks & Patterson Portner President and CEO A Brown-Olmstead Associates John Imlay Dorsey Traders R.K. Sehgal Cho1rmon V1 ce Cho1rmon and CEO Rex Fuqua Imlay Investments James McClung H J Russell & Company Pres1dent President Fuqua Capitol Corporation Thomas Johnson Lithonia l ighting Company Stephen Selig Cha1rman Cho1rperson and President Luck Gambrell Coble News Network Robert McCullough Selig Enterprises Chief Financial Officer Lawrence Gellerstedt William Johnson INVESCO PlC Bill Sharp Chairman and CEO Pres1dent Beers Construction Company David Jones James McDonald Sharp Advertis1ng President Pres1dent and CEO William Gibbs Atlanta Gas light Company Scientific-Atlanta Jane Shivers Pres1dent and CEO Executive Vice President-Director Citizens Trust Bank Ingrid Saunders Jones E. R. Mitchell Ketchum/ Atlanta Vice President of Corporate Pres1dent John Glover External Affairs E.R. Mitchell & Company Nicholas Shreiber Pres1dent The Coca-Colo Company Pres1dent and CEO Post Properties Takao Mochizuki Tetra Pak Americas Hamilton Jordan General Manager Jonathan Golden Co-Chairman Doi-lch1 Kangyo Bonk Horace Sibley Director GoodWorks International Portner livingston Foundation Kent "Oz:" Nelson King & Spaldmg Blaine Kelley Nathaniel Goldston Chairman Dorothy Padgett Paul Smith CEO The Urbon Group Pres1dent Gourmet Services The Kroger Company THE CARTER CE~TER Thomas Smith Norio Tsubokawa Virgil Williams Vice President, General Manager President Chairman and CEO IBM Corporation YKK (U.S.A.) Williams Group International Shelton Stanfill Ted Turner Charles Wolf President Vice Chairman President and CEO Robert W . Woodruff Arts Center Time Warner Wolf Camera and Video Cathey Steinberg Erik Vonk Robert Woodson Partner CEO Chairman of the Board Ahead of the Curve Rondstad Staffing Services John H. Harland Company Scott Stephenson Cecil Walker Robert Yellowlees Vice President President and CEO Chairman and CEO Boston Consulting Group/At lanta Gannett Broadcasting National Data Corporation Tsuneharu Takeda Jackie Ward Senior Vice President President and CEO and General Manager Computer Generation ITOCHU International Zell Miller John Wieland Governor of Georgia Betty Talmadge President John Wieland Homes Bill Campbell C. McKenzie Taylor Mayor of Atlanta Chairman and President John Williams Taylor & Mathis Chairman and CEO William Chace Post Properties President of Emory University Gary Thompson President and CEO Sam Williams Wachovia Bank of Georgia President Metropolitan Atlanta Chamber of Commerce - The Carter Center Combined Financial Statements and Schedule as of Aug. 31, 1996 and 1995 Tl gether \Vith Accountanb' Review Report Report of Independent Public Accountants To the Board of Trustees of The Carter Center: e ho~w reviewed the Athnw, ( l,t nl·c. 20. t996 THE CARTER CENTER COMBINED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION AUG. 31, 1996 AND 1995 ASSETS CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, including restrtcred cash of$5,115,289 and $7,889, 160 in 1996 and 1995, respectively ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE: $ 11,180,106 $ 91785J35 Due from fedcrJI funding agencies 1,220,856 2,359,897 Other 101,752 98,520 Related party 18, 196 12,131 1,340,804 2,470,548 PLEDGE RECEIVABLE 9,841 1442 1710141534 GRANTS RECEIVABLE 196,270 11 61442 INVENTORY 1,735,877 0 PREPAID RENT 441,844 662.767 RESTRICTED ENDOWMENT INVESTMENTS, 74,744,607 52,222,845 at market RESTRICTED INVESTMENT IN OffiCE BUILDING, at cosr, less accumulated depreciation of $232,5 74 and $196,684 in 1996 and 1995, respectively 1,017,281 1,050,656 PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT, at co:st or fair market value at date of gift (Note 4) 15,564,504 16,263 ,657 ARTWORK 971,150 814,850 PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER ASSETS 214,147 247,74 1 $117,248,032 $100,649,775 LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS 1996 1995 ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES: Opcratmg $ 1,512,917 $ 2,046, 5 Related parer 0 56!59 1 1,512,917 2,103,476 GRANT PAYABLE 0 141208 COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Note 10) NET ASSETS: U nrcstricreJ: Dc~ igmucJ by the Board ofTrustt:cs for maimc n anc~.: of property The accompanying accountants' review report, note~ to financm l tarements, and cheduk l should he read in conjLmction with these comhineJ statements. - THE CARTER CENTER COMBINED STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIE' FOR THE YEAR ENDED AUG. 31, 1996 Temporarily Permanently Unrestricted Restricted Re!!tricted Total REVENUESANDSUPPORTI Contributions: Opcratmg $ 8.34 3,063 $ 407,330 $ 0 $ 8,750,393 Pn l)..rrarru;: Dt!mncrati:atitm and development 0 2,289,019 0 2,289,019 Global ,md domestic h~.:alth 0 4,253,005 0 4.253,005 Urhan revitali:ation 0 2,457,081 0 2.457,081 Cross prngram 0 660,828 0 660,828 ln-kmJ goods and !'>Cf\'ICes: Democrati:atinn and J~o:\'dopmcnr 0 120,175 0 120,175 Global anJ domestic health 0 5,159,797 (\ 5,159,797 Urhan rc\'irali:atiLm 0 2,296,044 0 2,296,044 Cross program 0 0 0 0 Construction 0 55,315 0 58,315 EnJllwment 0 0 5~7,51S 5 7.51b ---g-, 341,06 3 17,701,594 587,51S 26,632,175 Endowment fund cammgs 1,h37,177 0 0 1,337,177 AppreCiation of restricted endowment mvestments 1~.165,6>7 0 0 18,165,637 Excess of rental expenses over revenu~.:s, cxcluJmg deprcctation, from office huilJing (5,269) 0 0 (5,269) Depreciation of office building 0 0 ( 35,890) (35,890) Facili[les use income 291,265 0 0 291,265 Interest and investment income 289,444 53,346 0 342,790 Ncr a:.-sets released from restrictions: DcmLKrati:attnn and Je\'t!lopment 4.54 3,84 3 (4,543,843) 0 0 Global and domestic health 16,125,698 (16, 12 5,698) 0 0 Urhan Rcvltalt:ation H,H4H,648 (8,848,648) 0 0 Cn1ss program 184.574 ( 1b4.574) 0 0 Construction 58,315 (58,315) 0 0 Opera ring 4071330 {1913~ 0 0 T1Hal ren:nues ,tnd support 59,0H9J25 ill.4 13 '468) 151,628 47,22718115 EXPENSES: Program. Deml Krat1:auon ;md developmL·nt $ 3,594,197 $ 0 $ 0 $ 3,594.197 Glnhal .1nd dumestiL health I 5,196,054 0 0 15,196,054 Urhan rL'\'Itali:arion b,2H1 ,720 0 0 8,281,720 Cro~s pnlgram 1'393,692 0 0 1, 393.692 Fund-ratsmg office 3,331,918 0 0 3,331,918 EnJuwment campaign 2 37,9\)t{ 0 0 237,9% Communications anJ puhl1cat1on:-. nffiCL' 486,368 0 0 4H6,368 Evem~ l)ffice 289,568 0 0 289,568 General and admini~rrative 1,997,778 0 0 1,997,77b Legal and accounting 239,511 0 0 239,511 Common area 1,366,380 0 0 1, 366,380 Depreciation 1,068,575 0 0 1,068,575 Total expense!> 37.483,759 0 0 37,483,759 CHANGE IN NET ASSETS 21,6051966 {1214131468} 551,628 9,7441126 ACQUISITION OF RIVER BLINDNESS FOUNDATION (Note 9) 0 7.45S,t\95 0 7,458,895 NET ASSETS AT BEGINNING OF YEAR - 431.637..}88 12,781,387 4211121916 9S,532p9I NET ASSETS AT END OF YEAR $65,243,757 $ 7,826,814 $42,664,544 $115,735,115 1l1e accompanying accountants' re\•tew report, note~ to financial statements, and SchcJulc I ~hould he read tn. conjunction with thts combined statement. THE CARTER CENTER COMBINED STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED AUG. 31, 1995 Temporarily Permanently U nrestricted Restricted Restricted Total REVENUE AND SUPPORT: Con tribu lions: Operating $ 6,881,815 $ 242,477 $ 0 $ 7,124,292 Progra m~: Democratization anJ development 0 3,803,976 0 3,803,976 G lobal and domestic health 0 6,264,257 0 6,264,257 Urban revitalization 0 2,990,613 0 2,990,613 Cross program 0 242,401 0 242,401 In-kind gtX)ds and services: Democrati:ation and developmenl 0 17,85 1 0 17,85 1 Global and domestic health 0 2,599,981 0 2,599,981 Urban revirali:mion 0 2,643,595 0 2,643,595 Cross program 0 0 0 0 Consrrucnon 0 975,151 0 975,15 1 Endowmcm 0 0 71.595 871.595 6,8 1,815 19,780,302 871,595 27,533,712 Endowmcm fund eamings 1,678,520 0 0 1,678,520 Appreciation of restricted endowment investments 10,559,727 0 0 10,559,727 Exce of rental revenues over expenses, excluding depreciation, from office bu ildi ng 25,697 0 0 25,697 Depreciation of office build ing 0 0 (38,508) (38,508) Facilities w;e income 295,069 0 0 295,069 Interest and investment income 217,202 174,175 0 391,377 Net assets released from restrictions: Democratization and development 3,466,781 (3,466,781) 0 0 Global and domestic health 10,744,752 (10,744,752) 0 0 Urban revirali:arion 10,681,386 ( 10,68 1,386) 0 0 Cross program 17 ,870 (178,870) 0 0 Construction 975,151 (975, 151) 0 0 Operaring 262,4 77 (262,477) 0 0 Total revenues and support 45,967,447 (6,354,940) 833,087 40,445,594 EXPENSES: Program: Democratization and development $ 2,653,768 $ 0 $ 0 $ 2,653,768 G lobal anJ domestic health 10,166,2 41 0 0 10, 166,24 1 Urban revitalization 10,070,679 0 0 10,070,679 Cross program 1,9 17,29 1 0 0 1,917,29 1 Fund-raising office 2,5 18,6 12 0 0 2,518,612 Endowment campaign 203,0 17 0 0 203,017 Communications and publications office 429,275 0 0 429,275 Evenn. omce 275,555 0 0 275,555 General and admmistrative I ,22 1,132 0 0 1,221,132 Legal and accounting 168,998 0 0 168,998 Common area 1,005,744 0 0 1,005,744 Derreciation 972,200 0 0 972!200 Total exren es 31,602,5 12 0 0 31!602,512 CHANGE IN NET ASSETS 14,364,935 (6,354,940) 833,0 7 8,843,082 NET ASSETS AT BEGINNING OF YEAR 29,272,853 19,136,327 41!2 791 29 89!6891009 NET ASSETS AT END OF YEAR $43,637,7 8 $12,781,387 $42, 11 2,916 $98,532,091 The accompanying accountants' review report, notes w Ci nancinl statements, and Schedule I shouiJ be read in conjunction with this combined statement. - THE CARTER CENTER TATEMENT OF CA ' H FLO\\ S FOR THE YEAR ' ENDED AUG. 31, 1996 AND 199; 1996 1995 CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: C h ,mge m net . t ~sc t s $17,203,021 $ 8,H4 3,082 AJJU:>lments !1l rcconulc changl' in ncr . 1 ~'cts to m:t cash pro\ tdcd h) 11pcrating acnvine-,: Dcprcciattl 111 2,04'5,531 2,216,450 Don.ttcJ itwentory (1.735,877) 0 lnUl\hl m f.ur m.trku ' .lllll' of cnd,,wnH:nt mvc-,rmcnh ( IS,165,637) ( 10,'559,727) ( 'h,mges in uperatmg ,1ssets and liahilit ie:-.: Alllllll1t s rt.:ll'l\ ahle 1,129,744 (2, 154.137) ( lr,tnt' rell'IV,lhll· (79,82S) 25,551 Pledges rccetvahle 7,173,092 1,172,047 Prl'J'atJ rent 220,923 223,602 Prq,ai~IL·xpen-.c' .md 11ther "''L'ts 11,597 (52, 137) Anw1lrk ( 156, 300) ( 34,400) Acc1 1unrs pa) abh: ,1nJ accrued cxpl·n'e' ( 590,'556) I, )20,292 Clranrs pa):thlc (1 4,20b) 14,20) CnnrrihutHms restnctcJ fur 1!1\'estmcnt (4,577,059) ( 1,452,701) Tot,d .tJjusrments (14.7 16,578) (9,280,955) NL t c hh pro,· t ~k·d hy ( used m ) 11pcrat1ng .tltl\ itics 2,4 6,44 3 (4'7,b70) CASH FLOW FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: Construc tion anJ pur<. hasc ot prnpcrt) CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES: Prt!Ll'lds fr11111 conrnhutt1ms rcstnLte~ l fnr lnvc-,t mcnt 111 end,m menr 4.2 32,359 I,Ol"l0,400 lnw-,tJncnt tn plant H4,700 412,301 ct L•t'h pnl\ Kk·J h tin,mdng .tLtl\ tttc., 4.577.059 1.412.701 NET INCREA 'E (DECREASE) IN CA H AND CA H EQU IVALENT I. 394,171 cu ~5. ~~~ ) CASH AND CA H EQU IVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF YEAR 9,78'5,7)5 12.971.12) CASH AND CASH EQU IVALENTS AT END OF YEAR $1l.l80,106 $ l.J,7H5,7)S Tile .llu 1111pam mg ace( lllntant·.' rcviev. rep( 1rt, n( 1te, tn hnanc.:i,JI -,ratl mcnts, .md ::-.l hl·dule 1 -.h~ 1ukl h~..· read m C1 mjunctt\ID with thl''l' C\Hnhi twd st,ltl'mcnts. THE CARTER CENTER NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SCHEDULE AUG. 31, 1996 AND 1995 1 • ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION As of ept. 1, 1995, the Carter-Menil Human Rights The Carter Center (CC) is comprised of The Carter Center Foundation merged with CCL President Carter and Domin Inc. (CCI) and the Carter Center of Emory University ' ique de Menil established the Carter-Menillluman Rights (CCEU), a d1vl ion of Emory Umversity. Both en tinc!> arc Foundation in 1986 to promote the protection of human exempt fro m federal income taxation under Section rights. The foundation regularly awa rds the Carter-Mcnil 50l (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. A epamte !Iuman Rights Prize, a $100,000 gift to individuals or financial statement audit is performed annually for both CCI organizations for their outstanding efforts on hehalf of and Emory University. human rights, often at great personal sacrifice. The award enables human rights activists to continue their work and The Carter Center lnc. focuses global attention on their stntggles for justice. Carter Pre idential Library Inc. (CPL) was organized Oct. 26, 1981, under the laws of Georgia a-; a nonprofit corpora The Carter Center of Emory University tion to be operated exclusively for charitable and educational CCEU, which is housed at TI1e Carter Center, is <1 depart purposes. During 1986, C PL changed its name to Carter ment of Emory University. It wa-; fo rmed on ept. 1, 1982, Presidential Center Inc. (CPC). Effective January 1988, to identify and addre· selected international and domestic CPC changed 1ts name to The Can er Center Inc. public policy issues through nonparnsan study, re earch, CCI' major program is a long-term effort to address actt vit1es, conferences, and publications. These selected certain problems of poverty in Atlanta, Ga. including international and domestic issue include henlch, human teenage pregnancy, drug addiction and cr.:tck bnb1es, JUvenile rights, democrati:ation, J cvclopmcnt, and international delinquency, school dropouts, homelessness, and unemploy conflict resolu tion. men t. It proposes to marshal the support of all government agencies, local orga nizations, the business and professional 2. SuMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT AccouNTING community, universities, churches and synagogues, and Pouc1Es AND OTHER MATTERS individunl volunteers in that effort. This program, referred to as The Adanra Project (TAP}, was begun in the fi cal Contributions year ended Aug. 31, 1992. CC rccorJs gifts, incluJing unconditional promises to As of Sept. 1, 1995, G lobal 2000 Inc. (Global) , an entity give, of cash and other ttsscts as restricted support if they arc affi liated with CCJ, merged w1th CCI. G lobal draws its received with donor stipularions char limit the u e of the 1m p1ration from The G lobal 2000 Report to the Pres ident Jonated assets. When a donor restriction expires, tempo commissioned by former President Jimmy Carter during h1s rarily restricted net assets arc reclassifieJ to unrestricted net admmismltlon. Projecting trends in population growth .md assets and are reported in the combined statements nf env1ronmenral degrndauon into the 21 t century, the repmt acti vities as net asse~ released from re!>tricttons. depicts a spiral of poverty, disease, hunger, and social injus CC records gifts of land, huildmgs, and equipment as tice m rural areas of developing countries that could senously unrestricted upport unless explicit donor ~tipu l a t io ns specify threaten economic stability and world peace. how the donated assets must be used. G ift:. of long-lt ved G lobal's goal is to encourage sustainable development and assets with explicit restricti ons thac specify how the assets arc equi table and responsible use of resource by promoting food to be used and gifu of cash or other assets that must be used sclf-rel1ancc, improvi ng health and the environment, and to acquire long- li ved asset!> are reported as rcl>tricted support. encouraging sound population policies. Absent explicit donor stipulations a hour how long those Durmg the yea rs ended Aug. 31, 1996 and 1995, G lohal long- li ved assets must be maintai ned, CC n:ports expirations opemted health programs in Burkina Faso, G hana, Kenya, of donor restrictions when the donated or acquireJ long Mali , N iger, Nigeria, Sudan, and Uganda. In add ition, lived assets are placed in service. G lobal prov1des technical and policy advtce and ocher assistance, both financial and in-kind, m health, agriculture, and en viron mental pro1-,>rarru; in various developing nations. - Donated Goods and Services Included in unre... trtctl'd net d"'l't" .It Aut:. ~I, 1996 and Donatc.:d nMtt•n,ds ,md equipment, indudmg art\\'llrk, art• 1995 The anticipated receipts of these receivables as of Aug. 31, Total re turn on investments wa:; as follows for the years ended 1996 and I 995 were as follows: Aug. 31, 1996 and I 995: 1996 1995 1996 1995 Less than one year $3,727,699 $ 8,436,4 15 Investment income, including O ne to five year~ 1,760,000 4,701,283 net realized gains or losses $ 1,837, 177 $ 1,678,520 Five to 10 years 6,617,845 6,7 17,845 Net unrealized gains 18, 165,637 10,559,727 Le s unamortized discount (2,264,102) (2, 41,009) Total return on investment $20P02,8 14 $12)38)47 $9,841,442 $17,014,534 Total return on investments was unrcsrncrcJ for the years ended Aug. 31, 1996 and 1995. - 6. lEASES 8. AooPnoN Of AccouNnNG CC lt.:,N:s spat:t.: ru \'anuus c.:nt1tit.: undt.:r non~.mcelabh: Pronouncement!! lca,t.:s \\llh \' CCI CCEU Eliminations Total CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, including resrncted c~h of$5,115,289 $ 10,411,098 $ 769,008 $ 0 $ L 1,180, 106 ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE: Due from federal funding agencies 1,003,997 216,859 0 1,220,856 Other 101,752 0 0 101,752 Related parties 6371386 0 {6 191 190} 18,196 1J431l35 2161859 {6 19, 190) 1,340,804 PLEDGES RECEIVABLE 9,414,3R9 427P53 0 9,841,442 GRANTS RECEIVABLE 0 196)70 0 196,270 INVENTORY 1,735,877 0 0 1J35,877 PREPAID RENT 441 1844 0 0 441,844 RESTRICTED ENDOWMENT INVESTMENTS, ac market 68,345,837 6,398,770 0 74,744,607 RESTRICTED INVESTMENT IN OFFICE BUILDING, at cost, less accumu lated depreciation of$232,574 1,017,281 0 0 1P 171281 PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT, at co·t or fa ir market value at date of gi ft 1515211507 42,997 0 15,564,504 ARTWORK 971,150 0 0 9711150 PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER ASSETS 2 1 ~bl17 0 0 214,14 7 ~ 1 09,8 1 6,265 ~8,050,957 ${6 19,190} $117,248,032 ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES: Operating $ 1,46 ,679 $ 44,238 $ 0 $ 1,512,917 Related parry Q 612.120 (612 120) 0 1,46 ,679 663,428 {619,190} 1,51 2,917 NET ASSETS: Unrestricted: Oe::.tgnated by the Board ofTrustees for maintenance of property and equipment 477,204 0 0 477,204 Destgnated by management as an addition to enJowmenr investments 4,179,860 287,359 0 4,467,2 19 Unreali::ed apprecimion on restricted endowment investments 32,481,4 11 3,810,619 0 36,292,030 Undesignared 23}83}22 223,582 0 24,007,304 Total unrestricted 60,922, 197 4,32 1,560 0 65,243,757 Temporari ly restricted 7,641,107 185,707 0 7,826,814 Permanently restricted 39,784,282 2,880,262 0 42,664,544 Total net assCtli 108,347586 7,387,529 0 115J35,115 $109,816,265 ~8,05 0,957 ${619, 190} $117 ,248,032 The accompanying accountants' review report and notes to financial tatements hould be read in conjunction with this combming ta tement. -